In the Matter of Free

This matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Benjamin C. Free (State Bar No. 275160) pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (b) (2), in which he seeks a Review Panel reprimand for his violations of Rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.16 (d), and 8.1 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct found in Bar Rule 4-102 (d).

Decided November 7, 2011. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar, A. M. Christina Petrig, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.

Free, who became a member of the Bar in 1995, admits that he was retained to represent a client in 2008 in a…