Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

Mignott v. State Bar of Georgia Foundation, Inc. et al

Track this case

Case Number:

1:23-cv-01834

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Eleanor L. Ross

Firms

Companies

Sectors & Industries:

  1. October 07, 2025

    Georgia Bar Continues Fight To Nix Atty's Bias Suit

    The State Bar of Georgia on Tuesday doubled down on a request to expand its arguments seeking dismissal of an Atlanta attorney's bias suit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination in attorney discipline, telling a federal judge that the time was right to bring the broadened motion.

  2. September 23, 2025

    Ga. Atty Can't Block State Bar's Revived Bid To Toss Bias Suit

    A Georgia federal court has rejected an attorney's bid to stop the state bar's request to expand its motion to dismiss her racial discrimination lawsuit to include information about her disciplinary proceedings being resolved with no discipline.

  3. September 18, 2025

    Ga. Bar Again Seeks To Shut Down Atty's Racial Bias Suit

    The State Bar of Georgia has asked an Atlanta federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging it engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination in disciplining Black attorneys, arguing that even though the Eleventh Circuit revived the claims on jurisdictional grounds, the parties have immunity.

  4. January 29, 2024

    Atty Seeks 11th Circ. Intervention In Bar Race Bias Suit

    A Georgia attorney accusing the state's bar organization of using an "apartheid disciplinary process" to discriminate against Black lawyers has asked the Eleventh Circuit to intervene after a federal judge cut the bar loose from the lawsuit earlier this month.

  5. January 02, 2024

    Ga. Judge Frees State Bar From Attorney's Race Bias Suit

    A Georgia federal judge has freed the State Bar of Georgia from an attorney's suit alleging the organization favors white attorneys over Black lawyers in disciplinary proceedings, saying only the Georgia Supreme Court can oversee cases challenging state bar disciplinary proceedings.

  6. October 24, 2023

    Atty Suing Georgia State Bar Cleared In Ethics Case

    The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the suspension of an attorney suing the State Bar of Georgia for alleged racial bias, after finding she did not violate the attorney-client relationship when she used information provided by a prospective client in a later proceeding against them.

  7. September 14, 2023

    Discovery Halted In Atty's Racial Bias Suit Against Ga. Bar

    A Georgia federal judge has agreed to put a pause on discovery in a proposed class action brought against the state bar by an attorney who says its "apartheid disciplinary process" discriminates​​ against attorneys of color.

  8. June 26, 2023

    Atty Urges Court To Keep Alive Bias Suit Against Ga. Bar

    An Atlanta-area attorney has urged a Georgia federal court to keep alive her proposed class action alleging that the state bar's "apartheid disciplinary process" discriminates against attorneys of color, arguing that she doesn't need to specify the exact class size and denying that some class members' claims are time-barred.

  9. June 09, 2023

    Georgia Bar Fights Atty's Class Cert Bid In Race Bias Suit

    The State Bar of Georgia is fighting an Atlanta-based lawyer's efforts to get a class of attorneys of color certified in a lawsuit alleging discrimination in disciplinary practices, saying she didn't prove that "thousands" of those attorneys exist.

  10. May 30, 2023

    Ga. Atty Wants Class Certified In State Bar Race Bias Suit

    An Atlanta-area attorney has asked a Georgia federal court to certify a proposed class in her suit alleging that the state bar's "apartheid disciplinary process" discriminates against attorneys of color, arguing that classwide treatment of her claims is a "far superior" method of determining the legality of the bar's policies and practices than individual suits.