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After 10 years, Supremes disbar two ATL ambulance chasers
By JIM WALLS
Two Atlanta attorneys who paid runners at least $276,000 over several years to bring them personal-injury clients were stripped of their right to practice law today by the Supreme Court of Georgia.
A special master had recommended a one-year suspension for both Steven F. Freedman and Thomas C. Sinowski, but a State Bar review panel later called for disbarment for both men — discipline that the high court ratified today.
The two lawyers, who have “zealously” litigated the case against them for 10 years, argued that even a one-year suspension was too much. The justices disagreed:
Although Respondents were not disciplined previously, their conduct was egregious and they cast a wide net covering more than 1300 cases. Their scheme was highly organized and very lucrative; and it was not short lived. They were motivated by greed and they are not remorseful. Accordingly, we conclude that disbarment is the appropriate sanction in these matters …
The lawyers admitted paying two chiropractors to send them clients, the high court said, and worked over 2 1/2 years with 46 “runners” who brought them 1,376 cases. (State Bar investigators contended the totals were even higher — payments of $399,000 to 54 runners for 2,441 cases.)
One Response to “After 10 years, Supremes disbar two ATL ambulance chasers”
About time somebody does something against ambulance chasers, even if it’s just 1 or 2 of them. I’d love to see Alexander Shunarrah get disbarred from Alabama-he has hundred’s of annoying billboards and youtube videos.
Ohio just recently passed a law allowing these dirt bags to text message prospective clients (direct phone calls are still illegal there).