Who they are
James R. Westbury, Jr., is an attorney at Westbury Law LLC and a former member of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors. He appears here as outside counsel for the insurer, and his conduct bridges the State Bar and GIRMA tracks on this site.
Why they are on this page
Facts only. What they did or did not do, each with a document behind it.
- On May 1, 2026 he sent a letter accusing the disabled complainant of the unauthorized practice of law under a criminal statute, and calling the correspondence harassment, annoyance, and an attempt to exploit laws. It went to nine recipients.
- The letter about the complainant was addressed to the wrong person and copied recipients outside the insurer’s perimeter.
- He received a rebuttal reconciling the record on May 6, read receipt confirmed, and maintained the accusation through two cure windows without retraction.
Timeline
Every email they sent, were sent, or were copied on, in order, each linked to the item. Where a read receipt was captured, the time is shown. Chronology, not motive.
| Date | Role | What it was | Read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | He sent | The unauthorized-practice and harassment letter, nine recipients. “crossed into the realm of harassment” … “to exploit laws unrelated to the merits of the claim for the purpose of annoyance.” | |
| May 5, 2026 | Sent to him | The audit reconciling the record and identifying the letter’s internal contradiction. No response. | |
| May 6, 2026 | He read | The retraction demand, a 72-hour cure window. Read receipt confirmed May 6. Silence. | |
| May 9, 2026 | He did not | Retract by the deadline he was given. It expired. | |
| May 15, 2026 | Sent to him | The grievance filed against him. | |
| June 30, 2026 | He received | The dismissal of the grievance against him. | Read it |
The complaint we filed
On May 15, 2026 we filed a grievance against Mr. Westbury. Why: he accused a disabled person of a crime in response to a disability accommodation request, refused to identify his client, and maintained the accusation after receiving a rebuttal, read receipt confirmed. The grievance and its dismissal.
Their clearance
On June 30, 2026 the Bar dismissed that grievance, signed by Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair of the State Disciplinary Board, in a single paragraph. It was one of several matters closed that same day, each in a one paragraph letter. Read the dismissal.
The dismissal came at the screening gate, the first threshold a grievance has to pass. No investigation was opened. A screening dismissal means that, taking every fact in the complaint as true, the Bar decided the conduct was not even worth examining. Guilty or not, the Bar’s position is that these actions are not worth a look.
Both tracks
Because he acted as the insurer’s counsel, his conduct also appears on the insurer track. The GIRMA and Gallagher Bassett record.