In the Matter of Welsh

This matter is before the Court on Respondent John L. Welsh II’s Petition for Voluntary Discipline. In the petition Welsh admits that he entered a plea of guilty to three misdemeanor counts of violating OCGA § 16-7-21 (criminal trespass) in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County. Welsh filed his petition under Bar Rule 4-227 (b) before the filing of a formal complaint.

The trespass arose from Welsh’s representation of a client in a divorce case and occurred when Welsh attempted to assist his client in gaining access to marital property to which the client was legally entitled under the parties’…