North Carolina State Bar v. Barrett

STEPHENS, Judge.

Procedural History and Factual Background

This case arises from a grievance filed with Plaintiff, the North Carolina State Bar (“the State Bar”), concerning Defendant Sybil H. Barrett’s participation as an attorney in a residential real estate closing in July 2007. On 30 October 2008, the State Bar received a grievance from the seller involved in the closing. The grievance alleged that Defendant had misrepresented the source of the buyer’s down payment on a HUD-1 settlement statement at closing in order to prevent the lender from learning that the seller had loaned the buyer…