Attorney Discipline
| Jurisdiction | Georgia,United States |
| Citation | Vol. 27 No. 4 Pg. 0041 |
| Pages | 0041 |
| Publication year | 2022 |
Attorney Discipline Summaries
November 2, 2021, through December 14, 2021
BY LEIGH BURGESS
Disbarment Billy Reid Zeh III
105 Pirates Cove
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Admitted to the Bar 2001
On Dec. 14, 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia accepted the petition for voluntary surrender of license of Billy Reid Zeh III (State Bar No. 784827) which is tantamount to disbarment. In his petition, Zeh admitted that on Aug. 16, 2021, in the Superior Court of Glynn County, he entered an Alford plea to one count of aggravated assault and one count of simple assault. He was sentenced under the First Offender Act and given a total sentence of five years to serve on probation, with credit received for time previously served in custody from Aug. 21, 2019, to April 17, 2020. Zeh admitted that, by virtue of his guilty plea entered in the criminal case, he violated Rules 8.4 (a) (2) and (a) (3) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. The maximum penalty for a violation of Rules 8.4 (a) (2) and (a) (3) is disbarment. The State Bar filed a response to the petition, asking the Court to grant Zeh’s petition in consideration of the Court’s compelling interest in “the public’s confidence in the profession,” and because Zeh’s misconduct warranted disbarment.
Public Reprimand Monte Kevin Davis
1425 Market Blvd. Suite 530-219
Roswell, GA 30076
Admitted to the Bar 1994
On Nov. 2, 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia accepted the petition for voluntary discipline of Monte Kevin Davis (State Bar No. 212065) and ordered Davis receive a public reprimand in accordance with Bar Rules 4-102 (b) (3) and 4-220 (c) for his admitted violation of Rule 3.1 (a) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.
The disciplinary matter came before the Court on the special master’s report and recommendation in which she recommended that the Court accept the Second Amended Petition for Voluntary Discipline filed by Davis after the filing of a formal complaint. As recounted by the special master, Davis admitted that he sent a text message to a former client (the grievant) in an attempt to coerce her into discussing a domestic dispute that had blossomed into a legal matter in which Davis was acting on behalf of the grievant’s domestic partner, who also was a friend and former client of Davis’. In the text message, Davis indicated that he was aware of the grievant’s status as...
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