Disciplinary
Actions Taken by the
Virginia State Bar
January
2000 - June 2000
June
23, 2000
David Eugene Michael, Attorney at Law, 8309
Stationhouse Court, Lorton, VA 22079-1200
VSB
Docket No. 99-051-0777
David Eugene Michael appeared before the Virginia
State Bar Disciplinary Board on June 23, 2000.
The Board sanctioned Mr. Michael by suspending
his license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for thirteen (13) months effective
June 23, 2000. The Board found that Mr. Michael
had violated DR 1-102(A)(3), 2-108(C) and
6-101(B)(C) and (D).
While administratively suspended from the
practice of law, Mr. Michael undertook to
represent Olga V. Gonzalez in a divorce. On
October 5, 1994, he filed an answer and cross-bill
on her behalf. Mr. Michael took no further
action in her case and repeatedly failed to
respond to notices concerning the case. On
April 6, 1998, he was contacted by the Commissioner
in Chancery to whom the divorce case had been
referred. He had on that day failed to appear
at the Commissioner's hearing, which he was
then advised was continued to April 15, 1998.
He made no effort whatsoever to then contact
his client or to protect her interests. On
April 15, 1998, he called the Commissioner
by telephone and stated he no longer represented
Mrs. Gonzalez.
June
23, 2000
Karen Marie Asprinio, 22 Mason Street, West
Warwick, RI 02893
VSB
Docket Nos. 98-051-0940, 98-051-2587, 98-051-2785,
98-051-2957 and 00-051-0871
Karen
Marie Asprinio, petitioned the Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board to surrender her license
to practice law in Virginia with disciplinary
charges pending on June 23, 2000, to be effective
on June 23, 2000. The board accepted the petition
and revoked her license on June 23, 2000.
Summaries of the charges will be forwarded
to the Virginia Supreme Court.
June
21, 2000
Anne Musulin, 9377 Pecan Tree Court, Mechanicsville,
VA 23116
VSB
Docket Nos. 99-060-3137 and 00-060-2052
By Order entered June 13, 2000, the Disciplinary
Board accepted an Agreed Disposition suspending
the respondent for four years for violating
DRs 1-102, 6-101, 7-105, 9-102, 9-103 and
RPCs 3.4, 8.1 and 8.4. The four year suspension
will be followed by a six month probationary
period during which time the Virginia State
Bar may conduct random audits of the respondent's
trust account. The respondent's license to
practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
may be further suspended or revoked if the
respondent fails to maintain her trust account
records in accordance with the Virginia Rules
of Professional Conduct.
In the two cases before the Disciplinary Board,
it was agreed that the respondent had paid
herself fees from client funds deposited in
her trust account even though she had done
no work on the client's matter, failed to
maintain trust account records for more than
four years, ignored a court order, failed
to cooperate with the bar's investigation,
and failed to handle another client matter
competently and promptly.
May
31, 2000
Madeleine Marie Reberkenny, 108 North Saint
Asaph Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
VSB Docket Nos. 94-042-0640, 94-042-2171 and
94-042-2558
On May 26, 2000, pursuant to a Notice to Show
Cause and Motion to Impose Thirteen Months
Suspension, and upon the respondent's failure
to appear and present evidence or argument,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
imposed the alternative sanction of a thirteen
month suspension effective May 26, 2000, as
called for in the three Orders of October
21, 1997, due to the respondent's failure
to comply with several of the terms imposed
therein.
May
31, 2000
John Edward Callaghan, 521 Forest Road, Scotch
Plains, NJ 07076
VSB Docket No. 00-000-2338
On May 26, 2000, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board revoked the license of John E. Callaghan
to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
effective May 26, 2000, by reciprocity as
a result of the entry of an Order of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey disbarring him from the
practice of law in the State of New Jersey.
May
31, 2000
Margaret L. McLeod Cain, Suite 203-A, 408
East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
VSB Docket No. 98-070-1480
On May 24, 2000, pursuant to an Agreed Disposition,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
issued a Public Reprimand, with Terms, to
Margaret L. McLeod Cain, who was found to
have violated DR 1-102(A)(4).
The Disciplinary Board found that Ms. Cain
had accepted a client's tort claim in October
1994, and thereafter, for a period of nearly
two years, she failed to return the client's
numerous phone calls and failed to meet with
the client when the client stopped by Ms.
Cain's office. In July 1996, Ms. Cain advised
the client that suit had been filed, and that
a court date had been set for August 1996.
At the time the client was so advised, no
suit had been filed, and no court date had
been set. On October 7, 1996, prior to the
expiration of the statute of limitations,
Ms. Cain filed the suit on behalf of the client.
In addition to the Public Reprimand, the Disciplinary
Board ordered Ms. Cain to be evaluated by
a counselor and to undergo such treatment
and counseling as might be deemed necessary.
She was also ordered to implement certain
office policies and procedures, to take certain
CLE courses in excess of the credit hours
otherwise required by the Bar, to write a
letter of apology to the client, and to refund
sums to the client. The Disciplinary Board
also ordered that failure to complete the
terms imposed by its order will result in
a six month suspension of Ms. Cain's license
to practice law in the Commonwealth.
May
16, 2000
Sean Patrick McMullen, Apartment 303, 3024
Porter Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008
VSB Docket No. 99-041-1554
On May 5, 2000, pursuant to an Agreed Disposition
entered into by Sean Patrick McMullen, Esq.,
a Fourth District Subcommittee, Section I, of
the Virginia State Bar issued a Public Reprimand
to Sean Patrick McMullen, Esq., who was found
to have violated DR 1-102(A)(3) and (4) and
DR 6-101(B) and (C).
The Subcommittee found that between July and
December 1, 1998, Mr. McMullen repeatedly assured
a corporate client based in Texas that the Virginia
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
license application that he had filed on the
client's behalf was progressing in normal fashion,
and was in order, when, in fact, no such application
had been tendered to the ABC until November
30, 1998.
The Subcommittee also found that without authority
Mr. McMullen signed the name of the client's
corporate officer to the ABC license application
and notarized the signature that he had signed.
In issuing a public reprimand in this matter,
the Subcommittee found a number of mitigating
factors recognized by the American Bar Association
which justified a reduction in the degree of
discipline that might otherwise have been imposed,
among which were that Mr. McMullen had no record
of prior discipline; that he lacked a selfish
motive in taking the actions that he did; that
he made a timely good faith effort to rectify
the consequences of his misconduct; that he
had a good reputation; and that he exhibited
remorse for his actions.
May
9, 2000
George Burton Cooley, Jr., P.O. Box 910, Hillsville,
Virginia 24343-0910
VSB
Docket No. 98-101-1531
On April 18, 2000, the Tenth, Section I District
Committee held a hearing and found George Burton
Cooley, Jr. violated DR 6-101(B) and (C) by
failing to promptly file a bankruptcy petition
and driving privileges restoration petition
for a client and failing to return phone messages
from the client. The hearing panel also found
violations of DR 9-102(A) and (B), in that Mr.
Cooley failed to properly deposit the fee received
from a client into his trust account and failed
to keep subsidiary ledgers for his client files.
The Tenth, Section I District Committee imposed
a Public Reprimand with Terms on Mr. Cooley.
The Terms require Mr. Cooley to refund the remainder
of the fee paid by the client, to read a book
on trust account requirements and rules, to
bring his trust account practices in conformity
with the Rules of Professional Conduct, to establish
and maintain an office reminder system, and
to refrain from any activity violative of the
Rules of Professional Conduct for three (3)
years.
May
3, 2000
Turman Curtis Bobbitt, 2227 Delwood Avenue, Durango,
CO 81301
VSB
Docket No. 00-000-2167
On
April 28, 2000, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board ordered that the license of Turman Curtis
Bobbitt to practice law within the Commonwealth
of Virginia be suspended for a one year and one
day period effective April 28, 2000, pursuant
to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia,
Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13(G).
The Disciplinary Board had summarily suspended
the law license of Mr. Bobbitt by order dated
March 30, 2000, upon Mr. Bobbitt's suspension
from the practice of law for a one year and one
day period effective June 9, 1999, by the Supreme
Court of Colorado. A hearing was set at which
time Mr. Bobbitt was required to appear and show
cause why the same sanction that was imposed in
Colorado should not be imposed by the Virginia
State Bar Disciplinary Board.
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May
3, 2000
Sidney S. Kanter, 3 Maplewood Drive, Parsippany,
NJ 07054-1420
VSB Docket No. 00-000-2168
On April 28, 2000, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board ordered that the license of Sidney S. Kanter
to practice law within the Commonwealth of Virginia
be suspended for two (2) years effective April 28,
2000, pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court
of Virginia, Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13(G).
The Disciplinary Board had summarily suspended the
law license of Mr. Kanter by order dated March 30,
2000, upon Mr. Kanter's suspension from the practice
of law in the Supreme Court of New Jersey for a
one (1) year period effective June 3, 1999, and
for a consecutive period of a one (1) year suspension
effective June 3, 2000. A hearing was set at which
time Mr. Kanter was required to appear and show
cause why the same sanction that was imposed in
New Jersey should not be imposed by the Virginia
State Bar Disciplinary Board.
May
2, 2000
John E. Callaghan, 521 Forest Road, Scotch Plains,
NJ 07076
VSB Docket No. 00-000-2338
The
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended the law license of Mr. Callaghan by
order dated April 27, 2000. Mr. Callaghan has
been disbarred from the practice of law by order
issued December 27, 1999, by the Supreme Court
of New Jersey. A hearing will be held before
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board on
May 26, 2000, to show cause why Mr. Callaghan's
license should not be further suspended or revoked.
The summary suspension order was entered pursuant
to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia,
Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13 (G).
May
2, 2000
Rickey
Gene Young, 943 Starling Avenue, Martinsville,
VA 24112-6405
VSB Docket No. 98-090-2011
Rickey Gene Young received a Public Reprimand
from the Ninth District Committee of the Virginia
State Bar. He appealed the public reprimand to
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board. The
Disciplinary Board dismissed the appeal filed
by the respondent on the ground that Mr. Young
failed to perfect his appeal. Mr. Young appealed
the Disciplinary Board's decision to the Virginia
Supreme Court. The Virginia Supreme Court dismissed
the appeal on April 20, 2000. The Public Reprimand
imposed by the Ninth District Committee of the
Virginia State Bar is now final.
May
2, 2000
Donald Edward Earls, 936 Park Avenue, P.O. Box
710, Norton, VA 24273
VSB Docket No. 98-102-1533
Donald E. Earls of Norton, Virginia, appeared before
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board on April
28, 2000. The Board found that Mr. Earls had violated
the disciplinary rules regarding competence, promptness
and communication, among others, in connection with
a personal injury case. Mr. Earls' prior disciplinary
record included the following: two private reprimands
(1978 and 1997); four public reprimands (1978, 1997,
and 1999); and a two year suspension (1986). Because
of his handling of the case and extensive prior
disciplinary record, the Board voted to revoke his
license effective May 12, 2000.
*On
March 2, 2001, the Virginia Supreme Court affirmed
the Disciplinary Board's order revoking Mr. Earls'
license to practice law in the Commonwealth.
May
2, 2000
Cliff Allison, C. Kent Allison, P.C., Suite 135,
770 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
VSB Docket No. 00-021-2644
Cliff
Allison, aka C. Kent Allison, aka Clifford Kent
Allison, petitioned the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board to surrender his license to practice law in
Virginia with disciplinary charges pending on May
1, 2000. The board accepted the petition and revoked
his license on May 1, 2000. Summaries of the charges
will be forwarded to the Virginia Supreme Court.
A receiver has been appointed to receive all funds
and property belonging to or subject to
Mr. Allison's control.
April
20, 2000*
Joseph
Dee Morrissey, Morrissey & Hershner, P.L.C., Seven
South Adams Street, Richmond, VA 23220-5601
Chancery
No. HK-1655
On
December 29, 1999, a three judge panel of the Circuit
Court of the City of Richmond ruled that attorney
Joseph Dee Morrissey's license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia shall be suspended
for three years for ethical misconduct. The court
found that Mr. Morrissey's criminal contempt of
court on two different occasions violated Disciplinary
Rule 1-102(A)(3), which prohibits a lawyer from
committing a crime or other deliberately wrongful
act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness
to practice to law. The court also found that Mr.
Morrissey had violated Disciplinary Rule 7-105(A)
by disregarding a standing rule of a tribunal. Mr.
Morrissey's three-year suspension shall become effective
upon entry of an order by the court.
*On
March 27, 2000, the Supreme Court of Virginia granted
Mr. Morrissey's petition to stay the three-year
suspension ordered by the Circuit Court of the City
of Richmond pending his appeal to the court.
April
10, 2000
Richard Scott Yarow, 6314 Lamplight Court, Suffolk,
VA 23435
VSB Docket No. 99-010-1893
On March 10, 2000, the First District Committee
issued a Public Reprimand to attorney Richard Scott
Yarow pursuant to an Agreed Disposition.
On July 17, 1998, Mr. Yarow filed an Application
for Placement on the Court Appointed List of the
Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk, falsely certifying
that his principal office was located in the City
of Norfolk, Virginia when it was located in the
City of Hampton, Virginia. Mr. Yarow explained that
he did not expect to receive court appointments
from Norfolk until the following year during a time
when he expected that his principal office would
be in Norfolk. His application and cover letter,
however, made no mention of this. Nevertheless,
he agreed to substitute for one day in the fall
of 1998 and received cases on that day. According
to the Supervising Judge of the court-appointed
counsel program, Mr. Yarow's representation that
his principal office was in Norfolk was crucial
in entertaining his application for placement on
the court-appointed list. Otherwise, according to
the judge, Mr. Yarow would have been ineligible.
Mr. Yarow stipulated that he violated DR 1-102(A)(3),
by committing a crime or other deliberately wrongful
act that reflects adversely on his fitness to practice
law, and DR 1-102(A)(4), by engaging in conduct
involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation
which reflects adversely on his fitness to practice
law.
April
3, 2000
William
B. Talty, Post Office Box 327, Hanover, Virginia
23069
VSB Docket Nos. 98-033-1788 and 98-033-1870
On March 14, 2000, the Third District Committee,
Section III, held a show cause hearing to determine
whether William B. Talty had failed to comply with
Terms issued in connection with two Private Reprimands
imposed in the above-styled matters. Mr. Talty failed
to appear for the show cause hearing.
The committee previously accepted an Agreed Disposition,
which stipulated that Mr. Talty had neglected his
duties as administrator of an estate and as counsel
for a claimant in a worker's compensation dispute.
The committee imposed a Private Reprimand with Terms
in each matter. The Terms required Mr. Talty, on
or before December 31, 1999, to obtain an assessment
from Lawyers Helping Lawyers and, if appropriate,
to enter into a monitoring contract with Lawyers
Helping Lawyers.
After hearing evidence at the show cause hearing
on March 14, 2000, the committee determined that
Mr. Talty had breached a monitoring contract with
Lawyers Helping Lawyers and thereby failed to comply
with the Terms of both Private Reprimands. Accordingly,
the committee entered the alternate disposition
of a Public Reprimand in both cases.
March
30, 2000
Andrea Kimberly Amy-Pressey, 2907 Robert Hunt North,
Williamsburg, VA 23185-8335
VSB
Docket No. 99-060-1749
On August 16, 1999, the Sixth District Committee
held an evidentiary hearing and found that Andrea
Kimberly Amy-Pressey had acted as a settlement agent
in a real estate closing in which she made an error
on the settlement statement, causing the sellers
to receive an overpayment of $500. The Committee
also found that Ms. Amy-Pressey failed to pay the
purchaser funds that she (the purchaser) was entitled
to receive and the settlement statement failed to
contain an entry with respect to a real estate tax
proration. The Sixth District Committee found that
Ms. Amy-Pressey had violated DR's 6-101(A) and (B)
and imposed a Private Reprimand with Terms.
On March 7, 2000 at a Show Cause hearing, the Sixth
District Committee found that Ms. Amy-Pressey had
failed to comply with the first term set forth in
the Private Reprimand with Terms and imposed the
alternate disposition of a Public Reprimand.
March
29, 2000
Harold Wilmer Dingman, 8527 Syntex Lane, Ooltewah,
TN 37363
VSB Docket No. 98-080-0437
Harold
Wilmer Dingman, petitioned the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board to surrender his license to practice
law in Virginia with disciplinary charges pending
on January 27, 2000, to be effective on March 24,
2000. The board accepted the petition and revoked
his license on March 24, 2000. Summaries of the
charges will be forwarded to the Virginia Supreme
Court.
March
29, 2000
Lawrence Raymond Morton, 12720 Directors Loop, Woodbridge,
VA 22192
VSB Docket No. 98-053-1692
On January 18, 2000, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board accepted an agreed disposition imposing a
Public Reprimand with Terms. The Board found that
Mr. Morton violated DR 6-101(B)(C) and (D) when
he failed to file a criminal appeal in a timely
manner after being granted an extension of time
in which to file the appeal, failed to inform his
client of the dismissal of the appeal and the grounds
for the dismissal, and failed to respond to his
client's request for a copy of the client's trial
transcript. Mr. Morton must complete six (6) hours
of continuing legal education in the areas of law
office management and ethics in addition to the
hours necessary to maintain his license to practice
law in the Commonwealth. If Mr. Morton fails to
complete the terms imposed, the alternative disposition
is a ninety day suspension of his license to practice
law.
March
29, 2000
Richard William Yancey, Apartment 616, 2400 South
Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22206
VSB Docket No. 00-033-0010
Richard
William Yancey petitioned the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board to surrender his license to practice
law in Virginia with disciplinary charges pending
on March 24, 2000. The board accepted the petition
and revoked his license on March 24, 2000. Summaries
of the charges will be forwarded to the Virginia
Supreme Court.
March
15, 2000 (revised March 29, 2000)
James
Bryan Pattison, 727 North 6th Street, Sterling,
KS 67579
VSB
Docket No. 99-041-1377
On
March 6, 2000, pursuant to an Agreed Disposition
entered into by attorney James Bryan Pattison, a
Fourth District Subcommittee, Section I, of the
Virginia State Bar issued a Public Reprimand to
James Bryan Pattison, who was found to have violated
DR 1-102(A)(4) and DR 7-102(A)(3) and (7).
The
Subcommittee found that in defending a client in
the Arlington County, Virginia, General District
Court, Mr. Pattison attempted to exploit a misnomer
in a criminal warrant by bringing to the front of
the courtroom and to counsel table the man named
in the warrant, who was the brother of the man who
was actually served with the warrant. Mr. Pattison's
client, the man served with the warrant, did not
come forward, having been instructed by Mr. Pattison
to remain in the back of the courtroom. Mr. Pattison,
without informing the Court that he was attempting
to exploit a misnomer in the warrant, stated only:
"my client pleads 'not guilty'."
The
victim of the offense in question was called to
testify, and when asked to identify the perpetrator,
identified the man who had been served with the
warrant, who was still sitting in the rear of the
courtroom. The Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney
moved to dismiss the charge, believing that the
victim had misidentified the offender. The Court
dismissed the case. The Commonwealth Attorney's
Office thereafter procured a new warrant.
After
determining that Mr. Pattison may have perpetrated
a fraud on the Court, the General District Court
issued a Rule to Show Cause against Mr. Pattison.
On October 28, 1998, the Court found Mr. Pattison
in contempt of court, and imposed a sentence of
ten days in jail with nine days suspended on condition
that Mr. Pattison perform one hundred hours of pro
bono legal work.
March
15, 2000
Charles
Jefferson McCall, 13709 Harbourwood Road, Midlothian,
VA 23112
VSB
Docket Nos. 97-033-1757 and 97-033-1987
On
January 24, 2000, the Disciplinary Board of the
Virginia State Bar accepted an Agreed Disposition
imposing Public Reprimands with Terms in each of
the above styled matters for trust account record
keeping violations associated with Mr. McCall's
handling of client trust funds. The terms, among
other things, require Mr. McCall to close out all
matters in which he presently serves as a guardian
or conservator and is required to report to a Commissioner
of Accounts, not to undertake any new such matters,
and to have a Virginia certified public accountant
examine and certify that his trust account records
comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct. The
alternate sanction is a suspension of one year and
one day.
February
22, 2000
Everett
Michael Myers, Suite 112, 3249 Tyre Neck Road, Portsmouth,
Virginia 23703
VSB
Docket No. 98-010-1787
The
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Everett Michael Myers' license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for two (2) years effective
February 18, 2000. The Disciplinary Board found
that beginning in the fall of 1997, Everett Michael
Myers engaged in a prolonged sexual relationship
with a client, whom he also employed in his law
office after the establishment of an attorney-client
relationship. He also engaged in inappropriate conduct
of a sexual nature with another client, and engaged
in acts of sexual harassment of a third woman, who
was also employed in his law office. Respondent
also failed to maintain any trust accounts in accordance
with the mandatory record keeping requirements pertaining
thereto, albeit without any financial loss to any
client.
February
22, 2000
Lloyd
D. Rials, 801 Spring Beach Way, Cary, IL 60013-3059
VSB
Docket No. 99-000-1972
On
Friday, February 18, 2000, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board considered Lloyd Rials' Petition
for Reinstatement of his law license. Based upon
the evidence that was presented, the Board's recommendation
to the Virginia Supreme Court will be that Mr. Rials'
law license not be restored. The basis of the Board's
decision was that Mr. Rials had failed to prove
by clear and convincing evidence that he had the
requisite fitness to practice law in Virginia.
February
22, 2000
Woodson
T. Drumheller, P. O. Box 713, Richmond, VA 23218-0713
VSB
Docket No. 98-033-1399
The
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Woodson T. Drumheller's license to practice law
in the Commonwealth of Virginia for two (2) years
effective February 17, 2000. Woodson T. Drumheller
was engaged to represent Albert Leon Jones in a
matter involving a stabbing at the Richmond City
Jail on September 13, 1988. Mr. Drumheller filed
suit on September 13, 1990, on behalf of Mr. Jones
but did not diligently investigate or prosecute
Mr. Jones' claims for almost ten years, despite
repeated requests from Mr. Jones.
January
28, 2000*
William
McMillan Powers, 3209 Granada Road, Portsmouth,
VA 23703
VSB
Docket No. 98-000-1641
This
matter came before the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board on a petition for reinstatement. After hearing
evidence presented on behalf of the petitioner and
the Bar, and consideration of all exhibits made
part of the record, the panel finds unanimously
that the petitioner has failed to prove by clear
and convincing evidence that his license should
be reinstated. Therefore, the panel recommends against
reinstatement.
*On
January 24, 2000, the Virginia Supreme Court denied
Mr. Powers' petition for reinstatement.
Kenneth
Xavier Warren, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 500 East
Lexington Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
VSB
Docket No. 00-000-1529
The
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended the law license of Mr. Warren by order
dated January 7, 2000. Mr. Warren has been disbarred
from the practice of law in the State of Maryland,
by Order entered by the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
on August 13, 1999. A hearing has been set in which
Mr. Warren will be required to appear and show cause
why the same sanction that was imposed in Maryland
should not be imposed by the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board. The summary suspension order
was entered pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme
Court of Virginia, Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph
13 (G).
*Kenneth
Xavier Warren petitioned the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board to surrender his license to practice
law in Virginia with disciplinary charges pending
on January 20, 2000. The board accepted the petition
and revoked his license on January 20, 2000.
January
11, 2000*
Fugate,
II, Charles Daugherty, Highway 58 at State Route
892, Jonesville, Virginia 24263
VSB
Docket No. 00-000-1475
The
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended the law license of Mr. Fugate by order
dated January 7, 2000. Mr. Fugate pled guilty and
was convicted of 2 counts of mail fraud, in violation
of 18 U.S. Code Sections 1341 & 1346, in United
States District Court for the Western District of
Virginia (Abingdon Division), Case No. 99-CR-10078-3.
A hearing has been set in which Mr. Fugate will
be required to appear and show cause why his license
should not be further suspended or revoked by the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board. The summary
suspension order was entered pursuant to the Rules
of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Part 6, Section
IV, Paragraph 13 (E).
*On
January 24, 2000, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board granted a continuance until August 25, 2000.
Mr. Fugate's license remains suspended until further
order of the board.
January
6, 2000*
Drew
Virgil Tidwell, 156 Colony Court, Amherst, N.Y.
14226-3509
VSB
Docket No. 00-000-1453
The
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended the law license of Mr. Tidwell by order
dated December 29, 1999. Mr. Tidwell has been disbarred
from the practice of law in New York, by Order entered
by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate
Division, Fourth Judicial Department, on September
17, 1999. A hearing has been set in which Mr. Tidwell
will be required to appear and show cause why the
same sanction that was imposed in New York should
not be imposed by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board. The summary suspension order was entered
pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia,
Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13 (G).
*On
January 20, 2000, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board granted a continuance until August 25, 2000.
Mr. Tidwell's license remains suspended until further
order of the board.
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