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Bar Disciplinary Roundup

Dec 4, 2019

Sandy Springs attorney suspended for two years

Douglas Andrew Gaines was suspended from the practice of law for two years on Nov. 27, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension.

Nov 15, 2019

Rock Hill attorney suspended for 18 months

Bradford Alexander Rawlinson was suspended from the practice of law for 18 months on Nov. 6, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension.

Oct 30, 2019

Fairmont, N.C. attorney suspended

James Darrell Dotson was suspended from the practice of law for one year on Oct. 23. The suspension is retroactive to the Oct. 13, 2016 date of Dotson’s interim suspension.

Oct 9, 2019

Rock Hill attorney suspended indefinitely

Thomas A. Givens was suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Sept. 19.

Oct 9, 2019

Charleston attorney suspended indefinitely

Louis S. Moore was suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Sept. 27.

Oct 9, 2019

Newly admitted attorney suspended indefinitely

Margaret Lanier Brooks was suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Oct. 2.

Oct 3, 2019

Aiken attorney disbarred

Anthony C. Odom was disbarred on Sept. 25, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension.

Aug 26, 2019

Charleston attorney reprimanded

Ivon Keith McCarty was publicly reprimanded on Aug. 21.

May 21, 2019

Camden attorney suspended

Ronald Wade Moak was suspended from the practice of law for one year on May 15.

May 21, 2019

New Jersey attorney suspended in South Carolina

Edward P. McKenzie was suspended from the practice of law for one year as an imposition of reciprocal discipline on May 15.

Feb 12, 2019

Charleston attorney resigns in lieu of discipline

John F. Martin of Charleston resigned in lieu of discipline on Feb. 1. His resignation shall be permanent, and he will never be eligible to apply nor be considered for admission or reinstatement to the practice of law or for any limited practice of law in South Carolina.

Jan 30, 2019

Hardeeville judge placed on interim suspension

Atiya Shawtel Johnson, a municipal court judge in Hardeeville and Ridgeland and a ministerial recorder/clerk of court in Hardeeville, was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of making a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the government of the United States.

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