In Re Lumpkin

The Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants declined to certify the applicant as posssessing that good character and moral fitness required to practice law in this state. Applicant appeals.

The hearing officer made the following findings of fact and conclusions:

“(1) In a Contractor’s Affidavit executed on October 4, 1977, regarding property owned by Jimmie L. Coffee located at lots 45 and 46, Route 1, Oakwood, Georgia 30566, the Applicant stated under oath there were no unpaid bills for labor and services performed in connection with his construction of Mr. Coffee’s residence, when in…