Title: IN THE MATTER OF SARAH SPENCE COOKSEY
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: S14Y0830
State: Georgia
Issuer: Georgia Supreme Court
Date: April 22, 2014

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: April 22, 2014 S14Y0830. IN THE MATTER OF SARAH SPENCE COOKSEY. PER CURIAM. This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the Special Master, Charles C. Clay, recommending that Sarah Spence Cooksey (State Bar No. 388668) be disbarred for her abandonment of a client in civil litigation in superior court and misrepresentations to the trial court. The State Bar filed a formal complaint and attempted to serve it on Cooksey, but the sheriff filed a return of service non est inventus. The State Bar then served Cooksey by publication, but Cooksey failed to respond. The special master found Cooksey in default and found the following facts admitted by default. See Bar Rule 4-212 (a). Cooksey began representing a client in October 2010 while she was associated with a law firm. Cooksey resigned from the firm in December 2010 and informed the firm that the client wished her to continue to represent him. In January 2011, Cooksey failed to attend two hearings held in the trial court in the client’s case, but she did file a