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On July 25, 2014 Donald F. Lively was disbarred by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar. Based on an affidavit of surrender of license executed by Lively, the Council found that he knowingly and intentionally engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in North Carolina for at least two years after being administratively suspended. This included obtaining property under false pretenses by receiving fees or the legal work he performed and falsely representing his suspended status and/or
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On April 24, 2014, Scott Leon Ingersoll received a reprimand from the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar. On and around September 4, 2012, Ingersoll represented a client in a criminal case. Throughout this representation, Ingersoll violated several rules of professional conduct. Specifically, Ingersoll filed a motion to suppress although he had documents in his possession that refuted his affidavit. Ingersoll also submitted an affidavit of time for his representation of the
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On April 24, 2014 the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar issued a reprimand to William A. LeLiever for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. First, LeLiever violated Rule 8.4(d) for professional misconduct by (1) failing to timely comply with the Bankruptcy Court’s order and failure to properly appear at compliance hearings which amounted to prejudicial conduct to the administration of justice and (2) failing to acknowledge and comply with his obligation to
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On April 24, 2014, the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar reprimanded Mark S. Jetton, Jr. for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Jetton violated Rule 7 Information about Legal Services in several different occasions in advertisement and soliciting clients. Specifically, Jetton violated Rule 7.3(c)(1) for having the advertising notice is smaller font than his firm’s name on the letterhead of targeted mail solicitation. He also violated Rule 7.1(a)(1) and (2) for
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On January 23, 2014, Christopher D. Lane received a reprimand from the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar for violates of the Rules of Professional Conduct. In September 2010, Lane entered into an agreement with a California and Illinois law firm, Krohn and Moss, Ltd. (Krohn and Moss), to serve “Of Counsel.” Under this agreement, Krohn and Moss established a continuous presence in North Carolina with Lane’s office as its physical address. None of the attorneys at Krohn
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North Carolina Senator Bill Cook filed the bill to help Judge Jerry Tillett, who was publicly reprimanded by the state's Judicial Standards Commission and now faces sanctions from the State Bar.
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Almost five years after the Dorothea Dix Hospital property was first put up for sale, a purchase agreement between the State of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh has yet to be finalized.
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Confusion in case law has led the North Carolina House of Representatives to draft HB 284 and HB 79, clarifying the law pertaining to violations of civil no-contact orders.
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A recent lawsuit filed by a North Carolina police officer burned by hot coffee echoes the famous story of Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants.
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Despite strides to provide mental health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, there is still much to be done for the mentally ill.
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Social media users may be arrested for making threatening posts.
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The number of music copyright infringement cases has significantly increased in the last decade.
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A defendant's unique brain structure and circumstances should be examined before arguing for the application of the "heat of passion" defense to homicide.
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The Ethics Committee adopted 2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 8 at its meeting on January 23, 2015. The opinion examines the ethics of a lawyer accepting an invitation from a judge to connect on LinkedIn, the popular social networking website for professionals. Social networking websites have become a major tool to utilize for job searches as well as connections in the professional world, including the legal profession. According to the opinion, the same
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The Ethics Committee of the North Carolina Bar took an unusual step at its quarterly meeting held on October 24, 2014. The Committee withdrew a previous opinion, voting instead to adopt an alternative version of the 2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 2. The opinion examines the issue of whether a criminal defense lawyer must provide a client with the opportunity to review discovery materials pertinent to his or her case. Rule 1.4 of the North Carolina
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