In re Brooks

This disciplinary proceeding by the State Bar of Georgia against Robert D. Brooks arose from the purchase of a used car by Brooks from a Baptist minister, Reverend Gerald E. Fincher. As a result the State Disciplinary Board has recommended Brooks be disbarred.

Upon answering Rev. Fincher’s newspaper advertisement and after inspecting the car, attorney Brooks agreed on April 25,1977, to purchase the car by assuming the outstanding loan owed to an Alabama bank. In negotiations, he represented himself as an attorney, gave his business card to Rev. Fincher, produced a bill of sale to cover the…