Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Dowdy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 16, 1981No. Supreme Court Disciplinary 45, 54PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
These cases involve two disciplinary proceedings against Larry W. Dowdy, an attorney practicing law in McRae, Telfair County, Georgia. The State Disciplinary Board has recommended that case number 45 be dismissed and that respondent be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in case number 54. We will consider the second case first.
Case number 54 involves charges that respondent violated Standards 61, 62, 63 and 65 of State Bar Rule 4-102 (241 Ga. 721, 741) by failing to properly hold and account for a client’s funds held in trust.
The matter commenced in the spring of 1977 when…
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