Cumming lawyer suspended
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday slapped Cumming lawyer Warner Russell Hodges with a 60-day suspension from practicing law.
Hodges was punished for undertaking to represent a client in Tennessee in a divorce case while his Tennessee law license was inactive, the court’s unanimous ruling said. The ruling noted that the Tennessee Supreme Court had also imposed a 60-day suspension on Hodges for holding himself out to be authorized to practice law in that state when, in fact, he was not authorized to do so.
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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.
