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LEWIS v. STATE

No. A11A0859.

718 S.E.2d 112 (2011)

312 Ga. App. 275

LEWIS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston & Bird , Michael Lawrence Brown , Bernard Taylor , Angela Adams , Atlanta, for appellant.

Robert D. James Jr. , Dist. Atty., John Stuart Melvin , Deborah D. Wellborn , Michael Scott Carlson , Asst. Dist. Attys., Rhani Morris Lott , Atlanta, for appellee.

Donald F. Samuel , George P. Donaldson III , J. Scott Key , amici curiae.

BLACKWELL, Judge.

Crawford Lewis, a former superintendent of the DeKalb County School System, was charged with serious crimes involving, among other things, alleged corruption in the award and management of school construction contracts, and he hired Michael Brown, a lawyer with the firm Alston & Bird LLP, to defend him against these charges. On the motion of the prosecuting attorneys, the court below disqualified Brown and his firm from continuing to represent...

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