Attorney: Joseph H. Forbes Jr. Location: Elizabeth City Bar membership: Member since 1984 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 22 Background: Beginning in 2010 through 2016, Forbes represented a client in a personal injury matter and failed to file a lawsuit ...

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Attorney: Paige C. Cabe Location: Sanford Bar membership: Member since 1997 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Sept. 12 Background: On repeated occasions, Cabe knowingly misappropriated funds belonging to multiple clients, and use those funds for her own benefit. In response to ...

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Attorney: James N. Jorgensen Location: Raleigh Bar membership: Member since 1996 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for three years on Sept. 7. The suspension is stayed for its duration so long as Jorgensen complies with certain conditions. ...

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Attorney: Frederick J. Owens Location: Wilmington Bar membership: Member since 1998 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for three years on Sept. 7. After 30 days, Owens may petition for a stay of the remaining portion of the ...

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Attorney: Matthew A. Smith Location: Knightdale Bar membership: Member since 2010 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Sept. 10 Background: In December 2017, Smith entered a guilty plea to the charge of taking indecent liberties with a child, a Class F felony. ...

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Attorney: Tracey E. Cline Location: Durham Bar membership: Member since 1989 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on Sept. 5 Background: Cline was suspended from the practice of law for five years in June 2015. Cline was the ...

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Attorney: Carson W. Freeman Location: Newton Bar membership: Member since 2012 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Aug. 30 Background: Freeman misappropriated funds from at least five clients, and in multiple additional instances misappropriated entrusted funds through unattributed transfers and withdrawals, or ...

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Attorney: R. Kelly Calloway Jr. Location: Hendersonville Bar membership: Member since 1993 Disciplinary action: The remaining portion of Callaway’s four-year suspension was stayed Aug. 27. Background: Calloway was suspended from the practice of law for four years in October 2016. ...

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Attorney: George Robert Blakey Location: Notre Dame, Indiana Bar membership: Member since 1960 (Currently inactive) Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 22 Background: In 2015, the District of Columbia Office of Bar Counsel admonished Blakey for knowingly assisting his client to ...

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Attorney: Lawrence Wittenberg Location: Cary Bar membership: Member since 1985 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on July 13 Background: Wittenberg misappropriated at least $170,000 from his law firm by cashing attorney fee checks for legal services performed while he was a salaried ...

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