As of October 17, 2026. Times are Eastern.
At 6:37 PM on May 12, 2026, William D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, offered this disabled dad a meeting. I said yes. His mailbox opened my yes at 9:25 PM. At 7:34 AM he took the meeting back. The proof is his own emails, below.
there is no meeting between you and I at 11:30.
William D. NeSmith III, May 13, 2026, 7:34 AM, to me alone
Then Came the Rug Pull:
At 6:37 PM on May 12, 2026, William D. NeSmith III wrote me one line: “I am available at 11.30 only.” He sent it to me alone.
I took him at his word. At 8:54 PM I wrote back: “Confirmed for 11:30 tomorrow.” I asked him to choose the format: “Telephone or video is fine; please advise which and provide the dial-in or video link, along with anticipated meeting duration.” I put the Bar’s leaders and the State ADA Coordinator’s Office back on the email.
At 9:25 PM his mailbox returned a read receipt on my yes.
He sent nothing that night. At 7:34 AM on May 13, 2026, ten hours and nine minutes after his mailbox opened my yes, he wrote: “The 11:30 time was meant for a colleague of mine and was sent to you in error.” Then: “So, to be clear, there is no meeting between you and I at 11:30.” He sent that to me alone too.
Offered at night. Accepted that night. Opened that night. Pulled in the morning. That is what I call the rug pull.
His Own Words, in Order:
| Time (Eastern) | Who | Words | Sent to |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026, 6:37 PM | William D. NeSmith III | “I am available at 11.30 only.” | Me alone |
| May 12, 2026, 8:54 PM | Me | “Confirmed for 11:30 tomorrow.” | Him, copied to Bar leadership and the State ADA Coordinator’s Office |
| May 12, 2026, 9:25 PM | His mailbox | Read receipt on my acceptance | Me |
| May 13, 2026, 7:34 AM | William D. NeSmith III | “The 11:30 time was meant for a colleague of mine and was sent to you in error.” | Me alone |
| May 13, 2026, 7:34 AM | William D. NeSmith III | “So, to be clear, there is no meeting between you and I at 11:30.” | Me alone |
| May 13, 2026, 12:41 PM | William D. NeSmith III | “I will send you a response today, if possible.” | Me, six Bar recipients copied |
| May 13, 2026, 1:29 PM | William D. NeSmith III | “I will do my best to provide my response tomorrow.” | Me alone |
| May 14, 2026 | William D. NeSmith III | No email | |
| May 15, 2026, 11:05 AM | William D. NeSmith III | “the State Bar of Georgia will not engage in further substantive correspondence with you concerning your threatened claims or the allegations set forth in your recent communications outside formal legal process.” | Me alone |
Then a Broken Promise on Deadline Day:
The rug pull was not the end of May 13. At 12:41 PM William D. NeSmith III wrote: “I am continuing to review your correspondence from yesterday and will also consider your correspondence from today. I will send you a response today, if possible.”
At 1:29 PM, to me alone, today became tomorrow: “I won’t be able to respond to your two emails until tomorrow.” He added: “I expected to be able to do so, but the second email came in later than anticipated. I will do my best to provide my response tomorrow.”
Tomorrow was May 14, 2026. My 8:54 PM email had told him: “The May 14, 2026, 17:00 ET cure window remains in effect.” May 14 came and went with no email from him. His mailbox did return a read receipt at 6:29 PM on May 14, on the email I sent after the window closed.
His next email, at 11:05 AM on May 15, was not the response. It was a limit on talking to me.
What I Allege:
- The rug pull. I allege that on May 12, 2026, at 6:37 PM, William D. NeSmith III, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, offered me a meeting in writing: “I am available at 11.30 only.” Source: his 6:37 PM email, as quoted in his own 7:34 AM reply.
- He read my yes and waited. I allege that his mailbox returned a read receipt on my written acceptance at 9:25 PM on May 12, 2026, and that he did not withdraw the meeting until 7:34 AM on May 13, 2026, more than ten hours later. Sources: the read receipt in my mailbox; his 7:34 AM email.
- The reason he gave. I allege that the reason he gave for the 11:30 time was that it “was meant for a colleague of mine and was sent to you in error.” His 7:34 AM email does not name the colleague. Two days later, on May 15, 2026, he wrote that the State Bar “rejects your characterization of ordinary administrative communications, scheduling issues, and internal correspondence practices as evidence of misconduct” and that “No inference of wrongdoing should be drawn from these routine administrative matters.” It appears to me that a Deputy General Counsel with time to offer the slot at 6:37 PM had time to take it back that night, not at 7:34 AM. Source: his 7:34 AM email; his May 15, 11:05 AM email.
- Alone, again. I allege that the offer went to me alone at 6:37 PM, although the email it answered, mine of 3:40 PM on May 12, had copied the Bar’s General Counsel, its President, four other Bar lawyers and the State ADA Coordinator’s Office. I allege that the withdrawal went to me alone at 7:34 AM, after my 8:54 PM email had asked him in writing: “please do not transmit further correspondence in this matter to me alone.” Sources: his 7:34 AM email and the 6:37 PM header quoted inside it; my 3:40 PM and 8:54 PM emails.
- A broken promise on deadline day. I allege that on May 13, 2026 he promised a response twice: “today, if possible” at 12:41 PM, then “tomorrow” at 1:29 PM. I allege that tomorrow, May 14, 2026, was the last day of the written cure window I had set, and that no email from him came that day. Sources: his 12:41 PM and 1:29 PM emails; my 8:54 PM email; my mailbox for May 14.
- The promise became a limit. I allege that his next email, at 11:05 AM on May 15, 2026, was not the response he promised. It told me “the State Bar of Georgia will not engage in further substantive correspondence with you concerning your threatened claims or the allegations set forth in your recent communications outside formal legal process.” Source: his May 15, 11:05 AM email.
What This Cost a Disabled Dad:
I write with assistive technology. Every sentence costs me time, stamina and money most people never spend. I spent them on a yes, on a question about the link, and on a meeting I prepared for. The answer came at 7:34 AM: “there is no meeting between you and I at 11:30.”
Is this how they would treat their own family or friends that were disabled
What This Page Does Not Say:
This page does not say why William D. NeSmith III sent the 6:37 PM email or why he withdrew it. It sets out what he wrote, when, and to whom. The labels are my opinion based on my experience. The quotations are his.
I have invited the State Bar of Georgia to identify any inaccuracy on this page. As of October 17, 2026, it has identified none.