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Divorce attorney shot to death, his office set on fire by client's ex, police say
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:32 pm
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A contentious divorce case led to homicide and arson at the law offices of one of the divorce attorneys late Wednesday afternoon, according to court documents and police files.
Popular, beloved Lawrenceville Attorney Doug Lewis was shot inside his own law offices, and his offices were set on fire.
It turns out one of Lewis's clients was a woman who had filed for divorce early last year, and police said it was the woman’s husband who went after Lewis Wednesday.
Lewis’s law offices, in an old, converted house along Stone Mountain Street in Lawrenceville, were set on fire and severely damaged at about 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. Then, inside, firefighters found Lewis’s body.
“It’s pretty brazen. It’s kind of out of the blue," Lawrenceville Police Lt. Jake Parker said Thursday.
Lt. Parker said Lewis was in his law offices by himself when a man named Allen Tayeh walked in and shot Lewis. Then, Parker said, investigators believe Tayeh poured gasoline inside the offices and started the fire.
Lewis’s family, friends and colleagues are in shock and grief.
"I’m going to miss him," one of Lewis's colleagues, Attorney Phil McCurdy, said Thursday. "He had a great sense of humor and a very quick wit."
McCurdy said he and Lewis have been adversaries in several court cases as well as co-counsel in others.
"Doug was a consummate gentleman," McCurdy said. "I've never heard him raise his voice, I never saw him lose his temper. I never saw him treat anyone except with respect... I don't know anyone who didn't respect him as a colleague, as a professional, and as a human being."
Lewis and his client in the divorce case had been scheduled to meet Tayeh back in court next week for a hearing.
Outside the burning law offices on Wednesday, police said, it was a witness who led them to Tayeh, nearby. Tayeh, himself, had been burned.
"He did have a firearm on him," Lt. Parker said, "a revolver that had spent cartridges in the cylinders.... And there were gas cans and an odor of gasoline around the area as well."
Lewis was in law practice for 30 years.
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Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:33 pm to John88
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Popular, beloved
No attorney ever
1 less attorney... the world is a better place
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:33 pm to John88
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Popular, beloved Lawrenceville Attorney
pump the brakes
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:34 pm to terd ferguson
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No attorney ever 1 less attorney... the world is a better place
Damn bro
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:34 pm to John88
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Popular, beloved Lawrenceville Attorney
Very debatable at this point
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:35 pm to John88
Y'all better keep that same energy when y'all need an attorney.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:36 pm to John88
The popular, beloved divorce attorney, right.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:37 pm to John88
Well, that's one way to definitely not win your divorce case.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:37 pm to John88
Refer to the contractor worker on the Death Star conversation from clerks. He knew this was a possibility.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:38 pm to John88
frankly, i don't feel sorry when bad things happen to divorce attorneys. they are puppets of the devil.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:39 pm to John88
What are the odds the lawyer “bartered” with the wife for the legal fees?
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:39 pm to John88
Surprised it doesnt happen more often.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:40 pm to John88
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I don't know anyone who didn't respect him as a colleague, as a professional, and as a human being.
I can name one.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:41 pm to Lakeboy7
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Surprised it doesnt happen more often.
Was kinda thinking this considering how typical it is for men to get run the hell over in divorce court.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:43 pm to BuckyCheese
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I can name one.
Yeah they really missed the boat on that one.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:43 pm to thermal9221
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Refer to the contractor worker on the Death Star conversation from clerks. He knew this was a possibility.
I'm lost with this post. What are you referring to?
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:44 pm to John88
why would he hang around? and he sure as hell shouldnt be standing there covered in the evidence with even more evidence in his car
This post was edited on 12/9/22 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:46 pm to John88
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Popular, beloved Lawrenceville Attorney Doug Lewis
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beloved
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Attorney
calling BS
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