Legal Opinion · Concurrence

In re Tucker

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 16, 2014No. S14Y0413Published

1ConcurrenceNahmias, Justice

I concur fully in the Court’s opinion, and particularly in the Court’s rejection of Tucker’s contention that his suspension by a federal bankruptcy court as a result of the same misconduct should qualify as a mitigating factor in determining the discipline that this Court should impose. As the Court indicates, a few years ago we clarified that the imposition of a criminal penalty relating to the same *359conduct at issue in a disciplinary matter should not be viewed as a mitigating factor. See In the Matter of Levin, 289 Ga. 170, 175 (709 SE2d 808) (2011). Levin relied on my concurring opinion in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In Re OrtmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. In Re SkandalakisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  3. In Re StubbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. In Re EllisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  5. In Re LevinSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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