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The Court may issue a public reprimand, suspend the lawyer from practice for any period of time up to five years, disbar the lawyer or determine the lawyer should not be disciplined.
The directory maintained by the state bar or its disciplinary board is sometimes called the "Roster of Attorneys" or the "Roll of Attorneys." Six (6) states do not publish a searchable database online. In those jurisdictions, you must call or email the state bar to confirm a lawyer's bar license status or bar number.
Additionally, test takers are seeing better results, with 831 passing the exam by earning a score of 270 or higher. ing to the Supreme Court of Georgia, the higher pass rate was primarily driven by an increase in the pass rate for first-time bar applicants, which went from 79.1% in July 2023 to 81.4% this year.
Do you have a question regarding the State Bar of Georgia? Please use our Staff Directory to locate the person/department you need. If you aren't sure who you should contact, you may call us at 404-527-8700 or 800-334-6865.
The headquarters of State Bar of Georgia, known as the Bar Center, is located at 104 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone 404-527-8700. The South Georgia Office is located at 244 E. Second Street, Tifton, GA 31793.
For all other general office inquiries, please call (404) 458-3600.
The main responsibility the State Bar has is administering its codes of ethics and discipline that are enforced by the Supreme Court of Georgia through the State Bar's Office of the General Counsel. Georgia lawyers are bound by strict rules of ethics in all of their professional dealings.
In other states, one organization serves both functions. In every state, however, there is at least one entity that exists to streamline and support the legal profession and to engage with the public to assure confidence in and accountability for attorneys.