Legal Opinion
In Re Key
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided April 17, 2007No. COA06-498PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELMAN, Judge.
A trial court has the inherent power to discipline attorneys separate and apart from the North Carolina State Bar. The sanction of suspension of the right of an attorney to practice in the trial courts of Wake County for a period of one year was not an abuse of discretion by the trial judge.
The facts of this case are recited in detail in the opinion for the case State v. Key, 182 N.C. App. 624, 643 S.E.2d 444 (2007), and are not repeated here. This case is the appeal of the Civil Judgment of Attorney Discipline, rather than the Judgment of Criminal Contempt. Judge Stephens…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Briley v. FarabowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
- State v. FowlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2001
- State v. ElliottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2006
- Beard v. North Carolina State BarSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
- State v. BucknerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
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3Cited by16 opinions
- The NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. KeyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
- State v. KeyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
- In re: CranorCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2016
- Robinson v. BurtonCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
- In re D.R.F.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
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