Rule 4-220 Notice of Punishment or Acquittal; Administration of Reprimands

(a) Upon a final judgment of disbarment or suspension, notice of the action taken shall be given by the Office of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia to the clerks of all courts of record in this State and to the Membership Department of the State Bar of Georgia, and the name of the respondent in question shall be stricken from the rolls of said courts and from the rolls of the State Bar of Georgia for the prescribed period.

(b) State Disciplinary Review Board Reprimands shall be prepared by the Office of the General Counsel based upon the record. State Disciplinary Review Board Reprimands shall be read in the presence of the respondent by the Chair of the State Disciplinary Review Board, or his designee, at a regular meeting of the Board, and the portion of the meeting at which State Disciplinary Review Board Reprimands are issued shall be open to the public. Notice of issuance of the State Disciplinary Review Board Reprimand shall be published in advance in the legal organ of the county of the respondent’s address as shown on the Membership Records of the State Bar of Georgia and shall be provided to the complainant in the underlying case.

(c) Public Reprimands shall be prepared by the Office of the General Counsel based upon the record in the case. They shall be read in open court in the presence of the respondent by the judge of a Superior Court in the county of the respondent's address as shown on the Membership Records of the State Bar of Georgia or as otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court of Georgia. Notice of issuance of the reprimand shall be published in advance in the legal organ of the county of the respondent’s address as shown on the Membership Records of the State Bar of Georgia and shall be provided to the complainant in the underlying case.

(d) After a Public Reprimand has been administered, a certificate reciting the fact of the administration of the reprimand and the date of its administration shall be filed with the Supreme Court of Georgia. There shall be attached to such certificate a copy of the reprimand. Both the certificate and the copy of the reprimand shall become a part of the record in the disciplinary proceeding.

(e) In the event of a final judgment in favor of the respondent, the State Bar of Georgia shall, if directed by the respondent, give notice thereof to the clerk of the Superior Court in the county in which the respondent resides.