IN THE MATTER OF WATKINS

S17Y1842.

805 S.E.2d 816 (2017)

In the MATTER OF James Edward WATKINS, Sr.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andreea N. Morrison , Assistant General Counsel, Paula J. Frederick , General Counsel, Jenny K. Mittelman , STATE BAR OF GEORGIA, 104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

James Edward Watkins , JAMES E. WATKINS SR. ESQ , 18 Atlanta Street, McDonough, Georgia 30253, for Appellee.

Herman Maddox Kilgore , KILGORE & RODRIGUEZ LLC, 36 Ayers Avenue, Marietta, Georgia 30060, Joseph Alexander Boone , BOONE, SCOTT & BOONE, P.O. Box 525, Irwinton, Georgia 31042-0525, Jessical Oglesby , Clerk, State Bar Disciplinary Board, 104 Marietta St., NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Other Party.


This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendations of the special master, Joseph A. Boone, recommending that James Edward Watkins, Sr. (State Bar No. 740430), a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1996, be disbarred for multiple derelictions related to his deficient representation and abandonment of two unrelated clients...

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