In re Thompson

The State Bar of Georgia filed a petition for appointment of a special master under Bar Rule 4-106, after John R. Thompson entered a guilty plea and was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, on one count of wilful failure to file an income tax return under 26 USC § 7203. The petition alleged that Thompson’s guilty plea constituted a violation of Standard 66 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d), which may be punished by disbarment.

Thompson initially denied he was subject to disciplinary action, but subsequently filed a petition for voluntary discipline in which…