Jenna Ellis signs agreement that suspends her Colorado law license for three years

Jenna Ellis, like other former lawyers for Donald Trump, was disbarred in her home state. The Colorado Supreme Court approved a settlement on Tuesday that bars her from practicing law for three years.

It’s the recent fallout from the 2020 election that’s hitting Ellis. In October, she tearfully pleaded guilty in Georgia for her failed effort to overturn Trump’s defeat there.

These efforts played a central role in Colorado authorities’ attempts to bar Ellis from practicing law in the Centennial State, since Colorado law prohibits lawyers from practicing there while incarcerated or on probation for a criminal conviction.

Ellis was sentenced to five years’ probation and 100 hours of community service in the Georgia case. She also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in their case against Trump and other co-defendants.

In her Colorado plea agreement, Ellis acknowledged that she had “caused significant actual harm in a variety of ways” and “undermined the American public’s confidence in the presidential election process,” the Associated Press reported.

Compared to others who have come up with illegal ways for Trump to potentially undermine Joe Biden’s election victory, this is a milder outcome for Ellis.

Trump’s lawyer John Eastman, considered the “architect” of the ex-president’s attempts to manipulate the 2020 election results, has been disbarred in California because of his post-election work. The California Supreme Court has yet to make a final decision on the case, but in the meantime he has been disbarred. Rudy Giuliani, meanwhile, has been disbarred in Washington and New York, and efforts are underway to make that distinction permanent.

In order for Ellis to regain her position as a Colorado attorney, she must successfully file a petition with the state beginning in May 2027. Ellis’ case may have been helped by her repeated public comments expressing remorse for her role in the big lie.

“Although disbarment is the presumptive punishment for (Ellis’) misconduct, it is significant that her criminal culpability arose from her conduct as an accessory rather than a principal offender,” legal counsel for Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation wrote in an agreement regarding her suspension. “She has also expressed remorse and recognized the harm caused by her misconduct and has taken significant, concrete steps to mitigate the harm her misconduct caused.”