North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: Peter R. Henry Location: Arden Bar membership: Member since 1996 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 25 Background: Henry failed to properly respond to a discovery request on behalf of a client, leading to a summary judgment motion being granted ...

Attorney: Larry G. Hoyle Location: Gastonia Bar membership: Member since 1990 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 25 Background: In April 2015, a client hired Hoyle to file a motion for contempt against his wife in a child custody case. In ...

  Law firms need to keep a departing lawyer’s email account active and monitor and respond to incoming emails for a reasonable period of time, a newly proposed ethics opinion would rule.  Proposed 2021 Formal Ethics Opinion 6, “Departing Lawyer’s Email ...

Tagged with: Ethics

Attorney: Wesley S. White Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2012 Disciplinary action: The remaining portion of White’s suspension was stayed on Oct 5. Background: White was suspended from the practice of law for two years on May 11, provided ...

Attorney: Mark A. Key Location: Lillington Bar membership: Member since 1997 Disciplinary action: Censured on Aug. 25 Background: Beginning in 2017, Key represented an estate in a personal injury matter and the administration of the estate. Key failed to timely ...

Attorney: Lonnie P. Merritt Location: Wilmington Bar membership: Member since 2008 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for one year on Sept. 21 Background: Merritt represented a client in a domestic matter. During the representation, Merritt began a ...

Attorney: Daniel C. Flint Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2016 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Sept. 7 Background: On Oct. 19, 2018, Flint was found guilty by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ...

  The estate of a North Carolina couple that died in a plane crash will be able to move forward with a lawsuit against the maker of the plane’s engine after the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a lower ...

Tagged with: Airplane Crash

  A railroad company that’s wholly owned by the state of North Carolina but operates as an independent corporation isn’t subject to the state’s Public Records Act, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in a case of first impression.  ...

Tagged with: Railroads

Attorney: Christie Bynum Smith Location: Greensboro Bar membership: Member since 2007 Disciplinary action: Censured on Aug. 26 Background: Smith represented a client in the purchase of a property. On the morning of the closing, a fraudster posing as the seller’s ...