In re Edmondson

Respondent Reed Edmondson, Jr. (State Bar No. 239914) filed this petition for voluntary discipline pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (b) (2) seeking a Review Panel reprimand for his admitted violation of Rules 1.4 and 1.16 (d) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, see Bar Rule 4-102 (d). Although the State Bar has no objection to Edmondson’s petition, we reject it.

In the petition, Edmondson, who has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1996, admits he was hired by a client to defend a civil suit involving his client’s alleged breach of a home equity loan. At the time he was hired,…