North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: Jody P. Mitchell Location: Dobson Bar membership: Member since 2005 Disciplinary action: Censured on May 14 Background: Mitchell represented a client in a separation from his wife. The client believed that his wife was having an extramarital affair, and ...

Attorney: Eric M. Applefield Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2014 Disciplinary action: Censured on May 14 Background: Applefield served as in-house counsel for a client’s real estate development companies. He used the companies’ client records and other proprietary information ...

Attorney: Roydera D. Hackworth Location: Greensboro Bar membership: Member since 1997 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on July 16 Background: Hackworth surrendered her law license voluntarily in response to a pending state bar investigation regarding allegations that, after the effective date of ...

Attorney: Cabell J. Regan Location: Pittsboro Bar membership: Member since 1979 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on July 23 Background: While representing a client in a criminal matter, Regan prepared and helped the client execute a power of attorney that named Regan ...

Attorney: Robert G. Spaugh Location: Winston-Salem Bar membership: Member since 1990 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on May 14 Background: In a domestic case, Spaugh was not diligent in preparing a qualified domestic relations order on behalf of a client and did ...

Attorney: R. Steve Monks Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on May 14 Background: In 2019, Monks filed a motion seeking an ex parte child custody order on behalf of a client, and an amended motion ...

Attorney: Raymond D. Godfrey Location: Lumberton Bar membership: Member since 2011 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on May 14 Background: In January 2021, Godfrey was served by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office with a letter of notice and substance of a grievance. ...

  A promissory note is executed on the date it is signed, regardless of the date appearing on the face of the document, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in a case of first impression. The court ...

Tagged with: promissory note

  State laws require all drivers to yield the right-of-way to any pedestrians passing through a marked crosswalk, but bicyclists don’t qualify as “pedestrians” for the purposes of those laws, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in ...

Tagged with: pedestrian

Attorney: Charles L. Morgan Jr. Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 1981 Disciplinary action: The remaining portion of Morgan’s suspension was stayed, and he was readmitted to the practice of law on June 28. Background: Morgan was suspended from the ...