North Carolina State Bar v. DuMont

This cause consists of four consolidated disciplinary actions instituted in September 1978 by plaintiff against defendant, a licensed attorney. The conduct complained of allegedly took place in 1972 and 1974. The actions were brought before the disciplinary hearing commission of the North Carolina State Bar, an administrative agency created pursuant to Chapter 582 of the 1975 Session Laws (G.S. 84-28.1).

Defendant moved to dismiss the actions, one of the grounds being that said commission has no jurisdiction over the person of *565defendant or the subject matter of the actions. The commission…