In the Matter of Eston William Hood, Jr. (two Cases)

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted Eston William Hood Jr.'s petition for voluntary discipline but increased the recommended sanction from a one-year suspension to a two-year suspension. The Court concluded that Hood's repeated false statements to the State Bar, opposing counsel, and court personnel, combined with his unauthorized practice of law, client neglect, and prior disciplinary history, made a one-year suspension insufficient. The two-year suspension was within the maximum discipline Hood agreed to accept.