What's Next for Mike Nifong?

Found by the North Carolina State Bar's Disciplinary Hearing Commission to have violated several rules of professional conduct and disbarred, what's next for Mike Nifong? 

• The three-panel Disciplinary Hearing Commission decided to disbar District Attorney Mike Nifong on Saturday, June 16. The North Carolina State Bar still has to issue an official order.
   
• Nifong will submit a resignation letter to Gov. Mike Easley.
   
• Criminal charges are possible. Jim Cooney, who represented Reade Seligmann, said Saturday the Duke lacrosse defense attorneys will a motion the week of June 18 to compel Judge Osmond Smith, the sole judge assigned to the Duke lacrosse case, to issue criminal sanctions against Nifong for lying in court.
   
• The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office could also launch an investigation into Nifong’s actions. When dismissing the case against Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans in April, Attorney General Roy Cooper, said any criminal investigation would not happen until after the State Bar ethics trial.
   
• Civil lawsuits are possible. Finnerty’s New York attorney, Michael Cornacchia, has talked about pursuing a civil lawsuit. Others involved in the case have been considering the possibility, they have said in recent months.