THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. ETHRIDGE

No. COA07-802.

657 S.E.2d 378 (2008)

THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR, Plaintiff v. James B. ETHRIDGE, Attorney, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The North Carolina State Bar, by Counsel Katherine Jean and by Deputy Counsels A. Root Edmonson and David R. Johnson, for plaintiff-appellee.

Woodruff, Reece & Fortner, by Michael J. Reece, Smithfield, for defendant-appellant.


CALABRIA, Judge.

James B. Ethridge ("defendant") appeals the order of a panel of the Disciplinary Hearing Commission ("DHC") disbarring him from the practice of law. We affirm.

Defendant received a license to practice law in the State of North Carolina in 1973. In 2004, after practicing law for over thirty years in North Carolina, defendant was elected district court judge. On 16 August 2001, Rosalind W. Sweet ("Ms.Sweet") met with defendant in his law office...

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