Title: In the Matter of William H. Lumpkin

State: south-carolina

Issuer: South Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Opinion No. 25376 Submitted August 30, 2001 - Filed November 19, 2001 DISBARRED Henry B. Richardson, Jr., of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Joseph R. Neal, of Augusta, Georgia, for respondent. Rule 4-110(f) of the Rules and Regulations for the Organization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia states that a Petition for Voluntary Discipline in which the respondent voluntarily surrenders his license to practice law in the State of Georgia is tantamount to disbarment. Given the language of Rule 4-110, the fact that respondent failed to respond to the notice of reciprocal discipline, and the fact that respondent's license to practice law in this state has been suspended since 1986 for failure to pay Bar dues and failure to meet continuing legal education requirements, we find disbarment is the appropriate sanction to impose as reciprocal discipline in this matter. We therefore disbar respondent from the practice of law in this state, retroactive to April 12, 1999, the date respondent's license to practice law in Georgia was revoked by the Supreme Court of Georgia. Within fifteen days of the date of this opinion, respondent shall file an affidavit with the Clerk of Court showing that he has complied with Rule 30, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, and shall also surrender his Certificate of Admission to the Practice of Law to the Clerk of Court. DISBARRED. TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.