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 ....