North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: David D. Moore  Location: Wake County   Bar membership:  Disciplinary action: Reprimand  Background:   The defendant is found guilty of charging and collecting an excessive fee in violation of Rule 1.5(a) and providing his client with a “receipt and release” form ...

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Attorney: Steven L. Gourley   Location: Wake County   Bar Membership:   Disciplinary action: Reprimand  Background:   The defendant was found guilty of professional misconduct due to the development of a personal relationship with a past client. After the defendant prosecuted several domestic violence ...

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Attorney: Jim Melo  Location: Wake County   Bar membership: Member since 2006  Disciplinary action: Five-year suspension  Background: Defendant was found guilty of withholding funds from the firms employees as required by 26 U.S.C. § 7202. Defendant committed felonious criminal acts that ...

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Attorney: Perry Mastromichalis  Location: Wake County   Bar membership: Member since 1986   Disciplinary action: Four-year suspension  Background: By printing his former friend’s (now deceased) name to an insurance policy application to  obtain insurance coverage on a vehicle, knowing the vehicle was ...

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Attorney: R. Cherry Stokes  Location: Wake County   Bar membership: Admitted in 1972; disbarred in 1987; readmitted in 1993   Disciplinary action: Disbarment, effective Oct. 31  Background: On Nov. 22, 2021, the North Carolina State Bar filed a formal complaint against Stokes, ...

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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. ...