North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: Charles M. Kunz  Location: Durham  Bar membership: Member since 2016  Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on February 16  Background: In December 2019, J.S. retained Kunz to file a new I-130 immigration petition for S.P. The petition Kunz filed omitted various pieces ...

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Attorney: John C. Snyder III  Location: Matthews  Bar membership: Member since 2001  Disciplinary action: Censured on February 16  Background: Snyder represented V.K. in a lawsuit brought by his former employer for allegedly violating a noncompete agreement. One week after the ...

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Attorney: Michelle L. English  Location: Chapel Hill  Bar membership: Member since 2011  Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on April 19  Background: English undertook to serve as sponsoring local lawyer for Donnya Banks, an Illinois lawyer who undertook to represent plaintiffs in multiple ...

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Attorney: Thomas O. Harper III Location: Atlanta, Georgia Bar membership: Member since 1995 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for two years on April 11. The suspension is stayed for two years so long as Harper complies with ...

Attorney: Meg Sohmer Wood Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2001 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for three years on April 11. The suspension is stayed for three years so long as Wood complies with certain conditions. ...

Attorney: Ryan Alan Spencer Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 2012 Disciplinary action: Censured on April 7 Background: Spencer represented a client in a veterans’ benefit claim. The client mailed a check for $5,000, made out to Spencer, to his ...

Attorney: Ralph J. DiLeone Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 1999 Disciplinary action: Censured on March 1 Background: DiLeone hired a North Carolina resident, who was licensed to practice law only in California, to work as an attorney at his ...

Attorney: Brian Matthew Love Location: Durham Bar membership: Member since 2010 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on March 14 Background: Love used the personal information of his then-wife and ex-wife to falsely register online accounts in their names and impersonate them in ...

Attorney: Kaycee C. Staehle Location: Denver Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Feb. 16 Background: Staehle made double disbursements from her trust account in a real estate transaction, due primarily to her failure to maintain accurate client ...

Attorney: David W. Hands Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2002 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Feb. 16 Background: Hands and his paralegal failed to review and verify and the payoff wiring instructions purportedly sent by their client in an email ...