Attorney Benjamin Small of Concord, NC; ethical leprechaun

The state of North Carolina provided Benjamin S. Small with a law license in 1984.

The Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar found Benny guilty of the following misconduct.

• Failed to comply with court rules re: request to reschedule trial date
• Filed sham motion to have DA removed from client’s case
• Caused significant harm to his clients (victims)
• Court ruled motion to remove DA constituted vexatious litigation
• Billed $100 an hour more than agreed to at outset of representation
• Filed frivolous lawsuit against heirs of an estate
• Misconduct involved multiple offenses
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• Improperly engaged in ex parte (one-sided) communications with judge
• Knowingly disobeyed the rules of a tribunal
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Benny!)
• Conduct led to limited court resources to be wasted
• Repeatedly sanction by court for engaging in frivolous conduct
• Victims of misconduct were vulnerable
• Engaged in a pattern of misconduct
• Refused to acknowledge wrongful nature of misconduct

As a consequence of his misconduct the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar punished Benny by gifting him with a complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. February 2016) Benny practices at 6208 Cress Road in Concord, North Carolina.