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BRANDON v. NEWMAN

No. A99A1776.

532 S.E.2d 743 (2000)

243 Ga. App. 183

BRANDON v. NEWMAN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zimmerman & Associates, Keith F. Brandon, Atlanta, pro se.

Samuel W. Cruse, Augusta, for appellee.

MILLER, Judge.

The question presented is whether an attorney's unethical reward to a nonlawyer for a referral resulting in the attorney's employment invalidates the attorney's claim of lien against settlement proceeds. We hold that an attorney's express employment contract1 obtained through a violation of Disciplinary Standard 13 of Bar Rule 4-102(d) is itself void as against public policy and therefore affirm the trial court's forfeiture...

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