RACHEL WINS BAR FIGHT OVER "MADAME
JUSTICE" NAME ON SITE...NAME STAYS!

RACHEL LEA HUNTER
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA 27513-4348

September 28, 2007

Ms. Fern Gunn Simeon, Esq.
Deputy Counsel, NC State Bar - Grievance Committee
Post Office Box 25908
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-5908

Re: Grievance Number 06G1318

Dear Ms. Simeon:

I am in receipt of your letter dated September 14, 2007. Attorneys have been absent from the office and this has resulted in my working till 9:00 p.m. virtually every night. I do not have the luxury to work on the bar's time schedule. My rate is $150.00 per hour and I am not going to squander any more time on this frivolous witch hunt unless the bar wishes to compensate me therefor.

Frankly, I marvel at the bar's colossal waste of the taxpayer's money in this matter. Our country and state are facing tremendous financial and other problems, yet the state bar and yourself have spent countless hours printing out information from my website and writing to me. Now that Michael Nifong has been disbarred, am I to believe that no lawyer has engaged in unethical conduct but myself?

The state bar may disregard the public, but I do care about the taxpayer's money. It is not necessary for the state bar to print out information from my website. I am aware of what is on my website generally, although I have not had occasion to go there in the recent past.

You appear not to have read my letter or it would not have prompted your response. Had you done so, you would have answered this question. I ask again - what is new? What new reference to the phrase "Madame Justice" has been made since the bar issued its letter? There is no new reference.

I also told you that whatever is on the site is there and will stay there. I do not have the resources, time or energy to take it off. Since the campaign ended, my time has been consumed with the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the health of various family members and the health of myself. I have not only had to attend to my personal needs, but those of others in my family. I simply do not have the time or the resources.

Ms. Fern Gunn Simeon, Esq., Deputy Counsel, NC State Bar - Grievance Committee

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September 29, 2007

I have stated my previous position ad nauseum and will not repeat it here but incorporate it by reference. I add that the state bar is very much aware of the nature of my involvement in the legal field. Assuming that the state bar is ignorant of this fact, know that for the most part I counsel poor people regarding their legal and other problems, occasionally reviewing or preparing legal documents such as real estate documents, wills, powers of attorney or contracts and the like, or writing letters on their behalf. I am not involved in litigation and refer individuals to other litigation attorneys should the need arise. I also handle appeals on an infrequent basis, but perform such work under the supervision of one or more principals at the firm. I do not have the authority to decide which cases or clients the firm will represent and there is not even a scintilla of a chance that anyone could even possibly claim that he or she was misled about my legal skills by anything on my political campaign website. So it is not about the noble goal of protecting the public from me.

Why then this much attention? Tracking indicates that an individual or individuals working for the North Carolina Court System have been visiting my website in conjunction with the state bar. This individual or individuals constantly has visited my website, even on the weekends. And he or she is using taxpayer resources to do so. It appears that this person and the state bar are acting in concert for the sole purpose of intimidating and harassing me so that I will never again run for any office. I intend on ascertaining the identity of such person or persons as they will be included in any lawsuit that is brought. If my supposition is borne out, this has now passed from harassment to the realm of collusion and civil conspiracy.

I request for a third time that I not be contacted at my place of employment. Should further correspondence be necessary, I can be contacted at the above address in this letter.

Cordially,

Rachel Lea Hunter

THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR
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October 11, 2007

Ms Rachel Hunter
Cary, NC27513

Re: Grievance filed by State Bar
Our file no: 06G1174

Dear Ms Hunter:

Because you were contacted during the investigation of the about-referenced grievance, I wish to inform you that the Chair of the Grievance Committe, another member of the Grievance Committee, and a staff attorney with the State Bar Office of Counsel consider this matter. We determinded that there was not probable cause to believe that you violated the Rules of Professional Conduct and dismissed the grievance.

If you have questions about this matter you made contact Fern Gunn Simeon, the staff attorney to the case. Thank you.

James R. Fox Chair
Grievance Committee