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IN THE MATTER OF BARNES

No. S02Y1212.

573 S.E.2d 80 (2002)

275 Ga. 812

In the Matter of William Y. BARNES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Smith, III, Gen. Counsel State Bar, E. Duane Cooper, Asst. Gen. Counsel, State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.

C. Alan Nicholson, for Barnes.

PER CURIAM.

William Y. Barnes has petitioned this Court for a three-year suspension of his right to practice law in this State. Barnes admits that he paid a paralegal and the paralegal's business for the referral of cases and clients and thus violated Standards 13 and 26 of Bar Rule 4-102(d). Standard 13 prohibits a lawyer from compensating a person or organization to recommend or secure employment by a client or as a reward...

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