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Charlotte attorney suspended
David Donovan//October 19, 2017//
Attorney: Robert M. Gallant
Location: Charlotte
Bar membership: Member since 1997
Disciplinary action: A two-year suspension of Gallant’s license to practice law, which had been stayed, was activated Oct. 6
Background: Gallant was suspended from the practice of law for two years on July 6, 2015 for willfully failing to timely file required state and federal income tax returns for the years 2007 through 2013 and failing to pay the taxes he owed for those years, violating both state and federal law. Gallant’s suspension was stayed for two years so long as Gallant complied with certain conditions. A panel of the Disciplinary Hearing Commission found that Gallant had failed to comply with six different specific conditions of his stay and activated the suspension.
Previous discipline: Gallant was administratively suspended from January 2009 to March 2009.
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