--- title: In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams collection: opinions id: S23Y0437 cite_as: In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams, 320 Ga. 449 (2024) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437/text source_url: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10680212/in-the-matter-of-walter-douglas-adams/ date: 2024-11-26 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/2024.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S24Y1267.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S24A1063.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md omitted: opinion extras omitted_chars: 861 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437.md?full=1 docket: S23Y0437 citation: 320 Ga. 449 court: Supreme Court of Georgia case_type: bar discipline authoring_justice: Per Curiam disposition: Reinstated vote: All the Justices concur word_count: 135 date_filed_source: courtlistener record_source: courtlistener also_known_as: - CourtListener cluster 10284177 legal_areas: - professional discipline other_opinions: - https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437/9437611.md upstream_id: "10680212" summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 --- # In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams Supreme Court of Georgia, docket S23Y0437, filed 2024-11-26, 320 Ga. 449. Other opinions in this docket: In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams (2023-11-07) https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437/9437611.md ## Opinion 320 Ga. 449 FINAL COPY S23Y0437. IN THE MATTER OF WALTER DOUGLAS ADAMS. 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 Walter Douglas Adams (State Bar No. 004650) has satisfied the conditions for reinstatement as specified by this Court, see In the Matter of Adams, 317 Ga. 705 (895 SE2d 266) (2023), it is hereby ordered that Walter Douglas Adams be reinstated to practice law in the State of Georgia. Reinstated. All the Justices concur. Decided November 26, 2024. Reinstatement. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar, William D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel State Bar, Jenny K. Mittelman, James S. Lewis, Alison L. Burgess, 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 Walter Douglas Adams to practice law after finding he had satisfied the conditions the court had previously set for his return to the bar. ### Plain-language summary Walter Douglas Adams, a Georgia lawyer whose State Bar number is 004650, had earlier been suspended and told by the Supreme Court of Georgia what he needed to do before he could practice law again, as described in an earlier 2023 decision. The State Bar's Office of the General Counsel later filed a notice with the court confirming that Adams had met those conditions. The question before the court was simply whether Adams had done what was required for reinstatement. Reviewing the notice of compliance from the State Bar's lawyers, the court agreed he had met the conditions and ordered that he be reinstated to practice law in Georgia. ### Holding, as summarized Because the State Bar's General Counsel confirmed that Walter Douglas Adams satisfied the specific conditions the court had previously imposed for reinstatement, the court ordered him reinstated to practice law in Georgia. ### Disposition Reinstated. All the Justices concur. ### Why it matters The order restores a Georgia lawyer's ability to represent clients and appear in court, showing how the State Bar and the Supreme Court of Georgia jointly manage attorney discipline and return suspended lawyers to good standing once conditions are met. > The summarized reasoning, checked quotes, suggested questions, and the CourtListener opinion records (861 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Y0437.md?full=1