Status Change

Bar Rule 1-202(a) provides: All lawyers who are neither engaged in the practice of law nor holding themselves out as practicing attorneys nor occupying any public or private position in which they may be called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or to pass upon the legal effect of any act, document, or law may be inactive members at their election. Members who are in military service may be inactive if they so elect.

In order to change from inactive to active status, please send $115 (difference in active and inactive dues) to State Bar of Georgia, Membership, 104 Marietta Street, Suite 100, Atlanta Georgia 30303. Include with your check, your Bar Number with a note indicating that you would like to become active. Typically, it takes 2-3 days to process your request. You may check your status on this Web site under the directory.

In order to change from active to inactive, you may send the request to us via email at membership@gabar.org, fax at 404-527-8747 or mail to the address above. Be sure to include your Bar Number and the effective date of your change. If you have not practiced, inactive status requests can be retroactive back to the date you ceased to practice in Georgia.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to include address changes if applicable with the requests above.