North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jul 10, 2024

Cumberland County lawyer given stayed two-year suspension

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Jul 5, 2024

Sampson County lawyer suspended for three years

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Jun 26, 2024

Mecklenburg County lawyer placed on interim suspension

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Mar 15, 2024

VIDEO: Some lawyers can recover legal careers after bar discipline

Josh Walthall has seen both sides of state Bar discipline of lawyers. He previously served as a state Bar prosecutor, and his practice now includes defending lawyers facing grievance prosecutions.

Mar 15, 2024

New Hanover County lawyer suspended

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May 13, 2015

Attorneys — Discipline – Activated Suspension – Violation of Conditions – Trust Account

North Carolina State Bar v. Gilbert (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0428, 17 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) Appealed from the Disciplinary Hearing Commission. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though, during the stay […]

Jun 9, 2014

Disliking rules no excuse not to follow them

A one-year suspension handed down to a Greensboro attorney by the North Carolina State Bar has been upheld by the state’s Court of Appeals in a unanimous unpublished decision. Jeffrey […]

Feb 10, 2014

Bar Discipline Roundup: Charlotte attorney disbarred after child porn conviction, Hickory lawyer suspended again

Attorney: Mark Kevin Seifert Location: Charlotte Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Feb. 3 Background: On Feb. 3, Seifert entered a guilty plea in Wake County court […]

Mar 29, 2012

Contract – NASCAR Driver – Suspension – Positive Drug Test – Waiver of Claims

Mayfield v. Nat’l Ass’n for Stock Car Auto Racing Inc. Race car driver Jeremy Mayfield, who was suspended by NASCAR after testing positive for methamphetamine, cannot overturn dismissal of his suit against NASCAR including claims for defamation and breach of contract, as he has waived his claims under agreements he signed with NASCAR; the 4th Circuit says the district court properly d[...]

Mar 13, 2012

Judges – Suspension – Traffic Tickets – Irregularities

In re Inquiry Concerning Judge Hartsfield After being privately cautioned by the Judicial Standards Commission, respondent continued to have ex parte communications with traffic court defendants and to make decisions in traffic cases when the defendant was not present, not represented, and had not consented to judgment. Respondent thereby engaged in willful misconduct in office and conduc[...]

Feb 27, 2012

Attorneys – Discipline – Suspension – ‘Entrusted Property’ – Trust Account – Mistakenly Wired Funds

North Carolina State Bar v. Staples Even though $81,000 was mistakenly wired into the defendant-attorney’s trust account, the funds constituted “entrusted property” within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Dec 7, 2011

Attorneys – Suspension – Reinstatement Motion – Administrative – Regulatory Procedure – Civil Practice – Collateral Attack

In re Petition for Reinstatement of McGee There is an administrative procedure for having a suspended law license reinstated; it is set out in 27 N.C.A.C. § 01B.0125(b). Petitioner cannot avoid this procedure by simply moving to amend the records of the State Bar to say that his law license had been reinstated and to strike portions of the Bar’s record reflecting otherwise. We affir[...]