Attorney: Lloyd Kelso   Location: Wake County  Bar membership: Since 1977  Disciplinary action: 1 year suspension   Background:   Defendant was found guilty of multiple offenses and engaged in a pattern of misconduct. At the time of this conduct, the defendant knew or ...

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Attorney: Willie Brooks  Location: Wake County   Bar membership: Since 1982  Disciplinary action: 4-year suspension   Background:   The defendant has been found guilty of failing to conduct monthly reconciliations of his trust account following a random audit to Brooks’ trust account by ...

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Attorney: Deborrah L. Newton  Location: Wake County  Disciplinary action: Reprimand   Background:   Defendant was found guilty of submitting fee applications that contained inaccurate and excessive billing entries. Defendant engaged in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice in violation ...

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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: 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: Jennifer Nicole Foster Location: Asheville Bar membership: Member since 1995 Disciplinary action: Censured on March 25 Background: Foster posted on social media that she had “basically” been put out of business by another attorney and was unable to take ...

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Attorney: Steven B. Wright Location: Wilmington Bar membership: Member since 2013 Disciplinary action: Censured in one matter and reprimanded in another on Feb. 8 Background: Wright was administratively suspended from November 2015 to February 2016.  While representing a client in ...

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H. Trade Elkins was suspended from the practice of law until the conclusion of all disciplinary proceedings on Feb. 7. On June 14, 2018 Elkins pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to one count of wire fraud, a class C felony.

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Attorney: Richard L. Cannon III Location: Greenville Bar membership: Member since 1983 Disciplinary action: Censured on May 14 Background: Cannon is associated with “Upright Law” in Illinois. Upright maintains a website advertising that it can provide legal representation for consumers ...

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Attorney: Todd J. Farlow Location: Mooresville Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Feb. 22 Background: In June 2016 Farlow notarized a signature on a deed of trust certifying that the purported signee had personally appeared before Farlow ...

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