Appeal That Wasn’t
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly published a correction regretting its errors in coverage of one of my appeals—an appeal which never existed. In January 2014, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly reported that I was personally held in contempt and was appealing that order. In April of this year, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly conducted additional independent investigation, and found that there was no such order in the first place. On April 21, 2014, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly corrected its earlier publications, wanting its readers to know: Attorney Aylward was not fined $4,600 (North Carolina Lawyers Weekly regrets the error) Attorney Aylward did not insult the…