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Charlotte attorney suspended for three years
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. Background: In or around 2018, Wood established Carolina Legal Services, which provided services including debt […]
Raleigh attorney censured (April 2022)
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 home address. The funds were the property of the law firm Spencer worked for, and […]
Raleigh attorney censured (March 2022)
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 law firm. He held the attorney out on his website as an attorney able to […]
Durham attorney disbarred (March 2022)
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 sexually explicit communications with numerous men. Love obtained sexually explicit images of these victims without […]
Denver attorney reprimanded
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 ledgers and proper reconciliation of her trust account. Staehle participated in the state bar’s trust […]
Charlotte attorney reprimanded (Feb. 2022)
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 prior to a real estate closing. As a result, the payoff proceeds were wired to […]
Murphy attorney reprimanded
Attorney: William R. Shilling Location: Murphy Bar membership: Member since 2004 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Feb. 16 Background: Shilling represented a client charged with several counts of abusing her child. While the criminal charges were pending, a parallel juvenile proceeding was pending related to custody of the child and termination of the client’s parental rights. […]
Charlotte attorney censured (Feb. 2022)
Attorney: Justice H. Campbell Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 1999 Disciplinary action: Censured on Feb. 16 Background: Campbell represented a client in a personal injury matter and assigned an associate to handle the litigation. The associate failed to respond to the defendant’s discovery requests, and three days before a hearing on summary judgment Campbell […]
Charlotte attorney suspended for two years, stayed
Attorney: James Landivar Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2018 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of for two years on Feb. 26. That suspension is stayed for two years so long as Landivar complies with certain conditions. Background: Landivar was an attorney with Carolina Legal Services (CLS), which provided debt-relief services to North Carolina […]
Mooresville attorney placed on interim suspension
Attorney: Brian R. Harwell Location: Mooresville Bar membership: Member since 2002 Disciplinary action: Suspended until conclusion of all disciplinary proceedings against him on Feb. 17 Background: Harwell pleaded guilty to felony possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor harboring a fugitive, and misdemeanor resisting a public officer in Iredell County Superior Court on Aug. 9, 2021. The conduct[...]
Kings Mountain attorney disbarred
Attorney: Nikita V. Mackey Location: Charlotte (formerly of Kings Mountain) Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Feb. 11 Background: In June 2020 Mackey pleaded guilty in Tennessee to the crimes of reckless endangerment, assault, and vandalism/malicious mischief. In December 2020 Mackey pleaded guilty in Caswell County to the crimes of injury to […]
New Bern attorney suspended for two years, stayed
Attorney: Victoria Lynn Block Location: New Bern Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for two years on Jan. 19. The suspension is stayed for two years so long as Block complies with certain conditions. Background: A random audit of Block’s trust account in 2015 showed deficiencies in her […]
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