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.
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.
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.
Rock Hill attorney suspended indefinitely
Thomas A. Givens was suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Sept. 19.
Charleston attorney suspended indefinitely
Louis S. Moore was suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Sept. 27.
Newly admitted attorney suspended indefinitely
Margaret Lanier Brooks was suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Oct. 2.
Aiken attorney disbarred
Anthony C. Odom was disbarred on Sept. 25, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension.
Charleston attorney reprimanded
Ivon Keith McCarty was publicly reprimanded on Aug. 21.
Camden attorney suspended
Ronald Wade Moak was suspended from the practice of law for one year on May 15.
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.
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.
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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