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 decision, the ADA Coordinator, who is also the lawyer 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.
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| Date (2026) | Who went out of office | What arrived the same day | Away message |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 21 | Deputy General Counsel | A reconsideration request and litigation hold demand, copied to the General Counsel | Out through April 27 |
| June 1 | Grievance Counsel | A second request to confirm a grievance was received | Out June 1 to 5 |
| June 17 | Office of the General Counsel | A list of outstanding ADA compliance questions | Out through June 19 |
| June 17 | Governmental Affairs Director | The same outstanding ADA compliance questions | Out through June 22 |
| June 26 | ADA Coordinator (the grievance respondent) | A follow up after weeks of no decision | Out, back June 29 |
Five away messages as of June 26, 2026. Each arrived the same day a request for action did. Dates are from the State Bar of Georgia's own automatic replies. The timing is noted, not a reason.
Read the emails and letters: the full State Bar of Georgia story, 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 case.
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 this page.
If you have been through something like this, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone.