Practice Pointer: No Drug Deals With Clients

A North Carolina attorney who purchased prescription pain medication from a criminal client has been charged with ethics violations.

The attorney pleaded guilty to the felony offense of  knowingly maintaining a vehicle resprted to by persons using controlled substances.

The State Bar charges allege that the drug transactions and false statements to police involved professional misconduct.

The attorney has been suspended on an interim basis as a result of the conviction. (Mike Frisch)