I guess he is one step ahead of being fired/disbarred.
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I will smash your face into a car windshield and then take your mother, Dorothy Mantooth, out to a nice seafood dinner and never call her again!
Tell me about it, this morning, I woke up and I shit a squirrel, but what I can't get is the damn thing is still alive. So now, I've got a shit covered squirrel running around my office and I don't know what to name it.
I don't know about NC employment benefits law, but a resignation may well let him keep his pension. I doubt they could yank the pension if removed anyway, but at least he's getting what's due.
Eh, he'll write a book, make millions, never have to practice law again... Simply stated, he will profit from his crimes, even if it is 'illegal' to do it.