1B.0116 Proceedings Before the Disciplinary Hearing Commission: Formal Hearing

(a) Public Hearing

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(g) Service of Final Orders - The clerk will serve the defendant with the final order of the hearing panel by sending the order to the defendant’s email address and mailing address of record with the North Carolina State Bar or to any updated email address and mailing address filed by a pro se defendant in the case pursuant to Rule .0114(c)(1) of this Subchapter. Service may also be accomplished by sending the order to the defendant’s email address and mailing address of record with the court pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-39. certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service. A defendant who cannot, with reasonable diligence, be served by certified mail or personal service shall be deemed served when the clerk deposits a copy of the order enclosed in a postpaid, properly addressed wrapper in a post office or official depository under the exclusive care and custody of the United States Postal Service addressed to the defendant’s last known address on file with the NC State Bar. Service shall be complete upon the sending of the email with the order attached and upon the mailing of the order.