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Things Jeffrey W. DeLoach Did to Me:
- On June 30, 2026, between 4:23 PM and 4:35 PM, Jeffrey W. DeLoach dismissed all four of my grievances about four lawyers in the State Bar’s Office of the General Counsel, in under twelve minutes. The four were John J. Shiptenko, William D. NeSmith III, Andreea N. Morrison and Leigh Burgess. Read the June 30 dispositions
- Each letter says “I thoroughly reviewed” the grievance, finds “no basis for this grievance to be forwarded to the State Bar Disciplinary Board for investigation”, and ends “As a result, this grievance is dismissed.” Three sentences each. None was forwarded for investigation.
- None of his four letters stated an evidentiary standard. The two letters signed by Adrienne D. Nash that same afternoon did.
- Each email went to the lawyer it cleared at the same minute it went to me, from a mailbox that says “THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT MONITORED.”
- The PDF files of the four letters record a creation time between 7:47:02 AM and 7:53:39 AM that day, six minutes and 37 seconds for four files. The same signature images appear in all four, identical byte for byte. The author field of all four names a person other than him.
- Not one of the four letters says anyone was asked a question. Before June 30, the State Bar wrote me only that “a member of the State Disciplinary Board” would review three of them (May 19 and June 2, 2026). No one told me which member.
- He has not answered my September 15, 2026 letter. It asked fourteen questions about his four dismissals, including which standard he applied, and a reconsideration request under Internal Rule 16. Answers were due September 24, 2026. His mailbox returned no read receipt. The mailboxes of Damon E. Elmore and Christopher P. Twyman, who were copied, returned read receipts within 29 minutes.
- On October 7, 2026, at 3:33 PM, I asked again: “The files your letters arrived in name an author who is not you, and one picture of a signature sits on all four.” I gave him until Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 5:00 PM Eastern. That date has not passed. The only reply from his address was an automatic one.
When Jeffrey W. DeLoach Did It:
Every letter he signed to me, every email I sent him, and every message from his address, in order, each linked where a page exists. Times are Eastern. Chronology, not motive. A read receipt shows a message was opened on that mailbox. It can be declined, and many mail programs never send one.
| Date | Role | What it was | Read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Bar wrote | 4:32 PM: the State Bar’s receipt said the Morrison and NeSmith grievances “will be considered by a member of the State Disciplinary Board”. It did not say which member. | Read it: Four Dismissals in 12 Minutes |
| June 2, 2026 | Bar wrote | 2:08 PM: John J. Shiptenko wrote that the Burgess grievance “will be reviewed by a member of the State Disciplinary Board.” No member was named. | Read it: Four Dismissals in 12 Minutes |
| June 17, 2026 | Filed | 7:19 PM: the filing involving John J. Shiptenko was sent. The disposition signed by Jeffrey W. DeLoach was sent June 30, thirteen days later. | Read it: State Bar Dismisses Grievance Against John J. Shiptenko |
| June 30, 2026 | Files created | 7:47:02 AM to 7:53:39 AM: the PDF files of all four of his letters were created, each later saved between 4:15 PM and 4:17 PM. | Read it: One Signature, Four Letters |
| June 30, 2026 | He decided | 4:23 PM: dismissed the grievance against the Bar’s ADA contact, Shiptenko.“I thoroughly reviewed the eight-page narrative description of your grievance against Mr. Shiptenko, as well as the seven pages of exhibits submitted in support of the grievance.” | Read it: June 30, 2026: The Dispositions |
| June 30, 2026 | Sent with | 4:24 PM and 4:26 PM: two Office of the General Counsel letters signed by Adrienne D. Nash went out between his. All six came from OGCNoReply@gabar.org. | Read it: Six Letters, One Afternoon |
| June 30, 2026 | He decided | 4:27 PM: dismissed the grievance against Deputy General Counsel NeSmith, the one supported by the seven page narrative and twenty four pages of exhibits. | Read it: The Bar dismissed my grievance against Deputy General Counsel William D. NeSmith III |
| June 30, 2026 | He decided | 4:28 PM: dismissed the grievance against Deputy General Counsel Morrison.“I thoroughly reviewed the six-page narrative description of your grievance against Ms. Morrison, as well as the related correspondence.” | Read it: The Morrison Dismissal |
| June 30, 2026 | He decided | 4:35 PM: dismissed the grievance against Assistant General Counsel Burgess.“I thoroughly reviewed the fourteen-page narrative description of your grievance against Ms. Burgess, as well as fourteen pages of exhibits submitted in support of the grievance.” | Read it: Georgia Bar Closed Six of Seven Matters, June 30 |
| June 30, 2026 | Sent from | All four letters were transmitted from OGCNoReply@gabar.org, the Office of the General Counsel mailbox. The four lawyers named in the letters worked in that Office. | Read it: June 30, 2026: The Dispositions |
| Sept 15, 2026 | Sent to him | 3:37 PM: fourteen written questions about his four June 30 dismissals: which standard, what he received, whether the full Board reviewed them, who drafted each letter, and what written rule governed any of it. Also a reconsideration request under Internal Rule 16. Answers due September 24, 2026. | Read it: Four June 30 Dismissals |
| Sept 15, 2026 | Read receipt | Within 29 minutes, the mailboxes of Damon E. Elmore and Christopher P. Twyman, who were copied, returned read receipts. His did not. | Read it: September 15 Questions to the Board Chair |
| Sept 24, 2026 | He did not | 5:00 PM: the deadline passed. None of the fourteen questions was answered. | Read it: September 15 Questions to the Board Chair |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Sent to him | 3:33 PM: “Second Request: Four Signatures, No Answer.” Answer requested by October 22, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern. | Read it: One Signature, Four Letters |
| Oct 7, 2026 | His address sent | 3:33 PM: an automatic reply, to an email I had sent a minute earlier. Its words are in The Receipts below. | No page yet |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Delivered | 5:58 PM: his firm’s mail server confirmed delivery of my email. No reply. | No page yet |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Delivered | 3:27 PM: his firm’s mail server confirmed delivery of my email. No reply. | No page yet |
On September 15, 2026, I asked Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair, State Disciplinary Board, to docket my reconsideration request and answer by September 24, 2026. What came back, as of October 17, 2026: no reply.
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