Georgia CommonsSupreme Court of Georgia · bar discipline
In the Matter of Amjad Muhammad Ibrahim
Filed October 27, 2026 · Docket S26Y1855
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted an attorney's request to give up his law license after he pleaded guilty to three federal felony counts of income tax evasion. The surrender is treated as the same as disbarment, and his name comes off the list of lawyers allowed to practice in Georgia.
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In plain language
A Georgia lawyer who has been a member of the State Bar since 1994 asked the Supreme Court of Georgia to let him voluntarily surrender his law license before the State Bar filed a formal complaint. He admitted that in December 2024 he pleaded guilty to three federal felony counts of income tax evasion. Under Georgia's professional conduct rules, a guilty plea to a felony counts as a conviction and violates the rules for lawyers. The State Bar told the court that accepting the surrender was in the best interest of the public and the profession. The opinion also notes the lawyer's earlier discipline, including several suspensions and warning letters. The court reviewed the record, accepted the petition, and removed his name from the rolls of Georgia lawyers.
What the court decided
The court accepted the lawyer's petition to voluntarily surrender his license. His guilty plea to felony tax evasion violated the Georgia professional conduct rule against felony convictions, which carries a maximum penalty of disbarment, and a voluntary surrender is treated as the same as disbarment.
Why it matters
A lawyer who pleads guilty to a felony faces the loss of his license in Georgia. A voluntary surrender ends his ability to practice law just as disbarment would, and it protects clients and the public without a full formal disciplinary proceeding.
Outcome
Voluntary surrender of license accepted
How the court got there
- The lawyer admitted that he pleaded guilty in December 2024 to three felony counts of federal income tax evasion. Under Georgia's professional conduct rules, a guilty plea counts as a felony conviction, so he acknowledged violating the rule against being convicted of a felony (Rule 8.4(a)(2)).
- The maximum penalty for that violation is disbarment. A voluntary surrender of a license is treated as tantamount to disbarment, so the surrender he requested matches the most severe sanction available for this violation.
- The court pointed to an earlier case in which it accepted a voluntary surrender from a lawyer who violated the same rule, treating that decision as a guide for how to handle this petition.
- The State Bar said accepting the surrender served the best interest of the public and the profession, and the court, after reviewing the record, agreed to accept the petition.
Topics
- attorney discipline
- law license surrender
- tax evasion
- State Bar of Georgia
- disbarment