In re Rorex

1 Citing case

  1. In re Pettinato

    315 Ga. 831 (Ga. 2023)   Cited 4 times
    Accepting attorney’s voluntary petition for reciprocal discipline and imposing ten-day suspension, which is generally not a disciplinary sanction available in Georgia, because the requested suspension was "identical" to discipline imposed in Florida

    on is identical to the discipline imposed by Florida, in compliance with the "substantially similar" language in GA Rule 9.4 (b) (3), and neither the Bar nor Pettinato objected to this discipline. See GA Rule 9.4 (b) (3) (noting that, where a reciprocal disciplinary matter proceeds to the State Disciplinary Review Board, that body "shall recommend imposition of substantially similar discipline" to that received in the disciplinary proceeding in the other jurisdiction; that the Office of the General Counsel or the respondent can "object to imposition of substantially similar discipline" by showing different factors; and that "[t]he burden is on the party seeking different discipline in this jurisdiction to demonstrate that the imposition of the same discipline is not appropriate"); Thompson , 315 Ga. at 85, 880 S.E.2d 214 (accepting petition for voluntary reciprocal discipline of one-year suspension nunc pro tunc based on one-year suspension imposed in Florida); In theMatter of Rorex , 308 Ga. 488, 490, 841 S.E.2d 662 (2020) (imposing six-month suspension with proof of reinstatement in Arizona as reciprocal discipline based on six-month suspension with conditions imposed in Arizona); In theMatter of Podvin , 304 Ga. 378, 379, 818 S.E.2d 651 (2018) (imposing 18-month suspension with proof of reinstatement in Florida as reciprocal discipline based on 18-month suspension with conditions imposed in Florida); Bounds , 294 Ga. at 725, 755 S.E.2d 745 (imposing 30-day suspension as reciprocal discipline based on 30-day suspension imposed in Florida); In the Matter of Maddux , 281 Ga. 607, 608, 642 S.E.2d 317 (2007) (imposing 30-day suspension as reciprocal discipline based on 30-day suspension imposed in Tennessee). We also agree that based on Pettinato's uncontested pleadings that he has not practiced law in Georgia since 2020 and the Bar's resultant support for his request that his suspension be nunc pro tunc, the imposition of a retroactive suspension to the date that he was suspended by the Florida Supreme Co