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THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR SUMMER JOURNAL2012 IN THIS ISSUE Before Elvis Leaves the Building page 10 Why Attorneys Need a Florence Nightingale page 14 An Interview with Author Jon Buchan page 24 THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR JOURNAL Summer 2012 FEATURES Volume 17, Number 2 10 Before Elvis Leaves the Building: Editor Drafting a Will for a Client of Jennifer R. Duncan Diminishing Capacity Publications Committee By Margaret Robinson Kantlehner Margaret J. McCreary, Chair John E. Gehring, Vice-Chair 14Nurse Consultants: Why Attorneys Marcia Armstrong Need a Florence Nightingale Dorothy Bernholz Lauren Collins By Colleen Yopp Harry B. Crow Margaret H. Dickson 18 State of North Carolina v. Othello Rebecca Eggers-Gryder By Jack Barnwell Forrest A. Ferrell Douglas R. Gill James W. Hall 22 Remembrance Anna Hamrick By William D. Kennerly Charles R. Hardee George L. Jenkins Jr. 24An Interview with Author Darrin D. Jordan Robert Montgomery Jon Buchan Nancy Black Norelli By John Gehring Carlyn G. Poole Harold G. Pope Jimmy D. Reeves Continued on page 4. Barbara B. Weyher G. Gray Wilson Alan D. Woodlief Jr. © Copyright 2012 by the North Carolina State Bar. All rights reserved. Periodicals postage paid at Raleigh, NC, and additional offices. Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the North Carolina State Bar. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the North Carolina State Bar, PO Box 25908, Raleigh, NC 27611. The North Carolina Bar Journal invites the submission of unsolicited, original articles, essays, and book reviews. Submissions may be made by mail or e-mail (ncbar@bell- south.net) to the editor. Publishing and editorial decisions are based on the Publications Committee's and the editor's judgment of the quality of the writing, the timeliness of the article, and the potential interest to the readers of the Update Membership Information: Members who need to update their membership Journal. 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Baker Sr., Ahoskie - Vice-President 2011-2012 Kelly Beck, Compliance Coordinator, Membership/CLE L. Thomas Lunsford II, Raleigh - Secretary-Treasurer Krista Bennett, Fee Dispute Facilitator, ACAP Anthony S. di Santi, Boone - Past-President 2011-2012 Michael D. Blan, Systems Analyst/Programmer Peter Bolac, District Bar Liaison/Trust Account DEPARTMENTS Councilors Compliance Counsel Elizabeth E. Bolton, Receptionist By Judicial District Eddie Capel, Investigator 1: Donald C. Prentiss, Elizabeth City Becky B. Carroll, Paralegal 6 2: G. Thomas Davis Jr., Swan Quarter President’s Message Margaret Cloutier, Senior Deputy Counsel 3A: Charles R. Hardee, Greenville Joseph J. Commisso, Director of Investigations 8 State Bar Outlook 3B: Debra L. Massie, Beaufort Luella C. Crane, Director of ACAP 4: Robert W. Detwiler, Jacksonville Bruno E. DeMolli, Staff Auditor & Investigator 26 Profile in Specialization 5: Harold L. Pollock, Burgaw Sharon Denton, Events Manager 6A: Gilbert W. Chichester, Roanoke Rapids 30 Trust Accounting Jennifer R. Duncan, Director of Communications 6B: Lloyd C. Smith Jr., Windsor A. Root Edmonson, Deputy Counsel 7: Randall B. Pridgen, Rocky Mount 32 Legal Ethics William N. Farrell Jr., Deputy Counsel 8: George L. Jenkins Jr., Kinston Kelly Farrow, Asst. Dir., Paralegal Certification 33 9: Julius E. Banzet III, Warrenton Paralegal Certification Martha Fletcher, Admin. Asst., Administration 9A: R. Lee Farmer, Yanceyville Towanda Garner, Piedmont LAP Coordinator 34 Professionalism 10: Nicholas J. Dombalis II, Raleigh Lanice Heidbrink, Exec. Asst., Administration John N. (Nick) Fountain, Raleigh 36 Jeffery Hill, Computer Systems Administrator Lawyer Assistance Program David W. Long, Raleigh Leanor Hodge, Deputy Counsel Carlyn G. Poole, Raleigh 38 IOLTA Update Joshua Hoffman, Admin. Asst., Office of Counsel Donna R. Rascoe, Raleigh Debra P. Holland, Asst. Director, CLE Sally H. Scherer, Raleigh 39 The Disciplinary Department Buffy Holt, Admin. Asst., LAP John M. Silverstein, Raleigh Tammy Jackson, Membership Director 40 Featured Artist Cynthia L. Wittmer, Raleigh Katherine Jean, Counsel and Assistant Executive Dir. 11A: Donald E. Harrop Jr., Dunn David R. Johnson, Deputy Counsel 41 Proposed Ethics Opinions 11B: Marcia H. Armstrong, Smithfield Barbara Kerr, Archivist 12: Lonnie M. Player Jr., Fayetteville 46 Rule Amendments Melanie Kincaid, Paralegal 13: Harold G. Pope, Whiteville Erica Leventhall, Grant Data Asst., IOLTA 14: John A. Bowman, Durham Suzanne Lever, Asst. Ethics Counsel Margaret J. McCreary, Durham Joyce L. Lindsay, Exec. Asst., Administration 15A: Steven H. Messick, Burlington BAR UPDATES L. Thomas Lunsford II, Executive Director 15B: Dorothy Bernholz, Chapel Hill Adam Maner, Professional Organization Coordinator 16A: William R. Purcell II, Laurinburg Beth McIntire, IT Manager 16B: C. Christopher Smith, Lumberton Jessica M. McKeever, Paralegal 50 Campaign to Raise Funds for 17A: Joseph G. Maddrey, Eden Beth McLamb, Payment Coordinator 17B: John E. Gehring, Walnut Cove New Headquarters Nichole P. McLaughlin, Deputy Counsel 18: Barbara R. Christy, Greensboro Barry S. McNeill, Deputy Counsel Robert C. Cone, Greensboro 52 Law School Briefs Diane Melching, Admin. Asst., ACAP Richard S. Towers, High Point Sandra R. Melvin, Office Manager 53 19A: James D. Foster, Concord In Memoriam Dottie K. Miani, Facilities Manager/Deputy Clerk of DHC 19B: W. Edward Bunch, Asheboro Claire U. Mills, Accounts Manager, IOLTA 54 Client Security Fund 19C: Darrin D. Jordan, Salisbury Alice Neece Mine, Asst. Executive Dir., Dir. of CLE, 19D: Douglas R. Gill, Southern Pines Specialization, & Paralegal Certification 55 Distinguished Service Award 20A: Frederick D. Poisson Jr., Wadesboro Robynn E. Moraites, LAP Director 20B: Harry B. Crow Jr., Monroe 56 July 2012 Bar Exam Applicants George Muench, Investigator 21: Michael L Robinson, Winston-Salem Denise Mullen, Asst. Director of Specialization G. Gray Wilson, Winston-Salem Loriann Nicolicchia, Accreditation Coordinator, CLE 22: Kimberly S. Taylor, Taylorsville Emily Oakes, Attendance Compliance Coordinator, CLE 22B: Roger S. Tripp, Lexington Brian Oten, Deputy Counsel 23: Jimmy D. Reeves, West Jefferson Lisanne Palacios, Accounting Manager 24: Rebecca Eggers-Gryder, Boone Heather Pattle, Administrator, Office of Counsel 25: Forrest A. Ferrell, Hickory C. Fred Patton Jr., Investigator 26: David N. Allen, Charlotte Wondella Payne, Paralegal Robert J. Bernhardt, Charlotte Scott Perry, AP Investigator Ronald L. Gibson, Charlotte Aaliyah Pierce, Acct. Data Asst., IOLTA F. Fincher Jarrell, Charlotte Angel Pitts, Mail/Copy Clerk Mark W. 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You can be confident that you're Lawyers are as vulnerable to personal and talking to the right person and that no one will professional problems as anyone else. know about it. Competition, constant stress, long