In re Ellis

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition of W. Burrell Ellis, Jr. (State Bar No. 246085) seeking the suspension of his license to practice law pending the termination of the appeal of his felony convictions in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. Ellis acknowledges that it is a violation of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer to be convicted of a felony, see Rule 8.4 (a) (2), and that the maximum penalty for such conduct is disbarment, see Rule 8.4 (d). In response, the State Bar recommends that the Court accept the petition.

Having considered the…