In re Boykin

Jerry Boykin filed a petition of voluntary discipline after a grievance was filed by a client and the State Bar of Georgia issued a Notice of Investigation.

Boykin admitted that the client employed him to file a lawsuit on her behalf; that he filed it but failed to serve it on the defendant; that he “fabricated an answer from the opposing party upon which [he] forged the signature of opposing counsel”; and that he sent a copy of the fabricated answer to the client.

He admitted that he was disciplined previously with a Letter of Formal Admonition for violating Standards 23 (prompt refund upon…