--- title: In the Matter of Christopher Aaron Corley collection: opinions id: S18Y0350 cite_as: In the Matter of Christopher Aaron Corley, 307 Ga. 788 (2020) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0350 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0350.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0350/text source_url: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10367601/in-the-matter-of-christopher-aaron-corley/ date: 2020-01-31 status: published corpus_version: opinions-2026-09-14 license: Public record of the Supreme Court of Georgia, via CourtListener and the court's own website; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/2020.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S19A1266.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S19A1257.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md omitted: opinion extras omitted_chars: 847 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0350.md?full=1 docket: S18Y0350 citation: 307 Ga. 788 court: Supreme Court of Georgia case_type: bar discipline authoring_justice: Per Curiam disposition: Reinstated vote: All the Justices concur word_count: 144 date_filed_source: courtlistener citations: - 838 S.E.2d 588 record_source: courtlistener legal_areas: - professional discipline upstream_id: "10367601" summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 --- # In the Matter of Christopher Aaron Corley Supreme Court of Georgia, docket S18Y0350, filed 2020-01-31, 307 Ga. 788. ## Opinion 307 Ga. 788 FINAL COPY S18Y0350. IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTOPHER AARON CORLEY. PER CURIAM. The Court having reviewed the notice of compliance submitted by the Office of General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia and the report and recommendation of the State Disciplinary Review Board, and it appearing that Christopher Aaron Corley (State Bar No. 940383) has satisfied the conditions for reinstatement as specified by this Court, see In the Matter of Corley, 303 Ga. 290 (811 SE2d 347) (1997), it is hereby ordered that Christopher Aaron Corley be reinstated to the practice of law in the State of Georgia. Reinstated. All the Justices concur. DECIDED JANUARY 31, 2020. Reinstatement. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar, William D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel State Bar, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the opinion above and is not part of the court's opinion. Quote the opinion, not the summary. The Supreme Court of Georgia reinstated Christopher Aaron Corley to the practice of law after he showed he had met the conditions the court set for his return to the bar. ### Plain-language summary Christopher Aaron Corley, a Georgia attorney who had previously been disciplined by the Supreme Court of Georgia, sought to be reinstated to practice law. Before reinstatement could happen, he had to satisfy specific conditions the court had laid out in an earlier order. The State Bar of Georgia's Office of General Counsel and the State Disciplinary Review Board reviewed his situation and reported to the court that he had met those conditions. Based on that report, the Supreme Court of Georgia ordered that Corley be reinstated to the practice of law in Georgia. ### Holding, as summarized The court held that Corley had satisfied the conditions for reinstatement it had previously specified, and therefore ordered him reinstated to the practice of law in the State of Georgia. ### Disposition Reinstated. All the Justices concur. ### Why it matters The order allows Corley to resume practicing law in Georgia, affecting his clients and legal work going forward. It also shows how the State Bar and the court monitor and verify that disciplined attorneys meet reinstatement conditions before returning to practice. > The summarized reasoning, checked quotes, suggested questions, and the CourtListener opinion records (847 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0350.md?full=1