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MATTER OF ZALEON

No. S98Y1263.

504 S.E.2d 702 (1998)

In the Matter of Ruth A. ZALEON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Smith, III, General Counsel, K. Gene Chapman, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, for the State Bar of Georgia.

Ruth A. Zaleon, Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Zaleon, P.C., Atlanta, for Ruth A. Zaleon.

G. Robert Reinhardt, Jr., Chairperson, Review Panel, Tifton, for other interested parties.

PER CURIAM.

This disciplinary case concerns the appropriate sanction for an admitted violation of ethical standards, whereby respondent Ruth A. Zaleon, acting as settlement agent in real estate closings, collected amounts more than necessary for recording fees pertaining to each individual closing, and applied overages to unrelated matters, rather than refunding those amounts to the client who had paid them. Earlier this year we concluded a public reprimand was an...

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