Attorney James Rogers of Durham, NC; ethical ogre

The state of North Carolina presented James E. Rogers with a law license in 1987 after he graduated from the North Carolina State University School of Law.

The Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar found Jimmy guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Improperly advanced funds to a client
• Disbursed funds from his trust account in excess of funds held for that client in his trust account
• Failed to timely and properly conduct quarterly reconciliations
• Failed to deposit entrusted funds into his trust account
• Failed to maintain accurate trust account records
• Failed to promptly disburse entrusted funds
• Failed to send required annual accounts to clients

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the North Carolina State Bar punished Jimmy by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. May 2021), Jimmy practices his brand of law in Durham, North Carolina.