Update, June 30, 2026. Four days after this was written, the State Bar of Georgia issued decisions on six of the seven cases listed here: the reconsideration was affirmed and five grievances were dismissed, all on one day. The seventh, my June 8 complaint to the Bar’s Human Resources office, has no answer as of September 5, 2026. The June 30 letters are here: June 30, 2026: The Decisions.
Two Tiers. How fast the State Bar of Georgia moves when the lawyer is an outsider, and how slowly when the lawyer is one of its own. From the Bar’s own record. I am noting the difference, not assigning a reason.
As of June 26, 2026.
When I complained about a lawyer in private practice, the State Bar of Georgia did what it is built to do. It gave the grievance a case number, sent it to the accused lawyer, and issued a written decision. When I complained about people inside the Bar, none of that happened.
I said it plainly in writing, and I will quote myself:
“There are two tracks here, and they do not move at the same speed. A grievance against a practicing lawyer gets a case number, a reviewer, and a written decision. A grievance against a lawyer who works inside this office has gotten none of it. Forty-two days. No number. No reviewer. No answer or denial.”
The graphic above, as text
| Against an outside lawyer | Against someone inside the State Bar of Georgia | |
|---|---|---|
| Assigned a case number | Yes | No |
| Transmitted to the respondent | Yes | Not shown |
| Reviewer identified | Yes | No |
| Written decision issued | Yes | No |
| Where it stands | A written decision was issued. | Seven matters open. No decision on any of them, as of June 26, 2026. |
Same office. Two outcomes. How the State Bar of Georgia handled the same kind of grievance, depending on who it named. From the State Bar of Georgia's own record; the difference is noted, not a reason.
So I asked the people copied on my letters a simple question, and I am still asking it:
“Name the rule under which a complaint against a Bar insider sits for forty-two days with no file opened, while a complaint against an ordinary lawyer is given a number and decided.”
The irony
This is the office that enforces the rules of professional conduct on every other lawyer in Georgia. Those rules include conflicts of interest and the duty to respond. Yet when I filed a grievance against one of its own officials, the official named in the complaint is the one who acknowledged it. As I put it:
“Where is the wall. Who in this office is screened off from the matters in which they are named.”
The conduct in this story, an accused lawyer handling the complaint against himself, months with no response, a copy list quietly removed, is the same conduct these rules forbid in everyone else.
What it costs me
The disparity is not abstract. It runs on my time and my health, and I have said so:
“I have been waiting since January. Every one of these letters is written with voice software because [disability detail withheld].”
“I am the one paying for the Bar’s mistakes, non-answers, missed updates, and failure to provide basic ADA access measures. That includes the failure to provide a single point of contact and the decision to leave me managing fourteen separate email addresses just to follow a process the Bar controls.”
One word for it, the one I used:
“The table does not show confusion. It shows disparity.”
Read the emails and letters: the full State Bar of Georgia story, and the Timeline.
Status: as of June 26, 2026, seven cases involving people connected to the Bar were open with no decision; the grievance against an outside lawyer had received a case number and a written decision.
Patterns on this page: two-tier, breaks-its-own-rules, cost-on-the-disabled. Each is a recurring pattern in the State Bar record. I am noting the difference, not asserting a reason.
Corrections: this is built from documents I received. If any fact here is incomplete or inaccurate, identify the page, the sentence, and the supporting document, and I will review and correct this page.
If you have been through something like this, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone.