Opinion
No. S10Y1025
DECIDED: JULY 27, 2010
The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment.
The following order was passed:
On July 8, 2010, Morris P. Fair, Jr., filed a motion for reconsideration in this case, claiming that he has meritorious defenses to the disciplinary charges against him and that his failure to timely respond to the State Bar's Notice of Discipline was due to debilitating physical, mental, and emotional problems from which he suffered. Having considered the motion, the Court hereby grants the motion for reconsideration; temporarily vacates its June 28, 2010 opinion disbarring Fair; remands this matter to the Investigative Panel; and orders that a Special Master be appointed to hear evidence and make findings on whether Fair's physical, mental, and emotional problems prevented him from filing a timely response to the Notice of Discipline, and to hear evidence and make findings on the merits of Fair's defenses to the disciplinary charges against him. See In the Matter of Larry E. Blount. 264 Ga. 539 ( 449 SE2d 300) (1994). Fair shall be temporarily suspended from the practice of law until further order of this Court. Id.
All the Justices concur.