In re Gaines

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary surrender of license to practice law in the State of Georgia filedby Trent Carl Gaines (State Bar No. 282172), prior to the issuance of a formal complaint. Previously, Gaines sought voluntary discipline of a three-year suspension of license, which the State Bar opposed as an inadequate sanction for the conduct at issue in this disciplinary action. This Court rejected Gaines’s previous petition. See In the Matter of Gaines, 299 Ga. 662 (791 SE2d 3) (2016).

Gaines seeks surrender of license to practice law pursuant to Bar…