“Must Dismiss the Grievance”: Adrienne D. Nash Cleared a Bar Insider

As of October 17, 2026. Times are Eastern.

The insider’s clearance.

At 4:24 PM on June 30, 2026, Adrienne D. Nash, Grievance Counsel, signed the State Bar of Georgia’s answer to my grievance about James R. Westbury, Jr. It came from the Bar’s no reply address, copied to Westbury at his law firm address. Its conclusion: “None of the rules cited by you, nor any other rules of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, appear to have been violated by Mr. Westbury in this matter based on the record available to us and your own submissions.” And: “our office must dismiss the grievance.”

Westbury is no outsider to the Bar. On June 26 I wrote to the Bar that Westbury “served two terms on this Bar’s Board of Governors.” No one at the Bar wrote back to say otherwise.

I filed the grievance through the Bar’s portal on May 15, 2026. On May 19, 2026, the Bar’s unsigned Response@gabar.org email sorted my three May 15 grievances. Two would “be considered by a member of the State Disciplinary Board”. The third, the one about Westbury, would not. It read: “The following was received and will be considered by OGC for your Westbury grievance”. OGC is the Office of the General Counsel, the Bar’s own staff.

Forty two days after filing, on June 26, 2026, at 8:39 AM, I sent the Bar’s lawyers an email titled “42 DAYS OF SILENCE: 2 TIERED SYSTEM OF GRIEVANCES.” I wrote that the Westbury grievance had “no case number” and “no assigned reviewer.” Nash was copied. The Bar’s server confirmed delivery to her mailbox at 8:39 AM.

Four days later came the dismissal.

My grievance about a former member of the Bar’s own Board was decided by its own staff, signed by one Grievance Counsel, and mailed to the lawyer it was about, from an address that does not take replies.

What I Allege:

1. Kept in house. I allege that on May 19, 2026 the Bar wrote that my grievance about James R. Westbury, Jr. “will be considered by OGC,” while it wrote that my two other May 15 grievances would “be considered by a member of the State Disciplinary Board”.
2. The insider. I allege that on June 26, 2026 I told the Bar in writing that Westbury “served two terms on this Bar’s Board of Governors,” and that no one at the Bar disputed it, as of October 17, 2026.
3. Notice of the delay. I allege that on June 26, 2026, at 8:39 AM, I wrote that the Westbury grievance had “no case number” and “no assigned reviewer” after 42 days, and that delivery to Adrienne D. Nash’s mailbox was confirmed.
4. Four days later, the clearance. I allege that on June 30, 2026, at 4:24 PM, Nash signed a letter stating, “our office must dismiss the grievance.”
5. Copied to him. I allege that the email carrying Nash’s letter was copied to Westbury.
6. It appears to me that the one May 15 grievance kept away from the Disciplinary Board was the one about a former member of the Bar’s own Board of Governors, and that Grievance Counsel Adrienne D. Nash was the one who closed it.

What It Did to Me:

I asked the Bar to explain why a grievance about one of its own could not get a case number in 42 days. Four days later it had a dismissal instead.

Is this how they would treat their own family or friends that were disabled?

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