Court disbars Marietta lawyer
The Georgia Supreme Court recently disbarred Marietta lawyer Wendel Lawrence Bowie from the practice of law, noting an investigative panel found his conduct had been egregious.
Bowie committed a number of violations, the court said. They included his receipt of $300,000 as closing attorney in a home mortgage refinancing and his failure to disburse the funds to the original mortgage holder and, later, failure to account for the funds. In another matter, he obtained $4,462 in settlement funds on behalf of a client and failed to turn over the funds or account for them, the court said.
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