Lawyer Discipline

• Jurisdiction: Georgia,United States
• Citation: Vol. 14 No. 5 Pg. 0048
• Pages: 0048
• Publication year: 2009

Lawyer Discipline No. Vol. 14, No. 5, Pg. 48 Georgia Bar Journal February, 2009

Discipline Summaries

(October 24, 2008 through December 11, 2008)

by Connie P. Henry

Disbarments

Louis Dante' diTrapano

Charleston, W.Va.

Admitted to Bar in 1994

On Nov. 3, 2008, the Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred Attorney Louis Dante' diTrapano (State Bar No. 222825). This action arose out of the order entered by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals annulling diTrapano's license to practice law based on his guilty plea of possession of firearms while being an unlawful user of and addicted to controlled substances.

Suspension

James A. Elkins Jr.

Columbus, Ga.

Admitted to Bar in 1965

The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted the Petition for Voluntary Discipline of James A. Elkins Jr. (State Bar No. 243200) on Nov. 17, 2008, and ordered that he be suspended from the practice of law for six months. Elkins represented two clients in civil proceedings. He failed to keep his clients informed of the status of the cases, he failed to act with reasonable diligence in representing the clients and he failed to inform the clients of a 90-day suspension he received while the representations were ongoing.

In mitigation Elkins cooperated with the State Bar and is sincerely remorseful for his actions. The Special Master noted in aggravation Elkins's prior disciplinary history.

Suspension and Public Reprimand

Neil Lovett Wilkinson

Atlanta, Ga.

Admitted to Bar in 1992

The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted the Petition for Voluntary Discipline of Neil Lovett Wilkinson (State Bar No. 760040) on Oct. 28, 2008, and ordered that he be given a public reprimand and be suspended from the practice of law for one month. Wilkinson made or allowed to be made false statements to the Superior Court of Cobb County and the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and negligently failed to correct those false statements. The Court of Appeals found Wilkinson in contempt and...