2020 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 19 - Attorneys
Article 2 - State Bar of Georgia

ARTICLE 2 STATE BAR OF GEORGIA

Cross references.

- Rules and Regulations for the Organization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia.

- For article advocating incorporation of the bar in Georgia, prior to the establishment of a unified state bar of Georgia, see 21 Ga. B.J. 527 (1959). For article, "Georgia Lawyers Report Gender and Racial Bias in Legal Practice: A Review of the Georgia Bar's Survey," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 6 (1991). For article, "Black Lawyers of Georgia: In Pursuit of Justice," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 25 (1991). For article, "Technology and the Third Millennium Lawyer," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 56 (1991). For article, "What It Means to Be a Good Lawyer," see 7 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 411 (1991). For note, "Conflicts of Interest in the Liability Insurance Setting," see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 973 (1979). For comment on Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), as to the constitutionality of the State Bar Act (Art. 2, Ch. 19, T. 15), see 21 Mercer L. Rev. 355 (1969). For comment discussing judicial unification of the bar in light of Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 325 (1970).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Article does not contain matter different from that expressed in title.

- This article is not subject to the attack that the article violates the constitutional prohibition against an Act containing matter different from that expressed in the title. Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S. Ct. 916, 25 L. Ed. 2d 94 (1970).

- This article does not deprive members of bar of their freedoms of contract, conscience, speech, and liberty, or deprive them of their property without due process of law. Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S. Ct. 916, 25 L. Ed. 2d 94 (1970).

§ 34-6-1 et seq. - There is no merit in contention that Ga. L. 1963, p. 70 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-19-30 et seq.) violates the provisions governing labor organizations and labor revisions, Ga. L. 1941, p. 515, § 1 et seq. (see now O.C.G.A. Art. 1, Ch. 6, T. 34). Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S. Ct. 916, 25 L. Ed. 2d 94 (1970).

- There is no merit in contention that this article does not authorize adoption of disciplinary rules and regulations. Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S. Ct. 916, 25 L. Ed. 2d 94 (1970).

- Purport of this article is to authorize the establishment of a regulatory body to regulate the practice of law, and the fee is plainly authorized for the purpose of defraying the expenses of operating the state bar; it is not a fee authorized by a revenue measure, nor is it a gratuity. Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S. Ct. 916, 25 L. Ed. 2d 94 (1970).

- Ga. L. 1963, p. 70 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-19-30 et seq.) does not authorize the bar to engage in political activities, nor does the statute authorize the license fees to be used for any activity except those in harmony with the stated purposes of those provisions. Sams v. Olah, 225 Ga. 497, 169 S.E.2d 790 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 914, 90 S. Ct. 916, 25 L. Ed. 2d 94 (1970).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Integration of bar, 151 A.L.R. 617.

Validity and construction of rule or order requiring attorney to submit to physical or mental examination to determine capacity to continue in practice of law, 52 A.L.R.3d 1326.

Sexual conduct or orientation as ground for denial of admission to bar, 21 A.L.R.4th 1109.

Use of compulsory bar association dues or fees for activities from which particular members dissent, 40 A.L.R.4th 672.