Georgia
Regulatory profile maintained from Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10).
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Last reviewed 2026-09-10. Always confirm the current rule on the official source before acting.
Bar & Regulation
- Bar / regulatory authority
- State Bar of Georgia
- Attorney registration lookup
- www.gabar.org/membership
- Rules of professional conduct
- www.gabar.org/ethics
- Ethics opinions
- www.gabar.org/barrules/formal-advisory-opinions.cf…
- Ethics hotline
- Research pending
- Mandatory bar
- Research pending
- Client security fund
- www.gabar.org/client-security-fund
Trust Accounts & Fees
- IOLTA authority
- Georgia Bar Foundation
- Trust recordkeeping rules
- Under Georgia RPC 1.15(I) and 1.15(II), complete records of client trust account funds must be maintained and preserved for a period of six years following representation.
- Fee agreement requirements
- Under Georgia RPC 1.5, contingency fee agreements must be in writing, and communicating the basis or rate of the fee in writing is preferable when starting representation.
- Flat-fee / advance-fee treatment
- Research pending
- Limited-scope representation
- Research pending
CLE & Advertising
- Current CLE requirements
- Attorneys must complete at least 12 hours of approved CLE annually, including 1 hour of legal ethics and 1 hour of professionalism.
- Advertising / solicitation rules
- www.gabar.org/barrules/georgia-rules-of-profession…
- Trade-name / firm-name rules
- Under Georgia RPC 7.5 and 7.1, a lawyer may practice under a trade name that does not imply a connection with a government entity and is not false or misleading.
Practice & Remote
- Remote / virtual practice guidance
- Research pending
- Multijurisdictional / UPL rules
- Research pending
- Succession / designated-successor
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurance rules
- Research pending
- Data security / breach guidance
- Research pending
- Permitted entity types
- Research pending
Business Formation
- Secretary of State
- sos.ga.gov/corporations-division-georgia-secretary…
- State tax department
- dor.georgia.gov
- Local business registration
- Research pending
Courts & E-Filing
- State court homepage
- www.georgiacourts.gov
- Trial court directory
- Research pending
- Appellate court directory
- Research pending
- E-filing portal
- peachcourt.com
- Court forms
- www.georgiacourts.gov/forms
- Civil procedure rules
- Research pending
- Rules of evidence
- Research pending
- Case-law search
- www.gasupreme.us/opinions
- Statutes / codes
- www.legis.ga.gov
- Regulations / admin decisions
- Research pending
Federal Courts
- Federal district courts
- Research pending
- Federal bankruptcy courts
- Research pending
- Federal court admission
- Research pending
- Pro hac vice rules
- Under Georgia Uniform Superior Court Rule 4.4, an out-of-state attorney must apply through Georgia counsel, pay the required fee to the State Bar, and receive court approval.
Support & Resources
- Lawyer assistance / wellness
- www.gabar.org/lawyer-assistance-program
- Law libraries
- Research pending
- Practice management assistance
- Research pending
- Incubators / mentoring / referral
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurers / guidance
- Research pending
Verification record
- Review date
- 2026-09-10
- Source authority
- Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10)
- Status
- Verified
2026-09-10: Regulatory links and rule summaries added from official primary sources.
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