IN MATTER OF HAWKINS


246 Ga. 659 (1980)

272 S.E.2d 694

IN THE MATTER OF HAWKINS. SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINARY NO. 160.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Omer W. Franklin, Jr., General Counsel State Bar, Viola L. Sellers, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.

Alston, Miller & Gaines, A. James Elliot, Peter Q. Bassett, for Hawkins.


PER CURIAM.

The Memorandum of Complaint against William E. Hawkins, Jr., alleges that Gertrud Schwarz, a German national visiting Georgia, was severely injured in an automobile collision in Columbus; that while she was hospitalized William E. Hawkins, Jr., was employed to represent her; that the alleged tortfeasors were insured in the amount of $75,000; that attorney Hawkins advised his client that she could claim no more than that amount and recommended settlement...

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