State v. Key

STEELMAN, Judge.

The abandonment of a client outside the courtroom prior to a probation violation hearing by an attorney, together with his subsequent refusal to represent the client constituted willful “substantial interference” with the business of the court and supported the trial court holding the attorney in contempt of court.

Mark Anthony Key (“Key”) is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina. On 8 August 2005, Key appeared before Judge Abraham Penn Jones in the Superior Court of Wake County, representing Tammy Faircloth (“Faircloth”) on two probation…