The NC State Bar v. Sutton

DAVIS, Judge.

David C. Sutton ("Defendant") appeals from an order of discipline entered by the Disciplinary Hearing Commission (the "DHC") of the North Carolina State Bar suspending his law license for a period of five years after determining that he had committed numerous violations of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. In addition to asserting challenges to various constitutional and procedural aspects of his disciplinary proceeding, Defendant argues on appeal that a number of the DHC's findings of fact were not supported by evidence in the record and that several of its legal…