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Smithfield attorney suspended
Attorney: Cindy Huntsberry Location: Smithfield Bar membership: Member since 1979 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for five years on May 21. After one year, Huntsberry may apply […]
Greensboro attorney suspended
Attorney: Mark V. Gray Location: Greensboro Bar membership: Member since 1982 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for four years on May 23. After 18 months, Gray may […]
Raleigh attorney suspended
Attorney: Gladys Nicole Clayton Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 2005 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for four years on May 21. After six months, Clayton may […]
Kernersville attorney censured
Attorney: Lynn E. Coleman Location: Kernersville Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Censured on May 14 Background: Coleman was associated with an Illinois-based company that advertised that it could […]
Sanford attorney reprimanded
Attorney: Nicolle T. Phair Location: Sanford Bar membership: Member since 1996 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Feb. 22 Background: Phair and her associate argued for an emergency custody order on behalf […]
Concord attorney reprimanded
Attorney: Corry J. Brannen Location: Concord Bar membership: Member since 2012 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on May 14 Background: Brannen’s cousin was indicted in New York for attempted murder and several […]
Testimony about dead woman’s statements OK
On a winter night in 2012, Lakeshia Wells called the police, telling them that she had been held in her apartment against her will for two hours by her […]
Lawyers in the News
Alesha Brown has joined Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog as an associate based in the firm’s Charlotte office, where she will practice civil litigation. She previously practiced insurance defense at a […]
A game with changing rules
Calvin and Hobbes, the titular characters in a beloved comic strip, were fond of playing a game called Calvinball. The rules of Calvinball, if you could call them that, were […]
House OKs bill to set rules for collaborative law
State lawmakers have taken a big step towards passing legislation that would give a further boost to an emerging form of alternative dispute resolution that appears to be gaining momentum […]
Charlotte attorney suspended
Attorney: Jeffrey D. Smith Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 1982 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for an additional two years on June 5. Background: Smith held […]
Rocky Mount attorney reprimanded
Attorney: Sonya L. Whitaker Location: Rocky Mount Bar membership: Member since 1999 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on May 30 Background: Whitaker filed a reinstatement petition from an administrative suspension of her […]
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