NC Lawyers Weekly: Opinion DIGEST: Judges – Discipline – Jurisdiction – State Bar; North Carolina State Bar v. Tillett (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-024-17, 41 pp.)

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2017/01/10/judges-discipline-jurisdiction-state-bar/

Judges – Discipline – Jurisdiction – State Bar 

By: Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor January 10, 2017

North Carolina State Bar v. Tillett (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-024-17, 41 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) (Mark Martin, C.J., joined by Robert Edmunds Jr., J., concurring) (Sam Ervin IV, J., joined by Robin Hudson & Cheri Beasley, JJ., concurring in the result) N.C. S. Ct. Holding: This court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over the discipline of judges; ...

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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

NC Lawyers Weekly: NC state bar can’t discipline sitting judges

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2017/01/09/nc-state-bar-cant-discipline-sitting-judges/

NC state bar can’t discipline sitting judges 

By: David Donovan January 9, 2017

The North Carolina State Bar will not be able to pursue disciplinary action against a Dare County Superior Court judge. The state Supreme Court ruled Dec. 21 that jurisdiction to discipline sitting judges for their conduct while in office rests solely with the state’s Judicial Standards Commission and the Supreme Court, and not with the bar’s ...

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2017/01/09/nc-state-bar-cant-discipline-sitting-judges/

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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

NC Lawyers Weekly: NCALJ final report won’t propose restructuring of bar

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/12/21/ncalj-final-report-wont-propose-restructuring-of-bar/

NCALJ final report won’t propose restructuring of bar 

By: Phillip Bantz December 21, 2016

The upcoming final report from the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice will not recommend a restructuring of the North Carolina State Bar, according to the co-chair of the panel considering the ......

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/12/21/ncalj-final-report-wont-propose-restructuring-of-bar/

NC Lawyers Weekly: First Amendment won’t stop bar discipline

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/10/20/first-amendment-wont-stop-bar-discipline/

First Amendment won’t stop bar discipline

By: David Donovan October 20, 2016

The First Amendment right to free speech does not immunize attorneys from disciplinary action for statements made outside of a courtroom setting, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled.
The North Carolina State Bar properly exercised its discretion in suspending a Greenville attorney for five years due to a pattern of .... 
 
http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/10/20/first-amendment-wont-stop-bar-discipline/

NC Lawyers Weekly: Attorneys – Discipline – Suspension – Disrupting Tribunals – Dishonesty

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/10/18/attorneys-discipline-suspension-disrupting-tribunals-dishonesty/

Attorneys – Discipline – Suspension – Disrupting Tribunals – Dishonesty

By: Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor October 18, 2016

North Carolina State Bar v. Sutton (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-342-16, 46 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from the Disciplinary Hearing Commission. N.C. App. Holding: Given defendant’s rude, disruptive and dishonest statements and actions, as well as his stated refusal to change, the Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the State Bar showed that suspension of defendant’s law license ... 

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/10/18/attorneys-discipline-suspension-disrupting-tribunals-dishonesty/

NC Lawyers Weekly: Justices concerned over bar’s power to discipline judges

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/08/31/justices-concerned-over-bars-power-to-discipline-judges/

Justices concerned over bar’s power to discipline judges

By: David Donovan August 31, 2016

The North Carolina State Bar argued that it has the authority to discipline judges for judicial misconduct to the justices of the state’s Supreme Court on Aug. 30. But members of the court pressed the attorneys in the case on how any rules they lay down in the case of Dare County Superior Court Judge ...

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NC Lawyers Weekly: Feds weighed in on NC bill defining practice of law

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/06/21/feds-weighed-in-on-nc-bill-defining-practice-of-law/

Feds weighed in on NC bill defining practice of law 

By: Phillip Bantz June 21, 2016

Federal regulators sent a letter to North Carolina lawmakers touting the benefits of interactive legal software days before the General Assembly unanimously passed a bill that excludes websites such as LegalZoom.com from the statutory definition of the practice of law. The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the joint statement on ...

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NC Lawyers Weekly: Supreme Court unexpectedly wades into Tillett-State Bar dispute

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/06/02/supreme-court-unexpectedly-wades-into-tillett-state-bar-dispute/

By: David Donovan June 2, 2016

In an unexpected reversal, the North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute between the state bar and Dare County Superior Judge Jerry Tillett over whether the bar has the authority to discipline sitting judges over conduct for which the judge has already been disciplined by the state’s Judicial Standards Commission. The May 28 ...

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NC Lawyers Weekly: Committee mulls structural reform of NC State Bar (access required) Time for a change? Committee mulls structural reform of NC State Bar

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/04/19/time-for-a-change-committee-mulls-structural-reform-of-nc-state-bar/

Time for a change? Committee mulls structural reform of NC State Bar 

By: Phillip Bantz April 19, 2016

The North Carolina State Bar has a rather complicated and peculiar relationship with the state Supreme Court. While most state bars operate within the shadow of their high courts, which have the ultimate authority to regulate the local legal profession, our state bar is a creation of the state Legislature and sits off to the ...

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NC Lawyers Weekly: NC State Bar wants judge to dismiss suit over AG misconduct complaint

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/04/06/nc-state-bar-wants-judge-to-dismiss-suit-over-ag-misconduct-complaint/

NC State Bar wants judge to dismiss suit over AG misconduct complaint 

Agency accused of ignoring grievance against Roy Cooper

By: Phillip Bantz April 6, 2016

Should the North Carolina State Bar treat a lawyer who lied about completing his continuing legal education requirements differently than an attorney accused of knowingly signing off on a false political ad? Prominent Raleigh lawyer Gene Boyce, a former state bar councilor, doesn’t think so. He says the state bar set a precedent when it had ...

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NC Lawyers Weekly: Attorney sues NC State Bar over inaction

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/01/20/attorney-sues-nc-state-bar-over-inaction/

Attorney sues NC State Bar over inaction 

Alleges bar ignored complaint about AG, has conflict of interest

By: Phillip Bantz January 20, 2016

Raleigh lawyer Gene Boyce is suing the North Carolina State Bar for failing to refer his ethical complaint against state Attorney General Roy Cooper to an independent investigator. Boyce said in a recent interview that the state bar created a precedent that paved the way for his suit when it asked the State Bar of Georgia ...

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