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O.C.G.A. § 15-18-63 (2019)

Part-time and full-time solicitors-general and employees; private practice of law

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) The General Assembly by local law shall determine whether the solicitor-general shall be a full-time or part-time solicitor-general.

(b) A full-time solicitor-general of the state court or any full-time employees of the solicitor-general shall not engage in the private practice of law.

(c) A part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court or appear on behalf of any client, other than the state, in any matter that is within the duties of such solicitor-general.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-18-63, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 674, § 1/SB 96.)

Annotations

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, in subsection (b), substituted "shall not engage" for "may not engage"; and, in subsection (c), substituted "law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters" for "law, but may not practice" near the middle and substituted "or appear on behalf of any client, other than the state, in any matter that is within the duties of such solicitor-general" for "or appear in any matter in which that solicitor-general has exercised jurisdiction" at the end.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in State v. Redd, 243 Ga. App. 809, 534 S.E.2d 473 (2000); Nel v. State, 252 Ga. App. 761, 557 S.E.2d 44 (2001).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2001 · leading case: Nel v. State, 557 S.E.2d 44 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).
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Nel v. State, 557 S.E.2d 44 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “or, Nel contends that such appointment rendered the jury’s verdict null and void because: (a) the SG’s conflict of interest was not disclosed to him, and thus the trial court failed to hold a hearing on the SG’s disqualification, and (b) attorney Hardy did not qualify for…”
State v. Reddick, 534 S.E.2d 473 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 15-18-63(c) ("A part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law.”
State v. Redd, 534 S.E.2d 473 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 15-18-63 (c) (“A part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law.”
15-18-63(c): 1 case
State v. Reddick, 534 S.E.2d 473 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000). “See OCGA § 15-18-63(c) ("A part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law.”
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