Doctor/Lawyer Disbarred For False Swearing as Expert Witness

The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted the voluntary resignation of an attorney convicted of criminal offenses.

The Record Herald reported on the criminal charges

A Georgia doctor accused of faking his credentials is expected to plead no contest to charges that he gave false testimony as an expert witness in multiple DUI cases across the state — including one in Franklin County, according to District Attorney Matthew Fogal.

Dr. Joseph Citron, 68, a board certified ophthalmologist from Atlanta, Ga., had been charged with 33 counts of perjury and false swearing for court cases in six Pennsylvania counties.

By pleading no contest Citron will face nine counts of felony perjury, one count for each trial, and one count of unsworn falsification to authorities.

Citron will receive a seven-year sentence of intermediate punishment, with the first 60 days of the sentence to be served on house arrest with electronic monitoring, according to Fogal.

“Obviously the most important piece is that he will never be able to testify again,” Fogal said in a written statement.

Information on the resulting no contest plea from Lancaster Online is linked here.

In Georgia, this sanction is “tantamount to disbarment. ” (Mike Frisch)