THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 

In The Supreme Court 

In the Matter of Jacob Leon Parrott, Respondent. 

Appellate Case No. 2020-000892 

Opinion No. 27989 

Submitted June 19, 2020 – Filed August 12, 2020 

DISBARRED 

John S. Nichols, Disciplinary Counsel, and C. Tex Davis, 

Jr., Senior Disciplinary Counsel, both of Columbia, for 

the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. 

Jacob Leon Parrott, of Myrtle Beach, pro se. 

PER CURIAM: In this attorney disciplinary matter, Respondent and the Office 

of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) have entered into an Agreement for Discipline by 

Consent (the Agreement) pursuant to Rule 21, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. In the 

Agreement, Respondent admits misconduct and consents to the imposition of any 

sanction set forth in Rule 7(b), RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. We accept the 

Agreement and disbar Respondent from the practice of law in this state, retroactive 

to June 5, 2018, the date of his arrest. The facts, as set forth in the Agreement, are 

as follows. 

Facts 

On June 5, 2018, Respondent was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, in 

violation of S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-130, after he was observed exposing his 

genitals and masturbating. Respondent self-reported the arrest to ODC on June 19, 

2018. On December 9, 2019, Respondent entered a plea pursuant to North 

Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), and was sentenced to three years' 

imprisonment, suspended to twelve months' probation and payment of $168.75 in 
court costs. 

Respondent's previous disciplinary history includes two matters involving similar 

behavior. In 1997, Respondent received a four-month suspension citing the 

equivalent of Rules 8.4(b) (committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on an 

attorney's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects) and 

8.4(c) (committing a criminal act involving moral turpitude), RPC, Rule 407, 

SCACR. In re Parrott, 325 S.C. 162, 480 S.E.2d 722 (1997). This four-month 

suspension followed Respondent's entry of an Alford plea to a charge of simple 

assault and battery he received after pulling down a woman's bathing suit while she 

was sunbathing at Surfside Beach in May 1994. Id. at 163, 480 S.E.2d at 723 

(noting Respondent tried to pull off another woman's bikini bottom while she was 

sunbathing at North Myrtle Beach in October 1989, but was not prosecuted for this 

offense; and Respondent had no prior connection with either woman, covered his 

face during both incidents, and retreated when the women "put up a struggle"). 

In 2017, the Court suspended Respondent, then fifty-six years old, for nine months 

after he was arrested and charged with voyeurism for using a cell phone to take 

photos up a woman's skirt in a grocery store and failed to inform ODC of his arrest 

within the required fifteen-day period. In re Parrott, 421 S.C. 105, 107, 804 

S.E.2d 852, 853 (2017). In its 2017 order, the Court found Respondent's conduct 

violated Rules 8.3(a) (requiring an attorney to provide notice to ODC in writing 

within fifteen days of being arrested or charged by way of indictment, information, 

or complaint with a serious crime), and 8.4(b) (committing a criminal act that 

reflects adversely on a lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in 

other respects), RPC, Rule 407, SCACR. In re Parrott, 421 S.C. at 109, 804 

S.E.2d at 854. 

Law 

Respondent admits his conduct violated Rule 8.4(b), RPC, Rule 407, SCACR 

(committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on a lawyer's honesty, 

trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects). Respondent further admits 

his conduct constitutes grounds for discipline under Rule 7(a)(1), RLDE, Rule 407, 

SCAR (violating or attempting to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct). 

Conclusion 

We find Respondent's misconduct warrants disbarment. Accordingly, we accept 

the Agreement and disbar Respondent from the practice of law in this state, 
retroactive to June 5, 2018. Respondent shall pay the costs incurred in the 

investigation and prosecution of this matter by ODC and the Commission on 

Lawyer Conduct within thirty (30) days of the date of this opinion. Within fifteen 

(15) days of the date of this opinion, Respondent shall file an affidavit with the 

Clerk of Court showing he has complied with Rule 30, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, 

and shall also surrender his Certificate of Admission to the Practice of Law to the 

Clerk of Court. 

DISBARRED. 

BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., concur.