--- title: In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk collection: opinions id: S18Y1385 cite_as: In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk, 308 Ga. 492 (2020) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y1385 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y1385.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y1385/text source_url: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10367523/in-the-matter-of-ricardo-l-polk/ date: 2020-04-08 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/S20A0153.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S20A0241.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md omitted: opinion extras omitted_chars: 881 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y1385.md?full=1 docket: S18Y1385 citation: 308 Ga. 492 court: Supreme Court of Georgia case_type: bar discipline authoring_justice: Per Curiam disposition: Reinstated vote: Melton, C. J., Nahmias, P. J., and Blackwell, Boggs, Peterson, Warren, Bethel, and Ellington, JJ., concur word_count: 138 date_filed_source: courtlistener citations: - 841 S.E.2d 737 record_source: courtlistener legal_areas: - professional discipline upstream_id: "10367523" summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 --- # In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk Supreme Court of Georgia, docket S18Y1385, filed 2020-04-08, 308 Ga. 492. ## Opinion 308 Ga. 492 FINAL COPY S18Y1385. IN THE MATTER OF RICARDO L. POLK. PER CURIAM. The Court having reviewed the notice of compliance submitted by the Office of General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia, and it appearing that Ricardo L. Polk (State Bar No. 001354) has satisfied the conditions for reinstatement as specified by this Court, see In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk, 304 Ga. 326 (818 SE2d 495) (2018), it is hereby ordered that Ricardo L. Polk be reinstated to the practice of law in the State of Georgia. Reinstated. Melton, C. J., Nahmias, P. J., and Blackwell, Boggs, Peterson, Warren, Bethel, and Ellington, JJ., concur. DECIDED APRIL 8, 2020. Reinstatement. Paula J. Frederick, 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 Ricardo L. Polk to the practice of law in Georgia after finding he satisfied the conditions the court had previously set for his return. ### Plain-language summary 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. ### Holding, as summarized 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. ### Disposition Reinstated. Melton, C. J., Nahmias, P. J., and Blackwell, Boggs, Peterson, Warren, Bethel, and Ellington, JJ., concur. ### Why it matters 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. > The summarized reasoning, checked quotes, suggested questions, and the CourtListener opinion records (881 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S18Y1385.md?full=1