--- title: In the Matter of David E. Morgan III collection: opinions id: S18Y0821 cite_as: In the Matter of David E. Morgan III, 310 Ga. 756 (2021) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0821 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0821.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0821/text source_url: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10367873/in-the-matter-of-david-e-morgan-iii/ date: 2021-02-05 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/2021.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21A0256.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S20A1093.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md omitted: opinion extras omitted_chars: 942 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0821.md?full=1 docket: S18Y0821 citation: 310 Ga. 756 court: Supreme Court of Georgia case_type: bar discipline authoring_justice: Per Curiam disposition: Reinstated vote: All the Justices concur word_count: 126 date_filed_source: courtlistener citations: - 854 S.E.2d 674 record_source: courtlistener legal_areas: - professional discipline upstream_id: "10367873" summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 --- # In the Matter of David E. Morgan III Supreme Court of Georgia, docket S18Y0821, filed 2021-02-05, 310 Ga. 756. ## Opinion 310 Ga. 756 FINAL COPY S18Y0821. IN THE MATTER OF DAVID E. MORGAN III. PER CURIAM. The Court having reviewed the notice of compliance submitted by the Office of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia, and it appearing that David E. Morgan III (State Bar No. 522250) has satisfied the conditions for reinstatement as specified by this Court, see In the Matter of Morgan, 303 Ga. 678 (814 SE2d 394) (2018), it is hereby ordered that David E. Morgan III be reinstated to practice law in the State of Georgia. Reinstated. All the Justices concur. DECIDED FEBRUARY 5, 2021. Reinstatement. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar, Jenny K. Mittelman, Wolanda R. Shelton, 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 ordered attorney David E. Morgan III reinstated to practice law after he satisfied the conditions the court had set for his return following an earlier disciplinary case. ### Plain-language summary David E. Morgan III is an attorney who had previously been disciplined by the Supreme Court of Georgia in a 2018 case. That earlier decision laid out specific conditions he needed to meet before he could resume practicing law in Georgia. The State Bar of Georgia's Office of the General Counsel later filed a notice with the court confirming that Morgan had completed those required conditions. Based on that notice, the Supreme Court of Georgia reviewed the matter and found that reinstatement was appropriate, formally ordering that Morgan be allowed to practice law again in the state. ### Holding, as summarized Because the State Bar of Georgia's Office of the General Counsel confirmed that David E. Morgan III had satisfied the specific conditions the court previously imposed for his return to practice, the Supreme Court of Georgia ordered him reinstated to practice law in Georgia. ### Disposition Reinstated. All the Justices concur. ### Why it matters The order allows Morgan to resume representing clients in Georgia, restoring his livelihood and his clients' access to his services. It also shows how the State Bar's oversight process works when a disciplined lawyer seeks to return to practice. > The summarized reasoning, checked quotes, suggested questions, and the CourtListener opinion records (942 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y0821.md?full=1