| # | Name | Georgia Bar Number | City | US State | Comments |
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| 151 | Anonymous | 740075 | richmond Hill | GA | |
| 152 | John K. FitzGerald | 262160 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 153 | John Vaught | 726549 | | | |
| 154 | William P. Evans | 252925 | Atlanta | GA | This proposal will make it impossible for Plaintiff's attorneys to fulfill their duties to their client and to adhere to attorney-client privileges, and comply with this proposed formal advisory opinion. |
| 155 | Anonymous | 306460 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 156 | Aaron Strimban | 688198 | | | |
| 157 | andrew J. Hill III | 353300 | athens | GA | |
| 158 | Adam Jett | 391440 | Douglasville | GA | Comments are shown above. |
| 159 | Josh B. Wages | 730098 | Athens | GA | |
| 160 | Brian Krapf | 429090 | Savannah | GA | |
| 161 | Alan W. Connell | 181550 | Thomaston | GA | |
| 162 | Derek Chad Nuce | 547474 | Thomaston | GA | This opinion will be used as a sledge hammer by entities who seek financial gain from injured persons recoveries. In its current form, it will allow these entities to hold client funds hostage by asserting "claims" that they were not able to secure through the legal or legislative processes. |
| 163 | Donald W. Singleton | 649043 | Smyrna | GA | |
| 164 | D. Dwayne Adams | 140406 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 165 | Alvah H. Pasley | 565839 | | | |
| 166 | Brian C Ranck | 593714 | | | |
| 167 | Joseph White | 754315 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 168 | H. Fielder Martin | 472700 | | | |
| 169 | John L. Mixon III. | 514018 | Augusta | GA | |
| 170 | Anonymous | 169825 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 171 | Stephen T. Kennedy | 415021 | Atlanta | GA | This is the single most innane proposal I have read to date. |
| 172 | David Krugler | 429929 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 173 | Allison Salter | 030040 | | | |
| 174 | Dorothy Spinelli | 622927 | Cumming | GA | Thanks for creating and sending this email.
Dorothy Spinelli |
| 175 | Howard H Johnston | 396500 | Norcross | GA | |
| 176 | clyde rickard | 604625 | atlanta | GA | Unless there is a lien or judgment, my client should be the person who decides what bills to pay and what funds to use to pay those bills. |
| 177 | William U. Norwood | 5471000 | | | |
| 178 | Ann A. Shuler | 644275 | Gainesville | GA | |
| 179 | Peter Pearson | 569379 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 180 | Chris York | 781180 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 181 | Anonymous | 686962 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 182 | Burton L. Tillman | 712350 | | | |
| 183 | Pam Waldorf | 730740 | Dacula | GA | "Prima facie" valid is too broad and too vague and essentially requires the attorney trying to settle a claim "to unilaterally assume (the job of arbitrating) to arbitrate a dispute between the clien and the third party", imposing contradictory standards, requirements and roles on the attorney. |
| 184 | Todd Maziar | 479860 | | GA | |
| 185 | Mike Bennett | 051290 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 186 | Charles Bridgers | 080791 | Atlanta | GA | The attorney's duty to the client should only be modified on the clearest evidence of statutory liens. Otherwise, as time goes on, all creditors will adopt language which turns us into collection agents against our clients. |
| 187 | Steven Saccoccia | 621847 | Cumming | GA | Conflicts are probably the most hotly litgated ethical issues when they apply to a client's money. Imposition of a ruile creating a substantial , if not certain, likelyhood, that unrepresented parties have claims to funds of a client held by the lawyer not onbly creates a "Catch 22", but will inundate the courts. I personally would, to prtect myself, simply take my fee and deposit the disputed funds with the Court. Ask the judges if they wnt to be dealing with that in hundreds of new cases. |
| 188 | David J. Llewellyn | 455150 | Atlanta | GA | Money is fungible. An unpaid medical or hospital bill gives a doctor or hospital no more "interest" in a sum of money from a tort suit than any other unsecured creditor has. Unless perfected as a judgment or staturorily or privately created lien there is no "interest" to protect. The opinion as proposed makes no legal sense. If it is issued then all general unsecured creditors of a client would have to be paid out of a settlement even over the client's wishes, which would deny the client the right to prefer the client's creditors. This poorly thought out opinion should not be published as it is legally wrong, essentially creates new law without legal authority, and will destroy the bar's relationships with clients. |
| 189 | James Roth | 615609 | | | |
| 190 | Cheryl S. Ross | 777573 | Atlanta | GA | I would make one suggestion. I do not agree that letters of protection should be included. The problem with letters of protection is often times the client in desperation signs a so-called letter of protection with predatory lending companies; these companies lend small amounts of money with interest rates in access of 40%. When the case settles, the average client does not want to pay the accused amount. The client then demands all of his money. Since the letter is not per se a legal document, a conflict of interest arises. Do you respect the wishes of your client or do you cross the line and start to look out for the best interest of the predatory lender. Therefore, letters of protection should not be included in the proposed rule. |
| 191 | Kent E. Silver | 046150 | Athens | GA | |
| 192 | William C. Lanham | 437100 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 193 | Scott Hart | 333699 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 194 | William M. Brownell, Jr. | 090035 | Gainesville | GA | |
| 195 | A. Todd Merolla | 502570 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 196 | Greg McMenamy | 498140 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 197 | David L. Turner | 004530 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 198 | Jeff Klein | 425060 | Roswell | GA | |
| 199 | William D. deGolian | 216175 | Atlanta | GA | |
| 200 | Michael A. Dillon | 222130 | Forsyth | GA | |