In the Matter of Swindall

This disciplinary proceeding presents the question of whether disbarment is appropriate, under the circumstances of this case, following termination of an attorney’s appeal rights from felony convic tions for perjury. Because disbarment is generally appropriate where an attorney has been convicted of a felony involving fraud, absent mitigating circumstances not present here, we order that Patrick L. Swindall be disbarred from the practice of law.

Following his convictions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on nine counts of perjury in relation to his…