Court of Appeals of North Carolina February 19, 2008, COA07-802 (The NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. Ethridge)

CALABRIA, Judge.

James B. Ethridge (“defendant”) appeals the order of a panel of the Disciplinary Hearing Commission (“DHC”) disbarring him from the practice of law. We affirm.

Defendant received a license to practice law in the State of North Carolina in 1973. In 2004, after practicing law for over thirty years in North Carolina, defendant was elected district court judge.