Articles by Tripp Huffstetler, Senior Staff Writer
About Tripp Huffstetler, Senior Staff Writer (57 Articles)
Tripp Huffstetler served as the Senior Ethics Staff Writer for the Campbell Law Observer. He is originally from Cherryville, North Carolina. In 2011, Tripp graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy as well as Political Science. During his undergraduate studies, Tripp spent summers assisting at a practice in his hometown of Cherryville. During law school he interned with the Hon. Kris Bailey, District Court Judge; Judge Paige Phillips, Wake County Magistrate; the Hon. Paul C. Ridgeway, Superior Court Judge; and the Wake County District Attorney's Office. He also assisted a local attorney in drafting a guide to interlocutory appeals, which will be published by the North Carolina Bar Association. Tripp graduated from Campbell Law School in May 2014.
“The prudent practice is for all counsel involved in a matter to establish at the outset a procedure for determining whether it is acceptable to ‘reply to all’ when a represented party is copied on an electronic communication.”
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In March of 2013, Cary attorney Mark Seifert was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. On February 3, 2014, Mr. Seifert entered guilty pleas to nine felony counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor. Judgment was entered subsequently, convicting Mr. Seifert of these offenses. Following the judgment, Mr. Seifert submitted an affidavit surrendering his law license. The presiding Superior Court judge concluded that Seifert’s guilty plea and resulting conviction
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On January 21, 2014, Rosiland T. Grant submitted an affidavit surrendering her law license. In the affidavit, Grant notes a pending investigation into allegations that she misappropriated client funds exceeding $8,000. On January 24, 2014, the Council accepted Grant’s tender of surrendered law license, concluding that Grant did in fact misappropriate entrusted funds in violation of Rule 8.4(c) of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. View the full disciplinary order below.
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More than half of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history have occurred within the past decade. In 2012, Americans were rocked by the news of deadly shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Aurora, Colorado. Tragedies like those that occurred in Newtown and Aurora spark renewed debate about the proper scope of gun restrictions in the United States. The debate over stricter gun regulation is ongoing, as public opinion is split (forty-nine percent of respondents favor more
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On January 2, 2013, Mark L. Bibbs was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year.
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At the time this order was entered, D. Bernard Alston was already on active suspension pursuant to previous Orders of Discipline.
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James Thomas Brown was censured for his role as closing attorney in certain real estate transactions that occurred from 2004 to 2006. In total, there were nine real estate transactions at issue, all of which were purchase transactions. In his role as the closing attorney, however, Brown prepared HUD-1 Settlement Statements falsely indicating that the transactions were refinance loans rather than purchase transactions. Brown prepared and submitted the false HUD-1 statements at the
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Susan Saturno was retained to perform a real estate closing on a residential refinance transaction. As the closing attorney, Saturno represented both the homeowner and the lending institution. Though the lending institution requested that Saturno have the homeowner execute a “Road Maintenance Agreement,” Saturno failed to have the homeowner execute the agreement at the closing. Following the closing, Saturno herself signed the homeowner’s name to the agreement. Ultimately, the
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Edwin M. Hardy was disciplined for various recordkeeping issues pertaining to his client trust account. Specifically, Hardy failed to: conduct monthly and quarterly reconciliations of his attorney trust account; maintain ledgers for each client for whom funds were received in the trust account; accurately record the date of deposit on client ledgers; and provide written accountings to clients with funds in the trust account for more than twelve months. Additional missteps included Hardy’s
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William “Trippe” McKeny was disciplined for various grievances related to his client trust account, many of which involved McKeny’s failure to properly maintain records relating to the trust account. Additionally, McKeny received payments from clients via credit card; these payments were credited directly to the client trust account. The credit card processing fees were debited from the trust account, resulting in entrusted funds being used to satisfy McKeny’s obligations to the
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In November 2008, William Belk was elected as a District Court judge in the District Court of Judicial District 26 in Mecklenburg County. At the time of his election, Mr. Belk was also a member of the Board of Directors of Sonic Automotive, Inc. Prior to his swearing-in, Mr. Belk was advised that a failure to resign his position on the Board of Directors at Sonic would amount to a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Nevertheless, Mr. Belk did not resign his position. On February 13,
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In early 2012, the North Carolina Board of Continuing Legal Education mailed the 2011 CLE reporting form to John David Hauser, a Wake County attorney. All annual report forms were to be signed and returned to the State Bar or postmarked by February 29, 2012. Because Mr. Hauser did not return his form by that date, the CLE board sent a second notice, dated March 14, 2012. Finally, on May 10, 2012, the CLE Board issued a “Notice to Show Cause” to Mr. Hauser regarding his continued failure to
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This disciplinary order relates to two different trust accounts maintained by John H. McWilliam at two different firms during two different time periods. Prior to May 31, 2011, McWilliam was a member of Firm 1, where he maintained a trust account with BB&T. On May 31, 2011, McWilliam formed Firm 2, where he maintained a trust account with North State Bank. For both trust accounts, McWilliam employed and had direct supervisory authority over a bookkeeper. This bookkeeper oversaw receipt and
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In August 2008, the Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the North Carolina State Bar suspended Paul L. Erickson from the practice of law for a period of five years. Mr. Erickson’s suspension was based on his role in a “debt elimination scheme.” In its twenty-two page order, the Commission concluded that Erickson violated a litany of Rules of Professional Conduct. The suspension became effective on October 9, 2008. On September 24, 2013, Mr. Erickson filed a petition for
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In September 2013, Apple, Inc., introduced the next iteration of its popular iPhone line: the iPhone 5S. Apple’s new flagship device boasts “Touch ID” technology as one of its revolutionary new features. This new technology allows users to instantly authenticate themselves by merely touching the home button located on the front of the phone. While Apple is not the first manufacturer to implement biometrics technology into a consumer cell phone, it will undoubtedly be the first to
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