Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF B. HARRIS BALDWIN
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1990-04-05
Citations: 260 Ga. 74
Docket Number: Supreme Court Disciplinary No. 665
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF B. HARRIS BALDWIN.
Judges: All the Justices concur. Fletcher, J., disqualified.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 260
Pages: 74–74

Head Matter:
IN THE MATTER OF B. HARRIS BALDWIN.
(Supreme Court Disciplinary No. 665)
(392 SE2d 532)
Decided April 5, 1990.
William P. Smith III, General Counsel State Bar, Paula J. Frederick, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.
O. Hale Almand, Jr., for Baldwin.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
The State Bar charged B. Harris Baldwin with violating Standards 44 (abandonment or wilful disregard of a matter entrusted to him to the client's detriment) and 68 (failure to respond to disciplinary proceedings in accordance with State Disciplinary Board rules) arising out of his representation of John B, Curry in various business matters. Baldwin failed to respond as required to the State Bar's Investigative Panel, but filed a response to the State Board's formal complaint against him. Following discovery, during which Baldwin presented his defenses to the charges against him, the State Bar agreed to accept Baldwin's petition for voluntary discipline, admitting a violation of Standard 68, and dismissing the remaining counts of the formal complaint against Baldwin.
We approve the recommendation of the State Bar. Accordingly, Baldwin's petition for voluntary discipline is accepted.
It is ordered that Baldwin receive a public reprimand for violating Standard 68 and that the remaining charges against Baldwin be dismissed.
All the Justices concur. Fletcher, J., disqualified.