In Re Griggs

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the motion for reinstatement filed by Joyce Marie Griggs (State Bar No. 312109). Griggs was disbarred in 2004 after she was barred from practicing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. In the Matter of Griggs, 277 Ga. 663 (593 SE2d 328) (2004). Griggs contends that because this Court subsequently determined that Rule 9.4 was inapplicable to action taken by a federal district court, see In the Matter of Stubbs, 285 Ga. 702 (681 SE2d 113) (2009), she is entitled to automatic reinstatement.

1. A disbarred attorney…