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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 (2026)

Creation of North Carolina State Bar as an agency of the State

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There is hereby created as an agency of the State of North Carolina, for the purposes and with the powers hereinafter set forth, the North Carolina State Bar. (1933, c. 210, s. 1.)

 

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Cited in 20 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Gilbert v. North Carolina State Bar, 678 S.E.2d 602 (N.C. 2009).
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Gilbert v. North Carolina State Bar, 678 S.E.2d 602 (N.C. 2009). · cites it 6× “N.C.G.S. § 84-15 (2007). Prior to the incorporation of the North Carolina State Bar in 1933, see id.”
Halscott Megaro, P.A. v. Henry McCollum, 66 F.4th 151 (4th Cir. 2023). “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 . The Commission is an independent subsection of the Bar which may “hold hearings in discipline, incapacity and disability matters, make findings of fact and conclusions of law after these hearings, enter orders necessary to carry out the duties delegated…”
North Carolina State Bar v. Randolph, 386 S.E.2d 185 (N.C. 1989). · cites it 3× “N.C.G.S. §§ 84-15, -23 (1985). Defendant is a duly licensed attorney who practices in Forsyth County, North Carolina.”
Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer, 821 S.E.2d 196 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Although in Rogers this Court did not make an explicit holding that the organic statutes involved- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 et seq. (2017)-expressly amended the APA, we determined, by examining the organic statutes themselves, that the clear intent of the General Assembly was…”
Cunningham v. Selman, 689 S.E.2d 517 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “The State Bar is “an agency of the State of North Carolina,” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 , that was created “to enable the bar to render more effective service in improving the administration of justice, particularly in dealing with the problem of admission to the bar, and of…”
Polidi v. Bannon, 226 F. Supp. 3d 615 (E.D. Va. 2016). “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 . . See also Green v.”
In Re the Suspension of the Right to Practice Law of Palmer, 252 S.E.2d 784 (N.C. 1979). · cites it 2× “Chapter 210 (now G.S. 84-15, et seq.) also created the North Carolina State Bar as an agency of the state and granted to that agency considerable power in the licensing and disciplining of attorneys.”
Gilbert v. North Carolina State Bar, 660 F. Supp. 2d 636 (E.D.N.C. 2009). “§ 84-15. The DHC is a subsection within the State Bar, which consists of twenty members and holds hearings and “make[s] findings of fact and conclusions of law” regarding alleged attorney misconduct.”
Vann v. North Carolina State Bar, 339 S.E.2d 95 (N.C. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “Pertinent sections of Article 4 of Chapter 84 of our General Statutes, see N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 et seq. (1985), grant to the North Carolina State Bar and the Bar Council jurisdiction and authority to discipline licensed attorneys, including the authority to issue orders of…”
Livingston v. N.C. State Bar, 364 F. Supp. 3d 587 (E.D.N.C. 2019). · cites it 2× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 . The District Bar is a subdivision of the NCSB.”
North Carolina State Bar v. Frazier, 302 S.E.2d 648 (N.C. Ct. App. 1983). “Rather, the State Bar has certain regulatory powers, foremost of which is its power to discipline and regulate attorneys under G.S. 84-15 and 84-23. This is where the similarity between Bone and the present case ends.”
In re Beasley, 566 S.E.2d 125 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-15 (2001). The State Bar, through a governing “Council,” G.”
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