Trump Lawyer Wood Retired as Georgia Bar Weighed Disbarment (1)

July 5, 2023, 5:44 PM UTCUpdated: July 5, 2023, 9:07 PM UTC

Lin Wood, an attorney who tried to overturn 2020 presidential results on behalf of former President Donald Trump, retired from practicing law effective Wednesday after the State Bar of Georgia weighed his possible disbarment.

The Georgia bar granted Wood’s retirement request, the organization said in a letter to him Wednesday.

“You may not practice law in this State or in any other state or jurisdiction and you may not hold yourself out as a lawyer,” the bar said in its letter, noting that it has dropped two investigations into Wood’s professional conduct.

The Georgia bar had been examining whether to ...

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