Former public defender disbarred
A former city of Atlanta public defender has been disbarred from practicing law for deceitful and unprofessional conduct, the Georgia Supreme Court said.
In a recent opinion, the court noted that Lisa M. Cummings falsified $2,754 worth of invoices when she worked for the defender’s office two years ago. After being terminated from that job, Cummings took money from a client to file a lawsuit on the client’s behalf but never did file the suit and failed to return the client’s documents and unearned legal fee, 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.
