In Re Kota Chalfant Suttle

This disciplinary matter is before the Court pursuant to the report and recommendation of special master William Lee Skinner, who recommends suspending Respondent Kota Chalfant Suttle (State Bar No. 693483) for his violation of Rule 8.4 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d). On October 28, 2009, pursuant to a negotiated agreement, Suttle, who has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 2002, pled guilty under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U. S. 25 (91 SC 160, 27 LE2d 162) (1970), to one felony count of residential mortgage fraud, see OCGA §§ 16-8-102 (2) and 16-8-105 (a), and was given a misdemeanor…