Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM P. KEENAN
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 2008-04-21
Citations: 283 Ga. 481
Docket Number: S08Y0935
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM P. KEENAN.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 283
Pages: 481–481

Head Matter:
S08Y0935.
IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM P. KEENAN.
(660 SE2d 534)
Decided April 21, 2008.
William P. Smith III, General Counsel State Bar, Jenny K. Mittelman, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.
Frank C. Winn, for Keenan.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
This matter is before the Court on William P Keenan's Petition for Voluntary Surrender of License in which he admits that on February 7, 2008 he pled guilty to committing the felony offenses of furnishing dangerous weapons to an inmate and conspiracy to commit escape in the Superior Court of Douglas County. It is a violation of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer to be convicted of a felony, see Bar Rule 8.4 (a) (2), the maximum penalty for which is disbarment. The State Bar recommends that the Court accept the petition as being in the best interests of the Bar and the public.
Having reviewed the record we agree that surrender of Keenan's law license, which is tantamount to disbarment, is the appropriate sanction. Accordingly, we accept the petition and hereby order that the name of William P. Keenan be removed from the rolls of persons authorized to practice law in the State of Georgia. Keenan is reminded of his duties pursuant to Bar Rule 4-219 (c).
Voluntary surrender of license accepted.
All the Justices concur.