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Signatures | Total: 274

 

# NameGeorgia Bar NumberCityUS StateComments
201 Lloyd H. Thomas, III704695AtlantaGA
202 Anonymous454060
203 Michael Neidenbach537200gainesvilleGA
204 John Myers533150Saint MarysGA
205 Anonymous666788AtlantaGA
206 William Tinkler712837DecaturGAThe right to recover by third parties is, more often than not, a question of fact. Why should the attorney be required to act at his/her peril in making the decision whether to pay a third party claimant in such a circumstance? It's nuts. The Bar committee which proposed this questionable rule must be composed of majority who represent business and corporate interests and insurance companies, attorneys who have never seen what it's like on the side representing the victims of such special interests. This proposed rule is horrible. It reflects that the Chamber of Commerce and the insurance industry have taken over the Bar, or at least the committee of the Bar which proposed this terrible rule, one which could subject very many good, decent, ethical attorneys to draconian sanctions. The rule must not be adopted.
207 Marci Rosenberg614510AtlantaGA
208 robert j. harriss333300rossvilleGAthe rule is simply too broad and too subjective - it has the potential to open bar members to liability or litigation regarding entitlement to funds when a case is settled or otherwise resolved
209 Joseph Fried277251AtlantaGA
210 Robert W. Hughes Jr.376311Stone MountainGAThis interpretatoin is not in keeping with the ethical obligations owed my clients. It is one thing to meet your legal obligatoins when a client's creditor files a lien or obtains a judgment, it is quite another to require me to become the trier of fact as to whether a client owes someone a money.
211 W E Fields141901Stome MtGA
212 R. Daniel Graves305707
213 Larry Cohran175900McDonoughGA
214 Richard C. Mitchell513425
215 A. Thomas Stubbs689310DecaturGA
216 Mark R. Swanson694150AtlantaGA
217 Sharon Rowen616975
218 Michael E. Perez572127
219 Robert J Kiser424245LoganvilleGA
220 Douglas Kaleita406090AtlantaGA
221 Martin K. O'Toole555314MariettaGAThis is a horrible proposal.
222 Randolph H. Phillips576575AlbanyGA
223 Kathy Edwards-Opperman241460AtlantaGAWith respect, this opinion jeorpardizes the attorney client relationship.
224 Robin Frazer Clark274620
225 keith hasson336383
226 Joyce F. Glucksman298062AtlantaGA
227 James W. Hurt, Jr.380104AthensGA
228 Robert Nevins539533MariettaGA
229 Robert409055AtlantaGAThe Proposed Formal Opinion is an improper intrustion by the bar into legal disputes between insurance plans and policies and individuals who have been injured. Reimbursement issues related to ERISA health plans are an unsettled area of law. The Proposed Opinion would have the effect of creating an enforcement mechanism for insurance plans that neither Congress nor the Georgia State Legislature has seen fit to create. To the contrary, Georgia Public policy is that persons who have been injured should be fully compensated. This enforcement tool being provided to insurance plans clearly contradicts this public policy. Simply put, the State Bar is over stepping its role by issuing such an opinion, essentially substituting its opinion of proper enforcement mechanisms in the place of appropriate legislation or judicial opinions. Further, it ignores the fact that each plan has varying language which clearly would make determination of when funds had to be helf difficult if not impossible. This Formal Advisory Opinion is not well conceived and should be tabled for further study and input from all parties with an interest in the rule.
230 Richard E. Stark676300
231 Joseph D. Vogel728732GA
232 M. Brandon Smith141418AtlantaGA
233 douglas powell585937atlantaGA
234 Roger F. Huff375075DuluthGA
235 S. Lee Storesund685350MariettaGA
236 James S. Lewis450750This rule is terrible.
237 Steven Wisebram771350AtlantaGA
238 James M. Poe582725AtlantaGAThis proposal is unworkable and fraught with danger for those representing the injured. While I can appreciate the need to follow the direction oft he client, this places me in a position where I have a conflict of interest between representing my client zealously and protecting myself and my firm against Bar complaints by those who would use this opinion as leverage for claims which they have not established through appropriate litigation.
239 James E. Lee II443405MaconGAthis is a bad idea. It makes the lawyer for the injured party a collection agent for a maybe creditor, creates a conflict with the client and subjects that lawyer to the ultimate, disbarment.
240 Jack J. Helms, Jr.344510HomervilleGAThe proposed FAO does not accurately reflect the realities of attempting to settle case and correctly distribute the settlement proceeds. The FAO Request needs to be re-examined.
241 John Gregory Odom549710HahiraGA
242 Lynn Walker141982AtlantaGA
243 Roy R. Kelly IV413059SavannahGA
244 Anonymous529951AtlantaGA
245 Anonymous497736alpharettaGA
246 Ann Marie Beverly055899AtlantaGA
247 David A. Stevens086870
248 David E. Naylor535785DunwoodyGA
249 Andrew Cash743457AtlantaGA
250 Mathew Nasrallah535200MariettaGA

 

Signatures | Total: 274