In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk

Ricardo L. Polk is a Georgia lawyer who had earlier been barred from practicing law under conditions set by the Supreme Court of Georgia in a prior disciplinary case. The State Bar of Georgia's Office of General Counsel later submitted a notice to the court confirming that Polk had met all the requirements needed to be allowed to practice law again. The question before the court was simply whether Polk had actually completed those reinstatement conditions. After reviewing the Bar's notice of compliance, the court found that he had, and it ordered that Polk be reinstated to the practice of law in Georgia.

Because the State Bar's Office of General Counsel confirmed that Ricardo L. Polk had satisfied all conditions previously specified by the court for reinstatement, the court ordered him reinstated to the practice of law in Georgia.

The order allows Polk to resume representing clients in Georgia, which matters to him professionally and to any future clients. It also shows how the State Bar of Georgia and the Supreme Court of Georgia monitor lawyers working their way back from discipline before letting them practice again.

Reinstated

1. The court had previously imposed specific conditions Polk needed to meet before he could return to practicing law, as set out in an earlier disciplinary decision.
2. The State Bar of Georgia's Office of General Counsel, the office that oversees lawyer discipline, submitted a notice of compliance stating that Polk had completed those conditions.
3. The court reviewed that notice and, finding it showed the conditions were satisfied, concluded reinstatement was appropriate and ordered Polk restored to the practice of law.

• attorney reinstatement
• State Bar of Georgia
• law license