Justices correct record on mistaken disbarment
12:53 pm, July 13th, 2010
The Supreme Court of Georgia has vacated last week’s disbarment of Jackson lawyer Denise F. Hemmann after the justices realized that a discipline report from the State Bar of Georgia contained conflicting recommendations.
The court on Monday issued an order stating that it was rejecting the Notice of Discipline from the State Bar regarding Hemmann. The notice, from March, twice told the justices that Hemmann should be subject to a public reprimand but at the end asked them to disbar Hemmann.
“It just got confused all the way through,” said Jane Hansen, a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court.
David Lipscomb, Hemman’s lawyer, said his client was “delighted” by the order and “happy to be back at work” practicing law.
A call to State Bar General Counsel Paula Frederick was not returned immediately.
Read the documents related to the case, including a press release by the state Supreme Court:
Motion to vacate the disbarment
State Bar response to the motion to vacate
Supreme Court order vacating the disbarment
Supreme Court press release about the order to vacate
Contributor: Jonathan Ringel in Legal Community | subscribe to rss | 
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