In re Watkins

This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendations of the special master, Joseph A. Boone, recommending that James Edward Watkins, Sr. (State Bar No. 740430), a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1996, be disbarredfor multiple derelictions related to his deficient representation and abandonment of two unrelated clients. Watkins was served with the formal complaints in these matters, but failed to file answers as required by Bar Rule 4-212 (a). The special master therefore found Watkins in default and found the following facts admitted by default. See id.

The first client…