Outer Banks Voice: E-mail suggests League might have swayed D.A. on Britt

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/21/e-mail-suggests-league-might-have-swayed-d-a-on-britt/

E-mail suggests League might have swayed D.A. on Britt

By Russ Lay on December 21, 2015

The same Oct. 21, 2011 e-mail that revealed leaks of information from an ostensibly independent investigation into the management practices of Kill Devil Hills Police Chief Gary Britt also suggests a different scenario of why then-District Attorney Frank Parrish reversed his decision to file a petition seeking Britt’s removal.

Parrish, now deceased, was a pivotal player in actions against Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett two years ago by the Judicial Standards Commission. An affidavit .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/21/e-mail-suggests-league-might-have-swayed-d-a-on-britt/

Outer Banks Voice: E-mail shows info was leaked to officials during Britt probe

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/15/e-mail-shows-info-was-leaked-to-officials-during-britt-probe/

E-mail shows info was leaked to officials during Britt probe

By Russ Lay on December 15, 2015

An e-mail recently re-examined by the Voice that discusses a 2011 internal investigation of Kill Devil Hills Police Chief Gary Britt raises further questions about the impartiality of the panel that conducted the inquiry.

The e-mail also suggests that the town and League of Municipality officials had decided to move against Superior Court Judge Jerry R. Tillett before ... 

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/15/e-mail-shows-info-was-leaked-to-officials-during-britt-probe/

Bloomberg BNA: Settlement Allows LegalZoom to Offer Legal Services in N.C.

http://www.bna.com/settlement-allows-legalzoom-n57982063694/

November 18, 2015

Settlement Allows LegalZoom to Offer Legal Services in N.C.

From ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct (also available on Bloomberg Law)

By Joan C. Rogers

Nov. 16 — LegalZoom and the North Carolina State Bar are no longer at loggerheads over whether the company's offer of personalized legal services to consumers amounts to the unauthorized practice of law. A consent decree entered Oct. 22 ends years of state-court UPL litigation between LegalZoom and the state bar. It also puts to bed a federal antitrust suit the company recently filed against the bar.

The settlement clears the way for LegalZoom ......

http://www.bna.com/settlement-allows-legalzoom-n57982063694/

Bloomberg Law: LegalZoom Fought the North Carolina Bar — And LegalZoom Won

https://bol.bna.com/legalzoom-fought-the-north-carolina-bar-and-legalzoom-won/

LegalZoom Fought the North Carolina Bar — And LegalZoom Won

November 13, 2015

Editor’s Note: The author of this article is a professor at University of Tennessee College of Law and wrote the book, Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession.

By Ben Barton, Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law

LegalZoom has settled its twin law suits against the North Carolina Bar. LegalZoom has basically won the battle and the war.

According to Forbes, LegalZoom agreed to have a licensed North Carolina attorney review its online forms and to inform potential customers that its forms are not a substitute for advice from a live attorney. LegalZoom says it was already doing that anyway. In return the State Bar Association appears to be rolling over on the unauthorized practice of law (“UPL”) fight, going so far as to support ......

https://bol.bna.com/legalzoom-fought-the-north-carolina-bar-and-legalzoom-won/

Outer Banks Voice: N.C. Bar, KDH attorney out of order in drive to oust judge

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/11/12/n-c-bar-town-attorney-use-back-door-in-effort-to-oust-judge/

N.C. Bar, KDH attorney out of order in drive to oust judge

By Russ Lay on November 12, 2015

Judge Jerry Tillett.

Town Attorney Steven Michael.

Two years ago, Kill Devil Hills officials told anyone who would listen that they were being victimized by a vengeful Superior Court judge, and many in local media sopped the story up with disappointing zeal.

But most of us felt the kerfuffle between KDH and Superior Court Judge Jerry R. Tillett .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/11/12/n-c-bar-town-attorney-use-back-door-in-effort-to-oust-judge/

ABA Journal: LegalZoom resolves $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina State Bar

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_resolves_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_state_bar

LegalZoom resolves $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina State Bar

POSTED OCT 23, 2015 03:15 PM CDT

BY TERRY CARTER

LegalZoom has settled its protracted legal dispute with the North Carolina State Bar with a consent agreement that permits the company to continue operating there, Forbesreports. The online legal document company has been expanding quickly to provide other services, including prepaid legal services plans.

The agreement comes on the heels of a lawsuit against the bar filed in federal court in North Carolina in June, seeking $10.5 million in antitrust ......

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_resolves_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_state_bar

WRAL: State Bar finds no violations by second lawyer in Racial Justice Act case

http://www.wral.com/state-bar-weighs-discipline-for-second-lawyer-in-racial-justice-act-case/14926402/

State Bar finds no violations by second lawyer in Racial Justice Act case

Posted September 25, 2015

RALEIGH, N.C. — A disciplinary panel of the North Carolina State Bar ruled Friday that a lawyer who participated in the first case to be heard under the Racial Justice Act didn't violate the rules of professional conduct for attorneys. 

An anonymous complaint was filed in March against Gretchen Engel, charging her with providing inaccurate information to the judge in the Racial Justice Act ....

http://www.wral.com/state-bar-weighs-discipline-for-second-lawyer-in-racial-justice-act-case/14926402/

WSJ Law Blog: LegalZoom Accuses State Bar of Illegally Squelching Competition

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/04/legalzoom-accuses-state-bar-of-illegally-squelching-competition/

LegalZoom Accuses State Bar of Illegally Squelching Competition

By 

JACOB GERSHMAN

Jun 4, 2015 11:45 am ET

The long-running feud between LegalZoom.com Inc. and the North Carolina State Bar has escalated.

In the latest development, the discount legal services company filed an antitrust lawsuit against the bar, accusing the state agency of “unlawful monopolization” in violation of the Sherman Act, the primary U.S. antitrust  ......

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/04/legalzoom-accuses-state-bar-of-illegally-squelching-competition/

ABA Journal: LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_files_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_bar_cites_scotu

LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case

POSTED JUN 05, 2015 07:11 AM CDT

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS

LegalZoom is citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on teeth whitening in a $10.5 million antitrust suit against the North Carolina State Bar.

The suit (PDF), filed on June 3 in federal court in North Carolina, claims the bar is unreasonably barring LegalZoom from offering a prepaid legal services plan in the state, according to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, the Los Angeles Business Journal and a press release.

According to the suit, the state .....

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_files_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_bar_cites_scotu

Campbell Law Observer: State Senator Tries to Help Superior Court Judge Escape Further Discipline

http://campbelllawobserver.com/state-senator-tries-to-help-superior-court-judge-escape-further-discipline/

State Senator Tries to Help Superior Court Judge Escape Further Discipline

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Regan Gatlin, Ethics Editor in Ethics and Professionalism

North Carolina Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett is facing sanctions from the North Carolina State Bar.  Tillett, who is the Chief Resident Superior Court Judge in the twenty-county First Division in the northeast corner of the state, received a public reprimand from the Judicial Standards Commission in 2013 for misusing his power in disputes with several Dare County government officials.

Tillett’s troubles began when his son was detained by the Kill Devil Hills Police Department (“KDHPD”) in.....

http://campbelllawobserver.com/state-senator-tries-to-help-superior-court-judge-escape-further-discipline/

Outer Banks Sentinel: Sen. Cook’s bills could benefit Clerk of Court Tolson, Judge Tillett

http://www.obsentinel.com/news/sen-cook-s-bills-could-benefit-clerk-of-court-tolson/article_7c779868-d7bb-11e4-8a25-e3b047a467bb.html

Sen. Cook’s bills could benefit Clerk of Court Tolson, Judge Tillett

Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:15 pm

MICHELLE WAGNER | SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL |1 comment

State Senator Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) introduced two bills last month that would bolster the salary and benefits of Dare County Clerk of Court Dean Martin Tolson, but the senator says the move would also benefit other court officers in his district and across the state.

That legislation comes on the heels of another bill that Cook introduced last month that could protect Dare County Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett from .....

http://www.obsentinel.com/news/sen-cook-s-bills-could-benefit-clerk-of-court-tolson/article_7c779868-d7bb-11e4-8a25-e3b047a467bb.html

News & Observer: NC lawyers face bar complaints for Racial Justice Act work

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article16529624.html

MARCH 27, 2015 7:14 PM

NC lawyers face bar complaints for Racial Justice Act work

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BY ANNE BLYTHE

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Two defense attorneys face accusations of professional misconduct for a piece of their work on the first successful challenge under the Racial Justice Act.

Gretchen Engel, director of the Durham-based Center for Death Penalty Litigation, and Cassandra Stubbs, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project, were among a team of attorneys who ....

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Outer Banks Sentinel: State Bar Issues Complaint Against Judge Tillett

http://www.obsentinel.com/news/state-bar-issues-complaint-against-judge-tillett/article_d09d7a52-cf19-11e4-a051-233082990682.html

State Bar Issues Complaint Against Judge Tillett

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 11:57 am

BY CATHERINE KOZAK SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL |0 comments

Exactly two years after accepting a reprimand by the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission for entanglements in Kill Devil Hills’ town affairs and threats against the district attorney’s office, Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett is facing a complaint from the North Carolina State Bar over questions of alleged unprofessional conduct related to the same imbroglio.

In the 11-page complaint, filed on March 6 and posted on the Bar website on March 16, the Bar cites 17 points where Tillett “engaged in conduct that was  .....

http://www.obsentinel.com/news/state-bar-issues-complaint-against-judge-tillett/article_d09d7a52-cf19-11e4-a051-233082990682.html

News & Observer: NC senator wants to help judge avoid new scrutiny

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article15525923.html

MARCH 20, 2015 7:08 PM

NC senator wants to help judge avoid new scrutiny

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A state senator is trying to help a Superior Court judge in his district escape sanctions from the N.C. State Bar, which regulates lawyers in North Carolina.

Sen. Bill Cook, a three-term Republican legislator from Beaufort County, says he thinks Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett shouldn’t have to risk losing his license to ....

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NCBAR: NCSB v. Jerry R. Tillett, 15DHC7, documents in the case

Information as of 2016-06-06, 14:00

http://www.ncbar.gov/lawyer-discipline/pending-disciplinary-hearing-commission-cases/

UPCOMING DISCIPLINARY HEARING INFORMATION

DHC Schedule Status	Stayed
Defendant Name	Tillett, Jerry R.
Defendant Location	Kitty Hawk, NC
Defendant File Number	15DHC7
Staff Attorney	G. Patrick Murphy
DHC Panel Members	Willey (Chair) Weyher Edwards, M

PDF DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE

	Title	Date Posted	Time Posted
VIEW	Complaint - NCSB v. Jerry R. Tillett	3/16/2015	1:44:38 PM
VIEW	Motion To Dismss In Lieu of Answer-NCSB v Tillett	3/19/2015	4:57:37 PM
VIEW	Answer part 1 - NCSB v. Jerry Tillett	3/31/2015	11:47:59 AM
VIEW	Answer part 2 - NCSB v. Jerry Tillett	3/31/2015	11:48:35 AM
VIEW	Response to Motion To Dismiss - NCSB v. J. Tillett	4/7/2015	9:43:20 AM

ABA Journal: SCOTUS smiles on nondentist teeth whiteners, allows antitrust action against dentistry board

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotus_smiles_on_nondentist_teeth_whiteners_allows_antitrust_action_against

U.S. SUPREME COURT

SCOTUS smiles on nondentist teeth whiteners, allows antitrust action against dentistry board

POSTED FEB 25, 2015 11:33 AM CST

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS

A North Carolina dental regulatory board made up mostly of dentists doesn’t have state-action immunity in an antitrust action, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

The 6-3 decision (PDF) allows a Federal Trade Commission challenge to the board’s clampdown on teeth whitening by nondentists.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. The dental board .....

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotus_smiles_on_nondentist_teeth_whiteners_allows_antitrust_action_against

US Supreme Court: Opinion in NC Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC

Opinion by Justice Kennedy and Dissent by Justice Alito: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-534_19m2.pdf