Georgia Attorney Disbarred for Abandoning Client

A Georgia attorney who abandoned his client after taking $8,000 from them and failing to respond to a notice of investigation by the state disciplinary board was disbarred by the state supreme court.

Scott D. Bennett failed to respond to any of the allegations set out against him so he is in default and “subject to such discipline and further proceedings as may be determined by this Court,” the Georgia Supreme Court’s Dec. 23 opinion said.

Bennett represented the client in a lease dispute, according to the opinion. The parties negotiated an $8,000 settlement, and the client sent Bennett the ...