Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:03:03.298069+00
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Hunstein, Justice,
dissenting.
I cannot agree with the conclusion reached by the majority that the appropriate level of discipline in this case is a one-year suspension. In arriving at the appropriate sanction, I would employ the analysis set forth in In re Smith, 271 Ga. 432 (520 SE2d 903) (1999), applicable to an attorney who commits violations of Standards 44 and 68 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d). Because the allegations against Zoota reflect serious disciplinary infractions which support the sanction of disbarment, I would accept the special master’s recommendation. Accordingly, I must respectfully dissent to the majority’s imposition of the one-year suspension in this case.
I am authorized to state that Justice Thompson joins in this dissent.
*499Decided June 12, 2000.
William P. Smith III, General Counsel State Bar, K. Gene Chapman, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.