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Signatures | Total: 274

 

# NameGeorgia Bar NumberCityUS StateComments
101 Eugene Brooks084750SavannahGAI oppose the proposed ethical rule that would require a lawyer to hold a client's money for asserted but unproven liens. There are often invalid claims made on a clients monies. The ethical rule should be that a lawyer can only do with the client's money, what the client authorizes the client to do, either by agreement or contract. If a lawyer is required to pay unproven liens and claims before the money can be released, then the client is faced with the prospect of paying invalid liens or negotiating a settlement before his own monies can be released to him.
102 Jason Schneider629549AtlantaGAWhy does the Bar only single out plaintiff's attorneys? What about a corporate attorney who has his client's funds in escrow to close a business sale? Why shouldn't he have to contact anyone who alleges his client owes him money from that business before he closes the transaction? Why in the world would you make an attorney a collection agent for his client's creditors and pit him against his client? In the personal injury field , there are so many subrogation claims that may appear prima facie valid but are not. These insurers can fend for themselves. Why should the Bar turn the plaintiff's lawyer into a collection agent for these insurers agaisnt the wishes of the client?
103 Tommy Lee Maddox465514RoswellGA
104 Adam Princenthal588219AtlantaGA
105 Charles M. Morris523650Powder SpringsGA
106 Douglas S. Rubin618362AtlantaGA
107 Dale C. Ray, Jr.596095
108 Ronald Arthur Lowry460350MariettaGAThe FAO in its current form is incorrect and needs to be changed.
109 T. Michael Flinn264530CarrolltonGA
110 Jonathan W. Hibbert350520Pine LakeGAWho dreamed this one up? The insurance lobby??? Stop this foolishness, now.
111 Steven I. Goldman300115AtlantaGA
112 michael g. regas II599084atlantaGA
113 Samuel Fenn Little, Jr454360AtlantaGAThis rule would place attorneys in the position of having to determine the validity of any claim valid or otherwise.
114 Kenneth Behrman046995
115 Thomas L. Murphy531400AtlantaGAIs this a cruel joke, or just another kick in the teeth for tort victims?? This measure, if passed, will save Ins. Co's more money by discouraging claimants and attorneys from even pursuing claims for just and fair compensation than the money it will bring into the coffers of the Ins./Med. complex. Like all tort reform, the main objective is to kill or limit claims of those injured by the negligence or commercial lack of care of others. It's not really about doing what's right about the payment of some asserted claim. I say leave tort reform to the legislature..I don't want a tort victim in his greatest hour of need to learn that not only is his legislature, the ins. companies, and the chamber of commerce against him, but he has to add to that list the State Bar of Georgia.
116 Gerry Carty115450AtlantaGA
117 John N. Edmonson142251SnellvilleGAThe proposed language, as it stands now, would have the effect of keeping deserving potential plaintiffs away from the courts, thus denying the courts their intended function in our system.
118 Jeffrey W. Lasky438525SavannahGA
119 Brad Gardner284024Atlanta
120 Bobby Phillips (Robert P. III)576700SavannahGA
121 F. Carlton King, Jr.420300
122 Ann-Margaret Perkins572086CarrolltonGA
123 Jud Waites730406MariettaGA
124 David F. Dickinson221128MonroeGA
125 Charles L. Spillers672167AtlantaGA
126 Nancy Val Preda723377HoschtonGA
127 David Lefkowitz004290AtlantaGA
128 Fredric Chaiken118625
129 James G. Stewart681425
130 ron hallman319825claxtonGAThis proposal is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard.
131 Timothy W. Storm685515DecaturGAIf the proposed Rule passes, it spells the end to the attorney representing his client diligently, passionalty and with the high degree of advocacy he/she was intended to maintain. The proposed Rule creates inherent conflicts of interest between attorney and client that benefit creditors. Why should creditors receive the benefit of plaintiff's counsel when there are other legal and equitable means of debt collection that have worked adequately in the past? When I took my oath I was told to represent my clients competently, honestly and always serve their best interests. The proposed Rule eviserates my ability to act zealously and independently of conflicts of interest. Please do not threaten attorneys with dibarment or other punishment because they are not intended to act as debt collection vehicles for business or other entities.
132 Wiliam J Edgar2239360AlmaGA
133 GREGORY M. STOKES683150AtlantaGAThe State Bar of Georgia should conform the opinion in question to mirror the above for the protection of attorneys as well as clients.
134 Michael Neff537180AtlantaGA
135 James R. Smith, Jr.660250ValdostaGA
136 russ deutschman219660as per Matt F, "Any Bum who alleges to have "an interest"or "a claim " in the PI recovery is not the equivalent of a Judgment Holder. The Bum has not proven the merits of his claim in a court of law where due process is required. Only a Judgment Holder can use the garnishment powers of the court because he has obtained a valid Judgment in a court of law. This opinion would transform the Plaintiff's Lawyer into a garnishment/collections lawyer for any Bum who makes a claim against his client's PI recovery."
137 james michael money515701douglasvilleGAshall we believe a former spouse who tells us our client owes them child support? shall we simply require those former spouses to show us proof of non-payment and then pay them? do we check to see if our client is in bankruptcy? if there is a contested claim from a creditor do we, ourselves, determine if it's "prima facie" valid? do we pay ourselves for our time out of the settlement proceeds or are we doing all of the interpleader work for free? or can we say that we can pay ourselves for our time because we know that our claim is "prima facie" valid?
138 W. Craig Hardegree324350DouglasvilleGAEach year personal injury settlements are getting lower and lower as conservative juries award less than ever before; yet, the legislature and courts are increasingly demanding more and more which must be paid with these small settlements. Some insurance companies now make settlement offers which are less than the amount of the medical bills, then have the unmitigated gall to condition payment of the inadequate settlement on our promise to pay all of the client's creditors, even when the creditor claims exceed the total amount of the settlement. Apparently, we are now supposed to work primarily for the client's creditors - instead of the client - and we are expected to do so for free.
139 Spence Johnson395469GainesvilleGA
140 Earle F. Lasseter438565ColumbusGA
141 Michael R. Jones402538LOGANVILLEGA
142 thomas m hackel316440
143 D Richard Jones III399550AtlantaGA
144 Mark Pitts006250MaconGAIt is a clear conflict of interest for us to represent more than one person in substantially related matter. Our concern should be our injured client and how best to represent them. It makes no sense to force us into involuntary servitude for debt collectors.
145 Jeffrey L. Foster270675MonroeGA
146 michael lee mcglamry492515
147 Steven Leibel445050DahlonegaGA
148 Robert A. Falanga254400AlpharettaGA
149 Marc Howard370076AtlantaGA
150 gerald hust380250douglasvilleGAit should not be the responsibility of an attorney to finance the client in any form

 

Signatures | Total: 274