Court suspends Atlanta lawyer for 18 months
The Georgia Supreme Court has suspended Atlanta attorney Marcea O'Brien-Carriman from practicing law for 18 months because she shared her fees with a non-lawyer and made false statements during a State Bar of Georgia investigation.
The court said O'Brien-Carriman paid an individual a percentage of her legal fees in cases in which the non-lawyer worked. She did not act with ill will or selfish motive, no harm came to any clients because of the fee-splitting and once O'Brien-Carriman admitted her behavior, she was forthright and apologetic, the court said.
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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.
