in the Matter of Michael Rory Proctor

In the Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided: October 6, 2014
S14Y1645. IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL RORY PROCTOR.
PER CURIAM.
This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the Report and
Recommendation of the Review Panel, recommending that the Court accept the
petition for reinstatement filed by Michael Rory Proctor (State Bar No. 588428).
To resolve two formal complaints as well as six other disciplinary matters,
this Court accepted the petitions for voluntary discipline filed by Proctor, who
had been suspended on an interim basis since March 2011, see In the Matter of
Proctor, 292 Ga. 643 (740 SE2d 168) (2013). The Court imposed an indefinite
suspension on Proctor’s ability to practice law, and conditioned his
reinstatement, in relevant part, on him: (1) not seeking reinstatement any earlier
than March 14, 2014; (2) continuing treatment with his current psychiatrist or
a duly-qualified successor and taking any steps necessary to allow access to their
reports by the Office of the General Counsel (“OGC”), the Committee on
Lawyer Assistance (“CLA”), or this Court; (3) submitting a current
psychological evaluation from a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist
expressing the doctor’s professional opinion that Proctor’s incapacity has ended
and he is fit to practice law; (4) submitting proof that he has paid specific
amounts of restitution to various former clients; (5) submitting his petition for
reinstatement to the Review Panel for issuance of a report and recommendation
to this Court; and (6) not undertaking the practice of law until this Court issues
an opinion granting or denying his petition for reinstatement.
Proctor’s petition for reinstatement, which was filed in May 2014,
included letters from the psychiatrist who has been treating him since 2006 and
from a licensed psychologist, both of whom document his continued treatment
and compliance with scheduled appointments and with his medication regimen,
and both of whom opine that Proctor’s incapacity has ended and that he is fit to
return to the practice of law. Proctor also attached a copy of a release allowing
the OGC, the CLA, and this Court access to his treating psychiatrist’s records.
Finally, he attached documentation that he has paid the required restitution to
all of the clients specified in this Court’s opinion. Relying on the proffered
documentation, both the State Bar and the Review Panel concluded that Proctor
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satisfied the conditions for readmission, and both recommended that his petition
be granted.
Having reviewed the record, the Court agrees that Proctor has met the
conditions imposed for reinstatement. Accordingly, this Court hereby orders
that Michael Rory Proctor’s petition for reinstatement be accepted and that he
be reinstated as an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia.
Reinstated. All the Justices concur.
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