Rachel Wins Again For The Constitution, Bar Dismisses
2nd Complaint By GOP Leaders Smear Machine

RACHEL LEA HUNTER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
901 MADISON AVENUE
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA 27513-4348

September 27, 2006

Ms. Barbara B. Weyher, Chair
NC State Bar - Grievance Committee
Post Office Box 25908
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-5908

Re: Bar Grievance

Your File No.: 06G0569

Dear Ms. Weyher:

Your letter of caution was received on or about September 15, 2006. Your letter indicates that the committee "did not find probable cause to justify discipline and dismissed the grievance." Nevertheless, the committee determined that my conduct was "unprofessional."

I have a constitutional right to face my accusers, yet the disciplinary board allows this person or persons to hide behind the cloak of anonymity. And as any first year law student knows, "probable cause" is defined as a probability that some wrong was committed and that the accused committed it. Yet your letter explicitly states that no probable cause was found. What then is the purpose of labeling me as unprofessional?

There was no investigation by the disciplinary board into the matter and as to the identity of the complainant, who appears to be an uneducated, unemployed individual with a psychopathic obsession with myself and my campaign. Attempts by this individual, assuming he is the accuser, have been made to intimidate members of my family and myself to get me to drop out of this campaign and the bar complaint is only one of several that this person has made to various state agencies or individuals about me, at the behest of my opponent and/or the NC GOP.

I did not send a statement with that heading. When it became apparent that the heading had been inserted, my campaign spoke to personnel in Dean Smith's office and matters were cleared up and corrected as quickly as possible. As for endorsements, I ask no one for their endorsement, let alone Dean Smith. Endorsements are not meaningful unless they are heartfelt and volunteered. Regarding the use of my nickname, I previously explained that this is a made-up name that has no relation to the office of justice and the name was used long before I decided to run for office and the use of the nickname in the commercial is nothing more than an expression of hope for the future.

Ms. Barbara B. Weyher, Chair, NC State Bar - Grievance Committee

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September 27, 2006

It appears to me that the disciplinary board has chosen to regulate the conduct of political campaigns and has itself become a political tool. This serves as an invitation to other candidates who are lawyers and non-lawyers. Such candidates or others acting at their behest will now know that they can file anonymous bar complaints, no matter how trivial or unrelated they are to the actual practice of law, against their hapless opponents who have the misfortune to be attorneys and tarnish them as you have done to me.

I intend to conduct this political campaign as I see fit without interference. I will not be smeared by the disciplinary board nor intimidated by anonymous individuals. Where can I go to have my reputation restored when this is over? My only recourse is to go to the courts to rectify this unconstitutional and unwarranted act.

Sincerely,

Rachel Lea Hunter

Attorney at Law

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