North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: Susan M. Lynch Location: Pinehurst Bar membership: Member since 2002 Disciplinary action: The remaining portion of Lynch’s suspension was stayed on April 7. Background: Lynch was suspended from the practice of law for five years in August 2019 after ...

Attorney: Robin Dale Fussell Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 1981 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for one year on April 6. The suspension is stayed so long as Fussell complies with certain conditions. Background: For a ...

Attorney: Daniel S. Rufty Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2017 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for five years on April 8. After six months Rufty may apply for a stay of the remaining portion of the ...

Attorney: Scott H. Shelton Location: Hendersonville Bar membership: Member since 1993 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for five years on April 8, effective immediately upon the expiration of his current three-year suspension. Background: In a variety of ...

  A public housing authority that simply cited a vaguely-worded clause in a tenant’s lease as grounds for her eviction failed to give her legally sufficient notice of the specific reasons for the eviction, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ...

A Johnston County man who had his plea bargain rescinded and got more than three years tacked onto his prison sentence because he was a bit more than an hour late for his sentencing hearing will have his plea bargain ...

  Interest rates are currently at historic lows for almost every type of debt, and figure to remain there for quite some time. But there’s one exception to the new low-interest world. In North Carolina pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rates ...

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It’s now been more than a year since the Lawyers Weekly team has assembled in our old office. Like so many of you, we’ve had to adapt to a world of working remotely, and it hasn’t always been easy. So ...

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The North Carolina State Bar has filed an ethics complaint against an assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. The complaint alleges that the prosecutor, Frank Chut, acted dishonestly in his handling of an investigation. The complaint ...

Attorney: Christopher Albert Stella Location: Out of state (formerly of Greensboro) Bar membership: Member since 2017 Disciplinary action: The remaining portion of a three-year suspension from the practice of law was stayed on Feb. 24, so long as Stella complies ...