Attorney Discipline

• Jurisdiction: Georgia,United States
• Citation: Vol. 26 No. 5 Pg. 0046
• Publication year: 2021
• Pages: 0046
• Year: 2021
• topic: Civil Procedure

Attorney Discipline No. Vol. 26 No. 5 Pg. 46 Georgia Bar Journal April, 2021

Attorney Discipline Summaries

December 22, 2020 - March 18, 2021

BY JESSICA OGLESBY

Disbarment

Jeffrey Bull Grable

2677 Chriswell Drive

Marietta, GA 30068

Admitted to the Bar 1997

On Feb. 15, 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia accepted the petition for voluntary surrender of license for attorney Jeffrey Bull Grable (State Bar No. 303870). Grable admitted that he represented an individual client in a dispute with her business co-owner and agreed to prepare and file a lawsuit on the client's behalf, which he did not complete. When the co-owner sued the client instead, he agreed to file a counterclaim, which he did not complete and file, and a sizable judgment was eventually entered against the client. Grable became aware of the judgment but failed to advise the client. Grable admitted that his conduct violated Rules 1.2 (a), 1.3 and 1.4 (a) (3) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. The maximum sanction for a violation of Rules 1.2 (a) and 1.3 is disbarment and the maximum sanction for a violation of Rule 1.4 (a) (3) is a public reprimand. Grable also admitted that he was suspended from the practice of law for six months in 2005, based on similar conduct.

Patrick A. Powell

P.O. Box 576

Dacula, GA 30019

Admitted to the Bar 1998

On Feb. 15, 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred attorney Patrick A. Powell (State Bar No. 586289) from the practice of law in Georgia. In June 2020, the State Bar filed and served a formal complaint by email, and served it by mail and by publication in August 2020. Powell failed to answer the formal complaint, and the Special Master granted the State Bar's motion for default. The Special...