State Bar of Georgia Lawyers Serving the Public and the Justice System

Withdrawal of Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-1

Members of the State Bar of Georgia are hereby NOTIFIED that on June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued an order withdrawing Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-1. Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-1 addresses whether a lawyer may serve as both a state legislator and part-time solicitor.

The State Bar of Georgia filed a petition for withdrawal in the Supreme Court of Georgia on July 14, 2010. The Court treated the petition as a petition for discretionary review under Rule 4-403(d), and granted the petition in an order dated Nov. 7, 2011. The State Bar posted a link to the Supreme Court’s Nov. 7, 2011, order on the State Bar’s website, which directed the State Bar and other interested parties to address whether Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-1 was in conflict with certain Georgia laws and Rules of Professional Conduct, and should be withdrawn. The State Bar of Georgia filed a brief in support of withdrawing Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-1 on Nov. 28, 2011. No other parties filed briefs in this matter.

A copy of the Supreme Court’s order withdrawing Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-1 can be downloaded here.