Cape Fear Law

PCD asked whether county staff and commissioners were aware of the North Carolina State Bar disciplinary action taken against Hogan in 2023 but did not hear back by press.

According to a consent order of discipline obtained by Port City Daily, Hogan, who began practicing law in the state in 2005, was suspended by the North Carolina State Bar for one year in March 2023. The bar found Hogan failed to properly manage attorney and client fund balances by not providing required monthly and quarterly reconciliations.

Hogan was a partner at Hogan Edwards and Blue in Fayetteville from 2016 until March 2024 and then self-employed with A.N. Hogan Law PLLC from January until December 2024, when the county hired him.

The discipline order notes Hogan “maintained one trust account in connection with his law practice” with Wells Fargo Bank and held entrusted funds on behalf of clients in the account. Yet, on various occasions between September 2018 and April 2022, Hogan was found:

Spending more client money than what was actually in accounts for some clients
Failing to retain and perform monthly and quarterly reconciliations of his attorney trust account
Not keeping clients informed on the status of the money he was holding for them
Using client entrusted property for the benefit of himself or a third party
Not depositing client money properly
Not clearly writing which client’s money was being used on checks and transfer slips
Attorneys in North Carolina are required to keep complete and accurate financial records of client funds received and regularly compare those records with official bank statements for trust accounts to ensure balances match.

The North Carolina State Bar began its investigation into Hogan in 2020. In 2022, the State Bar asked Hogan to reconcile the discrepancies by providing monthly and quarterly reports for his trust accounts in 2021. But he did not respond, the bar alleges.

If I could give negative stars I would. I don't even know where to start. These people are money hungry. Don't give a flying **** about you. Maybe it was my mistake since I dont live in state but it doesn't seem they're family attorney firm. Should of done more research but I was desperate to finish my daughter's custody. So for starters, I got overcharged, 5.5k for child custody and child support case. Second, I spoke to the lawyer Hogan I believe once when I initiated to start the case. After that, never spoke to him just his paralegal. She might as well been the lawyer cause I never spoke to him again for over 10 months. Im in the military and was station somewhere else so I couldn't be in state for the court date. So the paralegal wouldn't even push to do a virtual case even though I heard its possible. She denied all request to that. Which was very weird and unprofessional. Im paying you, you should at least try. But then their was hope. She explained to me a month prior that it was going to be cancel because the lawyer couldn't make it. Which gave me time to coordinate to travel. But hey guess what. 3 days prior of the court she called me and told me the court date was still on. Which was a huge mistake. I asked for specific visitation rights and got nothing I asked for. It felt like Hogan didn't even try. If I was able to be there, I probably had a fighting chance to get more visitation rights. He called me 2 hours prior legit asking me all the details of the case. Like dude, you should know this. You should of done this week's prior and know my situation. He gave 0 ****s about my case. And after the court, he just called me to pretty much say hey! This is what we got. Which was seeing my daughter twice a year!!!! That's not even the fun part. The fun part was during the child support case which i got absolutely screwed. It didn't seem like he knew what he was doing nor care at all. I will never ever recommend this firm. Please do your research.

Attorney Hogan and his Staff Ms.Ebony Smith are the best. They worked tirelessly for my Alimony case, because of them and God who directed me to them I was given another chance to start over and better. I was lost, confused and felt deserted but they fought for my rights. Attorney Hogan is very knowledgeable, I don’t know how he keeps all the information in his head. I thank God for directing me to Hogan and Blue law farm. They are miracle workers.May God’s Grace, blessings and favor be your portion all the days of your lives.Thank you🙏🏾