MATTER OF GAINES

S19Y1471.

836 S.E.2d 82 (2019)

In the MATTER OF Carla Burton GAINES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenny K. Mittelman , Paula J. Frederick , General Counsel, William Dallas NeSmith, III , Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2934, Jess Brandel Johnson , Page Anthony Pate , Pate & Johnson, LLC, 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3300, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Carla Burton Gaines , Law Firm of Gaines and Associates PC, Building One, Suite 750, 2727 Paces Ferry Road, SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, Paula J. Frederick , General Counsel, Jenny K. Mittelman , William Dallas NeSmith, III , Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.

Herman Maddox Kilgore , Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC, 36 Ayers Avenue, Marietta, Georgia 30060, Trishanda L. Treadwell , Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3600, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Other Party.


This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of special master Trishanda L. Treadwell, who recommends that respondent Carla Burton Gaines (State Bar No. 282012) be disbarred for her violations of a variety of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in conjunction with her handling of escrow funds entrusted...

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