In the Matter of David John Pettinato

David John Pettinato is a Georgia lawyer who had earlier been the subject of a State Bar of Georgia proceeding, and the Supreme Court of Georgia had laid out conditions he needed to satisfy before he could resume practicing law. The State Bar's Office of the General Counsel later filed a notice with the court confirming that Pettinato had completed those conditions. Based on that notice, the Supreme Court of Georgia found that Pettinato had satisfied the requirements for reinstatement and ordered that he be allowed to practice law in Georgia again. The order was brief and unanimous, with no dispute over the facts presented.

The court held that David John Pettinato satisfied the reinstatement conditions the court had previously specified, and it therefore ordered him reinstated to practice law in Georgia.

The order restores a Georgia attorney's license to practice, which matters to his clients and colleagues and reflects how the state's bar discipline system allows lawyers to return to practice once they meet court-ordered conditions.

Reinstated

1. The court had previously set specific conditions Pettinato needed to meet before he could be reinstated to practice law, as recorded in an earlier Supreme Court of Georgia decision.
2. The State Bar of Georgia's Office of the General Counsel, the body that oversees attorney discipline and compliance in the state, submitted a notice confirming Pettinato had satisfied those conditions.
3. Relying on that notice, the court concluded Pettinato had met the requirements and ordered his reinstatement to the practice of law.

• attorney reinstatement
• State Bar of Georgia
• law license