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Requests I Made That Were Ignored:
Leigh Burgess’s mailbox has returned no read receipt on any of my emails, as of October 17, 2026. So no request can be listed here as opened and ignored by her own mailbox. I addressed her by name on April 21, 2026, at 6:43 PM and 6:53 PM, and on May 7, 2026, at 8:52 AM. None was answered. Her last email to me was May 5, 2026, at 8:23 AM.
Complaints Filed Against Leigh Burgess:
On May 29, 2026, at 7:14 PM, I filed a grievance against Leigh Burgess by email to John J. Shiptenko, with her and Russell D. Willard, General Counsel, copied. No receipt came, so on June 1 I asked again. What came back: on June 2, 2026, Shiptenko confirmed “two PDF submissions” and that it “will be reviewed by a member of the State Disciplinary Board.” Then a June 30, 2026 letter from Jeffrey W. DeLoach, State Disciplinary Board, finding “no basis for this grievance to be forwarded to the State Bar Disciplinary Board”, copied to her. Read the filing.
On June 8, 2026, at 5:05 PM, I sent a written ADA complaint to State Bar Human Resources, to Sandra Dixon, naming her among three State Bar lawyers. What came back: no answer from Human Resources. Read the June 8 complaint
Leigh Burgess’s 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 June 30 dispositions.
What the dismissal says, word for word. Jeffrey W. DeLoach, Chair, State Disciplinary Board, June 30, 2026, 4:35 PM:
“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. Based upon a review of this record, I find no basis for this grievance to be forwarded to the State Bar Disciplinary Board for investigation of violations of Rules 8.4, 5.1, 5.3, or any other Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct. As a result, this grievance is dismissed.”
That is the whole letter: three sentences. The email that carried it was copied to Leigh Burgess.
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.
The June 8 complaint to Human Resources has had no answer, so no one has cleared her there.
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