In the Matter of Lisa Paige Lenn

Lisa Paige Lenn, a Georgia attorney who had practiced law since 1999, pleaded guilty in Cobb County Superior Court in January 2025 to one count of terroristic threats, a felony. Under the rules that govern Georgia lawyers, being convicted of a felony is itself a violation of professional conduct rules, and the maximum punishment for that violation is disbarment. Rather than go through a full disciplinary hearing, Lenn asked the Supreme Court of Georgia to let her voluntarily give up her law license, which she admitted amounts to the same thing as disbarment. A special master reviewed the matter and recommended the court accept her request, and the State Bar agreed that accepting it served the public interest. The court reviewed the record and agreed, removing her from the rolls of attorneys allowed to practice law in Georgia.

The court held that voluntary surrender of a law license is an acceptable resolution when an attorney has been convicted of a felony in violation of Rule 8.4(a)(2), and it accepted Lenn's surrender as equivalent to disbarment, removing her from the rolls of Georgia attorneys.

The decision permanently ends Lenn's ability to practice law in Georgia, protecting current and future clients from being represented by someone convicted of a violent felony, and it reinforces that a felony conviction alone can end a Georgia lawyer's career.

Voluntary surrender of license accepted

1. Georgia's professional conduct rules, specifically Rule 8.4(a)(2) found in Bar Rule 4-102(d), make it a violation for a lawyer to be convicted of a felony, and the maximum penalty for that violation is disbarment.
2. Lenn admitted she pleaded guilty to a felony charge of terroristic threats, which under Rule 8.4(a)(2) automatically counts as a violation of the rules governing lawyer conduct.
3. Lenn asked to voluntarily surrender her law license instead of undergoing a full disciplinary proceeding, acknowledging that surrender has the same practical effect as being disbarred.
4. A special master and the State Bar both recommended accepting the surrender, and the court relied on past cases where it accepted similar voluntary surrenders for the same type of rule violation.
5. Based on this precedent and the record, the court concluded that accepting the voluntary surrender was appropriate and ordered Lenn's name removed from the list of attorneys licensed to practice in Georgia.

• attorney discipline
• voluntary surrender of license
• felony conviction
• terroristic threats
• State Bar of Georgia