In the Matter of Lotito

Nicholas A. Lotito, a member of the State Bar of Georgia, was the subject of a criminal information filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia charging him in three counts with unlawful possession of cocaine, a controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, USC § 844 (a). The offense charged is a misdemeanor. Thereafter, Lotito entered a negotiated plea of guilty to each of the three counts on the condition that he tender his resignation as an attorney with the United States Department of Justice, among other conditions.

On August 27,1982, Lotito was…