A Georgia attorney who asked a mother to recant an eyewitness account of her son’s molestation gave up his law license Jan. 29.
The lawyer, Larry Bush Hill, petitioned for voluntary surrender of his law license after pleading guilty to felony witness tampering and attempting to suborn perjury.
The charges stemmed from Hill’s representation of Mark Lynn McGill, who was charged with aggravated child molestation in 2015, after his girlfriend reported seeing McGill engage in oral sex with her minor son.
According to an indictment, the mother faced unrelated criminal charges, and Hill tried to induce her not ...
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