Out of Office. A running log of the State Bar of Georgia’s away messages, and what landed the same day. I am noting the timing. I am not claiming a reason.
June 26, 2026.
On the day I followed up after weeks with no disposition, the ADA Coordinator, who is also the respondent in a grievance I filed against him, was out of office. The only contact he offered handles visiting-lawyer admissions.
The away message:
“I am away from work and will have limited access to email messages. If you need immediate attention, please contact Nariah Dancy at nariahd@gabar.org. I will do my best to respond to your email message on June 29, 2026.”
The contact offered for immediate attention is the Bar’s Pro Hac Vice Administrator, the person who processes applications for out-of-state lawyers to appear in a Georgia case. That role has nothing to do with ADA accommodations, access, or grievances. It is a default pointer, not a successor on ADA.
And the office was not absent. The read receipts on the same email show three of the Bar’s most senior people opened it within 45 minutes: the Deputy General Counsel at 8:39 AM, the President at 8:55 AM, and the Chief Operating Officer at 9:24 AM. None replied. The away message was no serious attempt to help. The people who could answer were present, reading, and chose not to.
Read the record: the full State Bar of Georgia record, and this day on the Timeline.
Status: the ADA Coordinator was out with a pro hac vice clerk as the only contact; three senior officials read the message within 45 minutes and none replied.
Update: the backup did not answer either
Later that same day I wrote to the Pro Hac Vice Administrator the away message had named, and asked, in writing, who is now responsible for my ADA matters while the Coordinator is out, and whether the accommodations already granted remain in effect. Her reply, in full:
“Received, I will forward this information.”
The contact offered for “immediate attention” answered neither question. That is now the second one-word receipt the Bar has sent me in this matter.
Patterns on this page: out-of-office, read-no-answer. Each is a recurring pattern in the State Bar record. I am noting the timing, not asserting a reason.
Corrections: this is built from documents I received. If any fact here is incomplete or inaccurate, identify the page, the sentence, and the supporting document, and I will review and correct the record.
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