North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  It only feels like the COVID-19 pandemic has been going on forever. Some people have been dealing with it longer than most. In February 2020, officials in Washington reported what was thought at the time to be the first ...

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  It is the unlikeliest of quarrels. North Carolina is home to more than 10 million people; the U.S. Virgin Islands is home to some 106,000, making it a bit bigger than Concord, but smaller than High Point. And the ...

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Attorney: R. Steve Monks Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 31 Background: In two matters involving his representation of clients in immigration matters, Monks violated rules of professional conduct related to diligence and/or adequate ...

Attorney: James R. Levinson Location: Benson Bar membership: Member since 1974 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 28 Background: While representing clients in a bankruptcy case, Levinson failed to maintain the original signed version of all electronically-filed documents, failed to disclose ...

Attorney: Paris S. Branch-Ramadan Location: Louisburg Bar membership: Member since 2011 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 31 Background: A client Branch-Ramadan had represented in a criminal matter filed a motion for appropriate relief alleging that he had received ineffective assistance ...

Attorney: Herman L. Stephens Location: Winston-Salem Bar membership: Member since 1970 Disciplinary action: Censured on Aug. 31 Background: A client hired Stephens in 2015 to represent her in a products liability case. Stephens filed a complaint against the company in ...

Attorney: Frederick J. Owens Location: Wilmington Bar membership: Member since 1998 Disciplinary action: Censured on May 11 Background: Owens was suspended from the practice of law in September 2018 and required to wind down his practice. Owens failed to notify ...

Attorney: Gregory A. Newman Location: Hendersonville Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for three years on Jan. 4. The suspension is stayed for three years so long as Newman complies with certain conditions. ...

Attorney: Judith L. Birchfield Location: Chapel Hill Bar membership: Member since 1993 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Jan. 4 Background: Birchfield surrendered her law license voluntarily, acknowledging that there was a pending complaint against her in the Disciplinary Hearing Commission alleging ...

A Charlotte attorney will collect nothing from a former client who fired him and retained new attorneys who helped him negotiate a multimillion-dollar personal injury settlement, a Union County judge has ruled. The client in the underlying personal injury case was ...

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