Trump lawyer retires to avoid disbarment

[NxNW]

L. Lin Wood, Lawyer Who Tried to Overturn Trump’s 2020 Loss, Gives Up License​

L. Lin Wood, one of the key lawyers who sought to overturn former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 election loss and faced potential disciplinary action in Georgia as a result, opted to give up his law license in the state.

Mr. Wood officially requested that the State Bar of Georgia transfer his attorney status to “retired” on July 4, according to a letter he posted on the messaging platform Telegram. The request was approved, and two pending disciplinary charges against him were dropped, according to a letter from Georgia’s Office of the General Counsel that Mr. Wood also posted to Telegram.

Mr. Wood wrote on Telegram that the bar had “agreed to drop the disciplinary cases” if he retired from the profession. The letters Mr. Wood posted on Telegram specified that his request was “unqualified, irrevocable and permanent” and that Mr. Wood could not practice law in any state.

Trump's lawyers either go to jail, have their license suspended, or face disbarment. Or Trump refuses to pay them. I wonder what conclusions can be drawn from this.

 

[disciple Clint]

L. Lin Wood, Lawyer Who Tried to Overturn Trump’s 2020 Loss, Gives Up License​

L. Lin Wood, one of the key lawyers who sought to overturn former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 election loss and faced potential disciplinary action in Georgia as a result, opted to give up his law license in the state.

Mr. Wood officially requested that the State Bar of Georgia transfer his attorney status to “retired” on July 4, according to a letter he posted on the messaging platform Telegram. The request was approved, and two pending disciplinary charges against him were dropped, according to a letter from Georgia’s Office of the General Counsel that Mr. Wood also posted to Telegram.

Mr. Wood wrote on Telegram that the bar had “agreed to drop the disciplinary cases” if he retired from the profession. The letters Mr. Wood posted on Telegram specified that his request was “unqualified, irrevocable and permanent” and that Mr. Wood could not practice law in any state.

Trump's lawyers either go to jail, have their license suspended, or face disbarment. Or Trump refuses to pay them. I wonder what conclusions can be drawn from this.

The conclusion I would draw is that Trump had nothing to do with the fact that Mr Wood seems to have some mental health problems, which a little research before attempting to jump to conclusions would have revealed. Attorney Lin Wood loses appeal over state bar's mental health probe

 

[KCfromNC]

So much winning (in the declare victory and run away sense).

 

[essentialsaltes]

"Through the litigation process, I concluded that the GA [Bar] was heavily infiltrated and led by Freemasons and other secret society members and its symbols were satanic," Wood added. "I wanted out!!!"

 

[ThatRobGuy]

"Through the litigation process, I concluded that the GA [Bar] was heavily infiltrated and led by Freemasons and other secret society members and its symbols were satanic," Wood added. "I wanted out!!!"

While I don't doubt the claim that a disproportionate percentage of people in high ranking positions have belonged to the freemasons
(point of reference: 31% of our presidents have been, despite masonic membership steadily being a relatively small percentage of the general population)

....that's been a known thing for 100 years, his timing with regards to, all of the sudden, having a problem with that, seems rather "convenient". It's always been well understood that the masons are a group that are basically like a "non-family nepotism" club for the rich and connected.


It'd be like a person working for the Catholic Church for 30 years, and right about the time they're about to get busted for something and lose their job, they voluntarily quit on the basis of "because I found out that there's been a lot of scandal coverups, so I want out" (something that's been common knowledge for decades and decades)

 

[Hank77]

The conclusion I would draw is that Trump had nothing to do with the fact that Mr Wood seems to have some mental health problems, which a little research before attempting to jump to conclusions would have revealed. Attorney Lin Wood loses appeal over state bar's mental health probe

Trump used Wood and his crazy ideas to advance his agenda. Wood gave quite the violence-inspiring speech on Jan. 6 at Trump's rally.

 

[DaisyDay]

Lin Wood has had an interesting career.

Lin Wood, outspoken Trump defender and libel lawyer, gives up law license

From Richard Jewell to Donald Trump, Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood represented some of the highest-profile figures of his day.

www.ajc.com

His profile grew from his representation of Jewell, the security guard whom federal law enforcement agencies initially considered a suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996. Wood turned Jewell’s case into an examination of the media’s rush to judgment, winning settlements from several news outlets.

...Wood took on other clients who felt maligned and disrespected by the government, the media and corporate and political elites. He represented JonBenet Ramsey’s brother and sued Elon Musk. He obtained settlements from CNN and The Washington Post in 2020 for their reporting on Nicholas Sandmann, a Kentucky teenager whose encounter with a Native American activist in Washington went viral in an out-of-context video. He initially worked on behalf of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged in 2020 with killing two Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin. But by the time Rittenhouse’s case went to trial, Wood had parted ways with other lawyers on his legal team.

The 2020 presidential election marked the beginning of the end of Wood’s legal practice.​

 

[essentialsaltes]

L. Lin Wood, Lawyer Who Tried to Overturn Trump’s 2020 Loss, Gives Up License​

L. Lin Wood, one of the key lawyers who sought to overturn former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 election loss and faced potential disciplinary action in Georgia as a result, opted to give up his law license in the state.

But he has been invited to enter a courtroom again.

Attorney Lin Wood named as state’s witness in Georgia case (but says he hasn’t turned on Trump)​

Buried in a 103-page-long court document filed Wednesday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) office noted Wood is a witness in its criminal case against Trump and 18 others in charges in Georgia that include racketeering and conspiracy.

In an interview with The Hill, Wood said he’s simply responding to a subpoena.

“There’s zero truth to that,” Wood said when asked if he had turned against Trump.

 

[JustOneWay]

The conclusion I would draw is that Trump had nothing to do with the fact that Mr Wood seems to have some mental health problems, which a little research before attempting to jump to conclusions would have revealed. Attorney Lin Wood loses appeal over state bar's mental health probe

How do we know that? Certainly not from the link provided. He refused the mental health exam. Please provide some evidence that he has mental health problems.

 

[essentialsaltes]

L. Lin Wood, Lawyer Who Tried to Overturn Trump’s 2020 Loss, Gives Up License​

Trump-supporting attorney Lin Wood disbarred in Colorado's federal trial court​

The penalty imposed on L. Lin Wood was based on Wood's decision to retire as a lawyer earlier this year in the face of a misconduct investigation in Georgia that could have resulted in his disbarment. Pursuant to the rules of Colorado's U.S. District Court, attorneys may be disbarred or suspended if they resign during any state or federal court investigation into their alleged misconduct.

Wood did not respond to the threat of discipline. When the committee followed up to ask if Wood wanted to address his impending discipline, he sent a scathing email accusing the court of "persecuting a follower of Jesus Christ and a supporter of President Trump."