Lin Wood, a supporter of former President Donald Trump who sought to overturn the 2020 election, had his law license retired in Georgia rather than wait for possible punishment from the state bar’s multiple disciplinary investigations against him.
By Wednesday afternoon, the Georgia State Bar’s website listed Wood as “retired.”
In a letter sent to Georgia Bar officials earlier this week, Wood asked to be allowed to “transfer to Retired Status effective immediately.” He wrote that this move is “irrevocable and permanent” and that he is not permitted to practice law in the state of Georgia or anywhere else outside of representing himself.
Wood shared a photo of the letter he sent to State Bar of Georgia’s General Counsel Paula Frederick and the organization’s executive director Damon Elmore on his Telegram account.
He wrote in a follow up post on Telegram, “Today, I AM RETIRED!!!The State Bar of Georgia has agreed to drop the disciplinary cases against me in return for my agreement to take the status of RETIRED.”