Robert Mallory “Mack” Crawford, a former superior-court judge and attorney, represented clients in a tax-deed redemption case and placed $15,675.62 for them in the Pike County court registry. In 2017, while serving as a judge and years after one client’s death, he claimed the funds despite a 2009 order directing their return to the redemption plaintiffs; he deposited $10,000 into his overdrawn personal account and spent the rest, later returning the money. The special master rejected Crawford’s claim that the funds were an earned fee, finding no agreement and that he was not entitled to them. The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld violations of multiple rules governing client funds and dishonest conduct, but declined to decide a separate charge based on Crawford’s first-offender Alford plea because both cases arose from the same misconduct. Although the special master recommended disbarment, the Court imposed a three-year suspension. It cited the single course of misconduct as limiting the sanction, while treating vulnerable victims, unlawful conduct, and Crawford’s lack of remorse as aggravating. The suspension took effect immediately and expires automatically after three years.