Legal Opinion
In Re Falanga
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 10, 2000No. S00Y1531Published
1Opinion of the Court
533 S.E.2d 711 (2000)
272 Ga. 615
In the Matter of Robert A. FALANGA.
No. S00Y1531.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
July 10, 2000.
William P. Smith III, General Counsel State Bar, Jenny K. Mittelman, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.
2Per curiam
Respondent Robert A. Falanga filed a Petition for Voluntary Discipline admitting he violated Standard 12 (a lawyer shall not solicit professional employment as a private practitioner for himself, his partner or associate through direct personal contact with a non-lawyer who has not sought his advice regarding employment of a lawyer) of Bar Rule…
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3Cases cited5 opinions
- Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Edenfield v. FaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Falanga v. State Bar of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Cross v. Pelican Bay State PrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- In Re FalangaSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000