Rumors are swirling around the Greensboro attorney Locke Clifford’s departure from Sen. Kay Hagan’s prosecutors’ screening panel indicates he is taking on former Gov. Mike Easley as a client. Easley — you may have heard —- is having a bit of legal trouble these days.

Under the Dome spotted Clifford’s car at the Easley residence, and Clifford was unusually brief with Capital Beat’s Mark Binker.

Clifford’s client list includes former Greensboro Police Chief David Wray and just-released former WXII anchor Tolly Carr.