The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday disbarred Decatur lawyer Patrick Jeffrey Stubbs from the practice of law.

In a unanimous opinion, the court found Stubbs to be in default because he failed to respond to a State Bar of Georgia notice of discipline. An investigation had found that Stubbs, during 2010 and 2011, pursued a civil case on behalf of a client when he knew his license to practice law had been suspended. Stuffs also never notified his client or the court of the suspensions, the ruling said.

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