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Wake County attorney reprimanded
Attorney: David A. Harley Location: Wake County Bar Membership: Since 1996 Disciplinary action: Reprimand Background: Defendant was found guilty of failing to promptly render an accounting of entrusted funds upon client request [1.15(d)], failing to respond to inquiry from a regulatory authority [8.l(b)], neglecting a client’s case [1.3], engaging in conduct prejudicial to the adm[...]
Wake County attorney suspended
Attorney: Alexander Zolfaghari Location: Wake County Bar Membership: Since 2006 Disciplinary action: 5-year suspension Background: The defendant was found guilty of neglecting client cases, failing to properly communicate with clients, abandoning clients’ cases, failing to refund unearned fees, making false statements during the disciplinary investigation, failing to abide by cour[...]
Wake County attorney reprimanded
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 that violates Rule 1.8(h)(2). In May 2020, the defendant began representing his client regarding a […]
Wake County attorney suspended
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 reflect adversely on his honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects in […]
Wake County attorney suspended
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 titled in his former friend’s name and knowing he did not have authority to do [&hellip[...]
Durham attorney reprimanded (May 2022)
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 of necessary information, including information about S.P.’s current and former spouses and when she was […]
Chapel Hill attorney reprimanded (May 2022)
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 claims in Wake County Superior Court and before the N.C. Industrial Commission (NCIC) arising from […[...]
Charlotte attorney reprimanded for aiding UPL
Attorney: Brian M. Dunaway Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2017 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Feb. 18 Background: Dunaway associated himself with “Kealey Law Center” of Colorado, which held out to a North Carolina resident that it could provide her with legal representation, debt relief assistance, loan modification representation and/or bankruptcy services. Dunaw[...]
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