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Andreea N. Morrison Signed “we did not receive a rebuttal.” Bar Had It

As of October 17, 2026. Times are Eastern.

On April 10, 2026, Andreea N. Morrison, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, signed a letter closing my grievance. It said: “we did not receive a rebuttal.” Eleven days later her own office wrote that it had received my emails of February 3 and February 20, 2026. She has never written to me about it.

A Decision on an Empty File:

A decision on an empty file. On April 10, 2026, Andreea N. Morrison signed the State Bar’s letter dismissing my grievance. The letter said: “we did not receive a rebuttal.”

I had sent two: on February 3, 2026 and on February 20, 2026.

On April 20, 2026, at 8:21 PM, I wrote to her directly. I asked her to correct the April 10 letter and to step aside. Her mailbox opened that email at 9:08 PM.

Her Office Admitted It:

She did not answer. At 11:53 AM on April 21, 2026, Leigh Burgess answered for her: “Ms. Morrison forwarded your email to me for direct response.”

Then came the admission. Leigh Burgess wrote: “You are correct that we received emails from you on February 3, 2026, and February 20, 2026.”

And: “As a result of this misclassification, your submissions were not added to the grievance file at that time. Accordingly, when Ms. Morrison reviewed the file, no rebuttal was present.”

So the rebuttal was received. It was left out of the file. The Deputy General Counsel signed a dismissal on the file as it was.

The Letter That Was Never Fixed:

The State Bar called it a misclassification. It said it had taken steps so “it does not occur in the future.”

What it did not do was fix the letter. On October 7, 2026, I wrote to the General Counsel, Russell D. Willard: “The April 10 letter has never been corrected.” I hold no correction of it as of October 17, 2026.

On May 15, 2026 I filed a grievance about Andreea N. Morrison. On June 30, 2026, at 4:28 PM, it was dismissed by Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair of the State Disciplinary Board, in three sentences, with a copy to her. His letter ends: “As a result, this grievance is dismissed.”

What I Allege:

  1. A decision on an empty file. I allege that on April 10, 2026, Andreea N. Morrison, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, signed a letter dismissing my grievance which stated “we did not receive a rebuttal,” when the State Bar had received my emails of February 3, 2026 and February 20, 2026. Sources: the April 10, 2026 letter; the April 21, 2026, 11:53 AM email from Leigh Burgess.
  2. Her own office admitted it. I allege that eleven days later her office wrote that my submissions “were not added to the grievance file at that time. Accordingly, when Ms. Morrison reviewed the file, no rebuttal was present.” Source: the April 21, 2026, 11:53 AM email.
  3. She passed the buck. I allege that my April 20, 2026 request to her to correct her own letter and to step aside was opened by her mailbox at 9:08 PM that night, and that she forwarded it rather than answer it. Sources: her read receipt; the April 21 email: “Ms. Morrison forwarded your email to me for direct response.”
  4. Never corrected. I allege that as of October 17, 2026, the April 10, 2026 letter has not been corrected or withdrawn in any writing sent to me, and that Andreea N. Morrison has never written to me about it. Sources: my October 7, 2026 letter to Russell D. Willard; my mailbox, all folders.
  5. Cleared in one afternoon. I allege that the grievance I filed about her on May 15, 2026 was dismissed on June 30, 2026, at 4:28 PM, in a three sentence letter, with a copy sent to her. Source: the June 30, 2026 email from OGCNoReply@gabar.org and its attached letter.

What This Cost a Disabled Dad:

I write with assistive technology. I built that rebuttal page by page. The State Bar had it in hand. A lawyer signed a letter saying it never came. Ten days later, when I asked her to fix it, I also asked the State Bar for the first time for a disability accommodation. She passed it on and never wrote back.

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

What This Page Does Not Say:

This page does not describe what my grievance was about, and it does not say why the file was incomplete beyond the State Bar’s own words. The labels are my opinion based on my experience. The quotations are the State Bar’s.

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