Who they are
Russell D. Willard is the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia, the institutional head of the Office of the General Counsel. He is the one person in this record who authored nothing to the complainant. The State Bar lists him as General Counsel in its staff directory.
Why they are on this page
Facts only. What they did or did not do, each with a document behind it.
- He was the named addressee of the escalating institutional demands and never sent the complainant a single email, letter, or acknowledgment.
- On May 11, 2026 he was the direct addressee of the written cure demand with a May 14 deadline. The deadline passed without a word.
- A later Bar email attributed an unsigned May 19 routing email to him; the message itself bears no signature, so it is described as another official’s characterization, not established fact.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | Sent to him | The reconsideration request naming him. No response. | Read it |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Sent to him | The conflict-screen and preservation demand. No response. | Read it |
| May 7, 2026 | Sent to him | The email cataloguing the ADA-handling deficiencies. A subordinate, not Willard, replied. | Read it |
| May 11, 2026 | Sent to him | The written cure demand and its ledger, cure window May 14. No read receipt captured. The deadline passed with no response. | Read it |
| May 13-14, 2026 | Sent to him | The post-cure notice and both cure-day emails. Silence. | Read it |
The complaint we filed
No separate grievance was filed against Mr. Willard. He is on this record because, as the head of the office, he was the direct addressee of the cure demand and the institutional notices, and the office he leads produced the outcome described across these pages. His page is the record of what the person in charge was told, when, and what the office did next.
Their clearance
There is no June 30 dismissal for Mr. Willard, because no grievance was filed against him individually. The point of his page is the notice: the leader of the office was told, in writing, with deadlines, and the office did not respond.