Court disbars Stone Mountain lawyer
The Georgia Supreme Court has disbarred Stone Mountain attorney John Lieb from the practice of law for taking legal fees and then abandoning his clients and not returning the money.
In a decision Tuesday, the court cited three instances where Lieb took fees but did not fully represent criminal defendants. This included a $20,000 fee Lieb accepted for a defendant charged in federal court, the court said, noting Lieb failed to appear at the sentencing hearing and then failed to show when a judge ordered him to attend a hearing to explain his absence.
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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.
