--- title: In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon collection: opinions id: S21Y0002 cite_as: In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon, 314 Ga. 581 (2022) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21Y0002 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21Y0002.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21Y0002/text source_url: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10367343/in-the-matter-of-david-godley-rigdon/ date: 2022-09-19 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/2022.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21G1250.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S22A0794.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md omitted: opinion extras omitted_chars: 879 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21Y0002.md?full=1 docket: S21Y0002 citation: 314 Ga. 581 court: Supreme Court of Georgia case_type: bar discipline authoring_justice: Per Curiam disposition: Reinstated vote: All the Justices concur word_count: 132 date_filed_source: courtlistener record_source: courtlistener also_known_as: - CourtListener cluster 8242245 legal_areas: - professional discipline upstream_id: "10367343" summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 --- # In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon Supreme Court of Georgia, docket S21Y0002, filed 2022-09-19, 314 Ga. 581. ## Opinion 314 Ga. 581 FINAL COPY S21Y0002. IN THE MATTER OF DAVID GODLEY RIGDON. 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 Godley Rigdon (State Bar No. 689829) has satisfied the conditions for reinstatement as specified by this Court, see In the Matter of Rigdon, 310 Ga. 101 (849 SE2d 399) (2020), it is hereby ordered that David Godley Rigdon be reinstated to practice law in the State of Georgia. Reinstated. All the Justices concur. Decided September 19, 2022. Reinstatement. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar, William D. NeSmith III, Deputy 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 reinstated attorney David Godley Rigdon to practice law after finding he had met the conditions the court previously set for his return to the State Bar. ### Plain-language summary David Godley Rigdon, a Georgia lawyer, had previously been suspended or removed from practice under conditions the Supreme Court of Georgia set out in an earlier 2020 order. To get back into practice, he had to satisfy specific requirements laid out by the court at that time. The Office of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia reviewed his situation and submitted a notice confirming he had complied with those conditions. Based on that notice, the Supreme Court of Georgia ordered that Rigdon be reinstated to practice law in the State of Georgia. ### Holding, as summarized The court held that because the State Bar's General Counsel confirmed Rigdon had satisfied the conditions for reinstatement previously set by the court, he was entitled to be reinstated to the practice of law in Georgia. ### Disposition Reinstated. All the Justices concur. ### Why it matters This order allows Rigdon to resume representing clients in Georgia. It also shows how the State Bar and the Supreme Court of Georgia monitor lawyers working their way back into practice after discipline, protecting the public by requiring proof of compliance first. > The summarized reasoning, checked quotes, suggested questions, and the CourtListener opinion records (879 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S21Y0002.md?full=1