The following articles have appeared in the North Carolina State Bar Journal. They are listed by topic. Please note that the material is the property of the North Carolina State Bar. For reprint permission, please contact the editor.
Advertising
- 7305 Nights at the Bates Motel (Journal 2,4 - December 1999)
- Fixed Fee Legal Services Online—What is the State Bar Doing about AVVO?
- Friends in High Places (Journal 19,1 - March 2014)
- Internet Angst or I Went to Law School, Not MIT (Journal 16,2 - June 2011)
- Misleading Communications: The Bad, the Ugly, and the ??? (Journal 11,1 - March 2006)
- Postcard Communications: Just Because Everyone Does It, Does Not
- Size Matters (Journal 18,4 - December 2014)
- Still Odious After All These Years (Journal 9,2 - June 2004)
- The Ethical Website (Journal 11,4 - December 2006)
- Trade Names (Journal 15,4 - December 2010)
- Walking the Ethical Line with Lawyer Advertising (Journal 10,4 - December 2005)
- You Can Have Too Many Friends (Journal 15,3 - September 2010)
- You've Got Mail (Journal 4,1 - March 1999)
- The Difficulty of Opining on Internet Advertising Programs Such as Google’s LSA Program - Like Catching Smoke with Bare Hands (Journal 27,2 - Summer 2022)
Communicating with Clients, Witnesses, Judges
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Journal 22,2 - June 2017)
- Psst. Hey Judge... (Journal 17,2 - June 2012)
- You Can't Touch This—A Look at the Anti-Contact Rule (Journal 16,3 - September 2011)
- Dealing with Client Perjury (Journal 24,2 - June 2019)
Confidentiality
- The Privilege of Mentoring (Journal 21,3 - September 2016)
- "There's an App for That"—Risks of Inadvertent Disclosure of Client Information on Mobile Devices (Journal 21,1 - March 2016)
- A Client Threatens Suicide—What Can You Do? (Journal 24,1 - March 2019)
- Myth Busters: What is Generally Known About the Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality? (Journal 26,4 - Winter 2021)
Conflicts of Interest
- "Your Witness, Counsel" (Journal 3,3 - September 1998)
- Advocate or Witness? (Journal 2,4 - December 1997)
- An Insurance Defense Attorney's Dual Client Problem (Journal 1,2 - June 1996)
- Either a Lawyer for a Borrower or a Lender Be? (Journal 19,4 - December 2014)
- Mum's the Word (Journal 17,4 - December 2012)
- Obtaining Informed Consent (Journal 8,3 - September 2003)
- The Expansion of Attorney Conflict Screening (Journal 8,4 - December 2003)
- Would You Like Fries With That? (Journal 14,3 - September 2009)
- Young Solo Personal Injury Lawyer Seeks Same for Walks on Beach, Possible Office-Share Arrangement (Journal 13,4 - December 2008)
- Establishing Boundaries: Ethical Issues Pertaining to Third-Party Payor (Journal 25,3 - Fall 2020)
- Highly Contagious: Imputed Conflicts of Interest (Journal 26,3 - Fall 2021)
Discovery/Communication with Witnesses
- Responding to Discovery Requests (Journal 10,2 - June 2005)
- You've Been Served (Journal 15,1 - March 2010)
Files
- Gone Fishin' (Journal 13,1 - March 2008)
- Hostage Files (Journal 3,1 - March 1998)
General State Bar
- "Who You Gonna' Call?" New Admittee's FAQs (Journal 18,1 - March 2013)
- "Who You Gonna' Call?" New Admittee's FAQs - Part Three (Journal 18,3 - September 2013)
- "Who You Gonna' Call?" New Admittee's FAQs - Part Two (Journal 18,2 - June 2013)
- Be Careful What You Ask the Ethics Committee...or, Everything You Must Know About the Revisions to the Trust Accounting Rules (Journal 5,1 - March 2000)
- How the State Bar Rules on Questions of Legal Ethics (Journal 5,3 - September 2000)
- NC LAP—Help is Out There (Journal 21,4 - December 2016)
- Who Inspires You? (Journal 23,2 - June 2018)
- It Can't Hurt to Ask (and it Might Even Help)
- Things to Do During COVID Quarantine (Journal 25,4 - Winter 2020)
Trust Accounts and Fees
- Bank Matters (Journal 7,1 - March 2002)
- Escheat Happens (Journal 21,2 - June 2016)
- Is It Ethical for Lawyers to Accept Bitcoins and Other Cryptocurrencies? (Journal 23,3 - September 2018)
- A Refresher Course on Maintaining a Trust Account (or how to make Bruno change his tune) (Journal 6,1 - March 2001)
- Reservations Accepted (Journal 13,3 - September 2008)
- The Financial Accounting Responsibilities of Fiduciaries (Journal 5,2 - June 2000)
- The Myth of the "Nonrefundable" Lawyer Fee (Journal 12,1 - MArch 2007)
- The Problem with Attorney Charging Liens (Journal 12,4 - December 2007)
- The Randomness of Trust Account Audits or Why Bruno May Pick on You (and Your Trust Accounts) Next Quarter (Journal 6,3 - September 2001)
- The Road Less Traveled—North Carolina Splits from Other Jurisdictions on Fee-Splitting Issue (Journal 22,3 - September 2017)
- Whose Fee is it Anyway? (Journal 6,2 - June 2001)
- Proceed with Caution: Person to Person Payment Applications (Journal 24,4 - December 2019)
Miscellaneous
- CPR - RPC - FEO - WTH? (Journal 20,2 - June 2015)
- I'm Telling Mom! Reporting Professional Misconduct (Journal 19,2 - June 2014)
- Necessary Evil or Slippery Slimy Slope? (Journal 20,1 - March 2015)
- Risk Management and Disaster Planning: Tips for Making Survival of Your Law Practice More Likely (Journal 23,1 - March 2018)
- The Firms, They are a' Changin' (Journal 6,4 - December 2001)
- When May a Lawyer Threaten the Other Party with Criminal Prosecution? (Journal 3,2 - June 1998)
- Where's Waldo? (Journal 16,4 - December 2011)
- 20 Ethics (and Professionalism) Tips for 2020 (Journal 25,1 - March 2020)
- Professional Responsibility in a Pandemic (Journal 25,2 - Summer 2020)
- Home is Where the Heart Is (Journal 26,2 - Summer 2021)
- Death of a Client (Journal 27,1 - Spring 2022)