The NC State Bar v. Merrell

GEER, Judge.

*357 Defendant Dan L. Merrell appeals from an order of discipline of the Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the North Carolina State Bar (the "DHC") concluding that defendant violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by: (1) failing to safeguard and hold in trust clients' entrusted funds in violation of Rule 1.15-2(a) and (2) engaging in a conflict of interest by representing both parties to a commercial real estate transaction without first obtaining written and informed consent in violation of Rule 1.7(a). We hold that the DHC's findings of fact are supported by substantial *106…