Wallace v. State Bar

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Howard R Wallace, an attorney, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his action against the State Bar of Georgia in which Wallace sought to enjoin the State Bar from further efforts to discipline him. The disciplinary process which Wallace sought to stop was initiated against him by a grievance filed on October 3, 1995, by opposing counsel in a divorce proceeding. On October 18, 1995, the Investigative Panel of the State Bar filed a separate grievance based on the same facts as set forth in the initial grievance. Appellant made a timely sworn response to the grievances.…