Disciplinary Notices, 0319 ALBJ, 80 The Alabama Lawyer 138 (2019)

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Disciplinary Notices

Vol. 80 No. 2 Pg. 138

Alabama Bar Lawyer

March, 2019

▲ Transfers to Inactive Status

▲ Disbarments

▲ Suspensions

▲ Public Reprimands

Transfers to Inactive Status

• Selma attorney Carolyn Gaines-Varner was transferred to inactive status, effective October 22, 2018, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court entered its order based upon the October 22,2018 order of Panel III of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to Gaines-Varner's petition submitted to the Office of General Counsel requesting she be transferred to inactive status.

• Fairhope attorney Michael Stephen McGlothren was transferred to inactive status, effective July 25, 2018, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court entered its order based upon the July 25, 2018 order of Panel I of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to the Office of General Counsel's petition requesting he be transferred to inactive status.

• Birmingham attorney Thomas Lawson Selden was transferred to inactive status, effective January 9, 2018, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court entered its order based upon the January 9, 2018 order of Panel III of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to Selden's petition submitted to the Office of General Counsel requesting he be transferred to inactive status.

• Morris attorney Keith William Veigas, Jr. was transferred to inactive status, effective November 8, 2018, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court entered its order based upon the November 8,2018 order of Panel II of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to Veigas's petition submitted to the Office of General Counsel requesting he be transferred to inactive status.

Disbarments

• Daphne attorney Russell Foster Bozeman was disbarred from the practice of law in Alabama by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama, effective September 26, 2018. The supreme court entered its order based upon the September 26,2018 order of Panel III of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. The supreme court entered its order based on the Disciplinary Board's acceptance of Bozeman's consent to disbarment, wherein Bozeman admitted to failing to properly handle and account for client funds. [Rule 23(a), Pet. No. 2018-1101; ASB Nos. 2017-371, 2017-463, 2017-1229, 2018-41, 2018-254 and 2018-565; Rule 20(a), Pet. No. 2018-159]

• Homewood attorney Chevene Neel Hill was disbarred from the practice of law in Alabama, effective November 16, 2018. The supreme court entered its order based upon the finding of fact and final order entered November 2,2017 by Panel I of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar, disbarring Hill after he was found guilty of violating Rules 1.2(a) [Scope of Representation], 1.3 [Diligence], 1.4(a) and 1.4(b) [Communication], 1.5(a) and 1.5(b) [Fees], 1.15(a), 1.15(b), 1.15(d), 1.15(e), 1.15(f) and 1.15(g) [Safekeeping], and 8.4(a), 8.4(c) and 8.4(g) [Misconduct], Ala. R. Prof. C. An elderly client retained Hill's services for a criminal matter and corresponding civil suit. The client instructed Hill to communicate with her niece, who was her power of attorney, on all matters. After the criminal matter was dismissed, a contingency contract for the civil...

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