Court disbars Duluth lawyer
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday disbarred Duluth lawyer Scott Patrick Archer from the practice of law.
In a unanimous opinion, the court cited two cases in 2011 in which Archer abandoned clients after collecting legal fees from them. These include one case where Archer failed to take any action to collect a $10,500 judgment entered in favor of one of his clients, the court said, noting Archer did not file responses to the ethics charges against him.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
