A Strong Reminder To Do Your CLE

An attorney who twice signed verifications for CLE credit that he had not earned was publicly reprimanded by a North Carolina General Justice Court.

Because the attorney formally had served as Counsel to the State Bar, the matter had been independently reviewed for a probable cause determination.

The attorney had claimed twelve hours of credit after attending for only the first and last hour of a class in September 2013.

He had engaged in similar conduct two years earlier.

The court called the reprimand a “strong reminder of the high ethical standards of the legal profession.”  (Mike Frisch)