In re Chambers

Respondent Richard L. Chambers filed a petition for voluntary discipline, requesting this Court to suspend him from the practice of law for a period of 18 months for violating Standard 66 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d) (conviction of a felony). Chambers had been convicted of three counts of Obtaining Controlled Substances by Fraud, in violation of OCGA § 16-13-43 (a) (3). In his petition, Chambers asserted that the underlying conduct arose from his forging of prescriptions to obtain Hydrocodone and Alprazolam, substances originally prescribed to him for treatment of a heart and pulmonary condition and…