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Disciplinary System Actions
January 2011 – June 2011
(Except for agreed dispositions, disciplinary actions imposed by a District Committee remain subject to appeal for 10 days after notice of the determination is mailed to the Respondent.)
(Except for agreed dispositions, disciplinary actions imposed by the Disciplinary Board remain subject to appeal for 30 days after the Memorandum Order is served on the Respondent.)
archives
updated October 21,
2011
June 29,
2011
David
McCrory
Estabrook,
6037 20th
Street
North,
Arlington,
VA
22205-3403
VSB
Docket
No.
08-052-071266
On June
20,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
David
McCrory
Estabrook
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
frivolous
claims,
frivolous
discovery
requests,
criminal
or
disciplinary
charges
intended
solely
to gain
an
advantage
in a
civil
matter,
taking
legal
action
merely
to
harass
or
maliciously
injure
another,
and
committing
a
deliberately
wrongful
act that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer’s
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Estabrook order (pdf posted 07/25/11)*
June 29,
2011
Brian
Gay, Law
Offices
of Brian
Gay,
Second
Floor,
Suite
207,
3500
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-087465
On June
24,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Brian
Gay’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
requirement
that he
notify
clients
of an
administrative
suspension
imposed
on
September
24,
2010.
view Gay order (pdf posted 07/29/11)*
June 28,
2011
James
Berkley
Priest,
The Law
Firm of
James
Berkley
Priest,
420
Hamilton
Boulevard,
South
Boston,
Virginia
24592
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-086613
On June
24,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended James
Berkley
Priest’s license
to
practice
law for
twelve
months
based on
his
felony
conviction
in
Halifax
County
Circuit
Court of
driving
while
intoxicated,
third or
subsequent
offense
in five
years.
Mr.
Priest’s
law
license
has been
summarily
suspended
since
January
20,
2011,
pending
a show
cause
hearing.
view Priest order (PDF posted 7/15/11)
June 28,
2011
Alfred
Lincoln
Robertson
Jr.,
Robertson
Law
Office,
PLLC,
#800,
11350
Random
Hills
Rd.,
Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB
Docket
No.
08-052-073790
On June
10,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Alfred
Lincoln
Robertson
Jr.
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
failing
to
respond
to the
bar’s
lawful
demand
for
information.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Robertson order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 27,
2011
Phillip
Stone
Griffin
II, 102
South
Kent
Street,
Winchester,
Virginia
22601
VSB
Docket
No.
10-070-080544
On June
9, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Seventh
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
with
terms to
Phillip
Stone
Griffin
II
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from the
bar.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charge.
view Griffin order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 22,
2011
William
Orr
Smith,
#162,
3420
Pump
Road,
Richmond,
VA 23233
VSB
Docket
No.
11-033-087083
On June
13,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
William
Orr
Smith’s
license
to
practice
law. In
agreeing
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Smith
acknowledged
the
material
facts of
pending
disciplinary
allegations
and that
he could
not
successfully
defend
if they
were
prosecuted.
view Smith order (PDF posted 6/22)
June 20,
2011
Charles
James
Swedish,
Sloan &
Swedish,
107
Pleasant
Street,
NW,
Vienna,
Virginia
22180-4435
VSB
Dockets
Nos.
09-051-078734,
09-051-077371,
09-051-079194
On June
9, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
Charles
James
Swedish
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
safekeeping
property.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Swedish order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 17,
2011
Joshua
Jesse
Robert
Gessler,
Arnold &
Porter
LLP,
Suite
900,
1600
Tysons
Blvd.,
Mclean,
VA 22102
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-085193
On June
10,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Joshua
Jesse
Robert
Gessler’s
license
to
practice
law. In
agreeing
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Gessler
admitted
that he
was
convicted
of
multiple
felony
counts
of
possession
of child
pornography,
and that
he could
not
defend
any VSB
charges
based on
the
convictions.
Mr.
Gessler’s
license
has been
summarily
suspended
since
May 24.
He pled
guilty
and was
convicted
on March
28 in
the
Fairfax
County
Circuit
Court.
view Gessler order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 9,
2011
James
Patrick
Hodges,
Hodges &
Associates,
P.C.,
Suite
316,
19415
Deerfield
Avenue,
Leesburg,
VA 20176
VSB
Docket
No.
09-070-076748
On May
27,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Seventh
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
James
Patrick
Hodges
after
finding
he had
violated
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
protecting
a
client’s
interests
and
returning
the
client’s
file
when
terminating
representation,
and
failure
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from the
bar.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Hodges order (PDF posted 6/16/11)
June 9,
2011
Kenneth
Edward
Hildebrand,
Suite
423, 281
Independence
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23462
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-086205
On June
8, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Kenneth
Edward
Hildebrand’s
license
to
practice
law on
impairment
grounds.
view Hildebrand order (PDF posted 6/16/11)
June 3,
2011
David
Redd
Young
Jr., 701
Edwards
Ferry
Road,
Leesburg,
VA 20176
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-070-082366,
11-070-085556,
11-070-086436
and
11-000-085412
On May
20,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
David
Redd
Young
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law for
five
years.
The
board
found
that he
violated
professional
rules
that
govern
duties
of a
suspended
attorney;
declining
or
terminating
representation;
unauthorized
practice
of law;
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters;
and
misconduct.
view Young order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 3,
2011
Tina
Elizabeth
Orr,
Janaf
Office
Building
Suite
208,
5900
East
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23502
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-021-076226,
09-021-077701,
10-021-081979,
10-021-083269
The City
of
Norfolk
Circuit
Court
suspended
Tina
Elizabeth
Orr’s
license
to
practice
law for
five
years
and
imposed
terms,
effective
May 31,
2011.
The
court
found
she
violated
professional
rules
that
govern
communication;
fees;
safekeeping
property;
declining
or
terminating
representation;
reasonable
fees;
unauthorized
practice
of law;
knowingly
making a
false
statement
of
material
fact;
and a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act and
other
misconduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation
that
reflect
adversely
on a
lawyer’s
fitness
to
practice.
The
court
ordered
Ms. Orr
to
refund a
client
$37,000.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Orr order (PDF posted 6/16/11)
May 27,
2011
Stacy F.
Garrett
III,
2551
Swanhurst
Drive,
Midlothian,
Virginia
23113-9613
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-032-079386
and
10-032-081824
On April
20,
2011, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Chesterfield
County
Circuit
Court
suspended
Stacy
F.
Garrett
III’s
license
to
practice
law for
one
year.
The
court
found he
had
violated
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel,
and
failure
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from the
bar.
View
Garrett
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/3/11)
May 26,
2011
Charles
Edward
Ayers,
Jr.,
Ayers &
Stolte,
P.C.,
710
North
Hamilton
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23221-2035
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-084215
On May
20,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
dismissed
the show
cause
proceeding
against
Charles
Edward
Ayers,
Jr.,
for lack
of clear
and
convincing
evidence.
View
Ayers
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/22/11)
May 17,
2011
*
Kathleene
Anne
Cipriano,
Suite
211,
3500
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
11-022-086778
On May
17,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Kathleene
Anne
Cipriano's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On June
16,
2011,
Ms.
Cipriano
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
May 17,
2011
*
**
Mark
Michael
Kantro,
142 West
York
Street,
Suite
807,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23510
VSB
Docket
No.
10-021-080833
A
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Norfolk
revoked
Mark
Michael
Kantro’s
license
to
practice
law
effective
June 11,
2011.
The
court
found
that he
had
violated
professional
rules
that
govern
candor
toward a
tribunal,
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel,
and a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act and
other
conduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation
that
reflect
adversely
on a
lawyer’s
fitness
to
practice.
*On July
13,
2011,
Mr.
Kantro
filed an
appeal
with the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia.
**On
October
12,
2011,
the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
dismissed
the
appeal.
view Kantro order (PDF posted 7/15/11)
May 11,
2011
Tracey
Suzann
Foughty-Deavers,
Law
Office
of TS
Foughty-Deavers,
Suite
360,
11325
Random
Hills
Road,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030
VSB
Docket
No.
11-052-086181
On April
22,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Tracey
Suzann
Foughty-Deavers's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
May 9,
2011
Edward
Allen
Malone,
812 S. 6th
Street,
Maywood,
Illinois
60153
VSB
Docket
No.
07-041-1222,
07-041-071135
On
February
28,
2011, a
panel of
the
Fourth
District
Committee,
Section
I,
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Edward
Allen
Malone
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
View
Malone
Order
(PDF
Posted
5/13/11)
May 9.
2011
George
G.
Joyner
III, 324
London
Boulevard,
Portsmouth,
Virginia
23704-2808
VSB
Docket
No.
10-010-082732
On April
15,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
First
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
dismissal
de
minimis
sanction
to
George
G.
Joyner
III
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
safekeeping
property.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Joyner
Order
(PDF
Posted
5/13/11)
May 5,
2011
John
Arthur
Elmendorf,
#1,
11204
Arrowleaf
Court,
Germantown,
MD 20876
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-086856
On March
25,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
John
Arthur
Elmendorf’s
license
to
practice
law,
based on
his
December
16,
2010,
disbarment
by the
Maryland
Court of
Appeals.
His
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
on March
3, 2011.
View
Elmendorf
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/3/11)
May 5,
2011
Monica
Marie
Goodling,
16519
Hayes
Lane,
Woodbridge,
Virginia,
22191
VSB
Docket
No.
07-042-070763
On March
25,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Monica
Marie
Goodling
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
commission
of a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer’s
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Goodling
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/3/11)
May 5,
2011
Martin
Ray
Johnson,
PO Box
5068,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23058
VSB
Docket
No.
11-032-086381
On April
21,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Martin
Ray
Johnson’s
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Johnson
acknowledged
the
material
facts of
a
disciplinary
case
pending
against
him and
that he
could
not
successfully
defend
against
prosecution
of the
case.
View
Johnson
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/3/11)
April
26, 2011
Bruce
Howard
Gould,
Bruce H.
Gould,
Atty.,
P.C.,
Suite
206,
4101
Granby
Street,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23504-1117
VSB
Docket
No.
05-021-3010
On April
13,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
imposed
a public
reprimand
on
Bruce
Howard
Gould
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
and
conflict
of
interest.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Gould
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/29/11)
April
20, 2011
Gregory
Allen
Thomas,
201
Crescent
Avenue,
Colonial
Heights,
VA
23834-3724
VSB
Docket
No.
09-060-077778
On April
11,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Gregory
Allen
Thomas's
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
governing
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
View
Thomas
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/28/11)
April
20, 2011
Curtis
Tyrone
Brown,
306 Bald
Cypress
Court,
Chesapeake,
Virginia
23320
VSB
Docket
No.
08-021-071424
On March
21,
2011, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Norfolk
suspended
Curtis
Tyrone
Brown's
license
to
practice
law for
twelve
months
each on
two
separate
violations,
to run
concurrently,
effective
immediately.
The
court
originally
ordered
the
suspensions
on May
26,
2009.
One
suspension
was for
Mr.
Brown's
violation
of
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
making a
false
statement
to a
tribunal
and
engaging
in
conduct
intended
to
disrupt
a
tribunal.
The
other
was for
engaging
in
dishonesty,
misrepresentation,
and
deceitfulness
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
Both
sets of
violations
occurred
in the
same
representation.
The
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
stayed
the 2009
sanction
pending
appeal.
On
September
10,
2010,
the
Supreme
Court
affirmed
the
circuit
court's
judgment
and
returned
the
matter
to the
Norfolk
panel
for
fixing
the date
of the
sanction.
April 7,
2011
Martin
Ray
Johnson,
P.O. Box
5068,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23058
VSB
Docket
No.
11-032-086114
On April
5, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Martin
Ray
Johnson's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
April 7,
2011
Sara
Davis
Harman,
P.O. Box
1323,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23060
VSB
Docket
No.
11-032-086318
On April
5, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Sara
Davis
Harman's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
April 7,
2011
Sara
Davis
Harman,
P.O. Box
1323,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23060
VSB
Docket
No.
11-032-086311
On April
5, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Sara
Davis
Harman's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
April 1,
2011
Steven
Frank
Helm, 30
East
Clay
Street,
Salem,
VA 24153
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-080-083744,
11-080-084690
and
11-080-086004
On April
1, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Steven
Frank
Helm's
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr. Helm
acknowledged
the
truth of
material
facts of
pending
disciplinary
complaints
and that
he could
not
successfully
defend
prosecution
of
charges
based on
the
complaints.
View
Helm
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/1/11)
March
29, 2011
Richard
Anthony
Bednar,
Apt. 1,
68 S 100
W,
Farmington,
UT 84025
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-052-078586,
09-052-079643,
09-052-079974,
10-052-081160
On March
23,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Richard
Anthony
Bednar's
license
to
practice
law for
three
years,
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Bednar
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/31/11)
March
28, 2011
Clay
Bennett
Blanton,
P. O.
Box 556,
Quinton,
Virginia
23141-0556
VSB
Docket
No.
09-060-077450
On
March
15,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
imposed
a public
reprimand
on
Clay
Bennett
Blanton
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
competence
and
diligence.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Blanton
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/29/11)
March
25, 2011
James
Fred
Sumpter,
P.O. Box
5564,
Midlothian,
Virginia
23112
VSB
Docket
No.
11-032-085088
On March
3, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District
Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms on
James
Fred
Sumpter
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
and
communication.
This is
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Sumpter
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/29/11)
March
25, 2011
Jesse
Scott
Shelor,
P.O. Box
545,
Vinton,
VA
24179-1414
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-080-077349,
09-080-079109
On
February
18,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Jesse
Scott
Shelor's
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
terminating
representation,
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from the
bar, and
committing
a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
View
Shelor
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/29/11)
March
25, 2011
Peter
Jung-Wook
Rim,
Lohmann
& Rim,
P.C.,
Suite
506,
7700
Little
River
Turnpike,
Annandale,
Virginia
22003
VSB
Docket
No.
08-053-074843
On
February
18,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
Peter
Jung-Wook
Rim
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants
and
deliberate
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View Rim
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/29/11)
March
25, 2011
Walter
Ware
Morrison,
Suite
100,
2628
Barrett
Street,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
10-021-083030
On March
14,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
Walter
Ware
Morrison
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
communication,
fees,
and
safekeeping
property.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Morrison
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/29/11)
March
25,
2011 *
John
Arthur
Elmendorf,
#1,
11204
Arrowleaf
Court,
Germantown,
MD 20876
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-086856
On March
3, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
John
Arthur
Elmendor's
license
to
practice
law,
based on
his
December
16,
2010,
disbarment
by the
Maryland
Court of
Appeals.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on March
25,
2011, to
show
cause
why the
Maryland
sanction
should
not be
imposed
in
Virginia.
*On
March
25,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
John
Arthur
Elmendorf’s
license
to
practice
law,
based on
his
December
16,
2010,
disbarment
by the
Maryland
Court of
Appeals.
His
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
on March
3, 2011.
March
25, 2011
Keh Soo
Park,
Suite 9,
4015
Chain
Bridge
Road,
Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-052-078381
and
11-052-086577
On March
8, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Keh
Soo Park's
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr. Park
acknowledged
the
truth of
material
facts of
pending
disciplinary
complaints
and that
he could
not
successfully
defend
prosecution
of
charges
based on
the
complaints.
View
Park
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/29/11)
March
24, 2011
John
Russell
Ward,
4217
Indian
River
Road,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23456-8058
VSB
Docket
No.
10-022-082743
On March
24,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
John
Russell
War's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
March
22, 2011
Brian
Gay, Law
Offices
of Brian
Gay,
Second
Floor,
Suite
207,
3500
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
11-022-085399
On March
21,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Brian
Gay's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
March
17, 2010
Curtis
Tyrone
Brown,
306 Bald
Cypress
Court,
Chesapeake,
Virginia
23320
VSB
Docket
No.
08-021-072452
On
December
1, 2010,
a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Norfolk
reimposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on Curtis
Tyrone
Brown after a
finding
that he
had
violated
professional
rules
that
govern
disruption
of the
decorum
of a
tribunal
and
making
false or
reckless
statements
about
the
qualifications
or
integrity
of a
judge.
The
Norfolk
court
originally
imposed
the
reprimand
on
December
15,
2009.
The
sanction
was
stayed
pending
Mr.
Brown’s
appeals
to the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia.
The
appeals
were
dismissed.
view Brown memorandum order (PDF posted 06/16/11)
view Brown reprimand (PDF posted 06/16/11)
February
25, 2011
Clarence
Flippo
Hicks,
P.O. Box
1300,
Gloucester,
Virginia
23061
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-086865
On February
25,
2011, the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended Clarence
Flippo
Hicks's
license
to
practice
law on
impairment
grounds.
View
Hicks
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/18/11)
February
22, 2011
Larry
Cecil
Brown
Jr.,
Suite
600,
1800
Diagonal
Road,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22314
VSB
Docket
No.
07-053-2705
On
February
15,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
admonition
with
terms to
Larry
Cecil
Brown
Jr.
for
violating
a
disciplinary
rule
that
governs
safekeeping
property.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Brown
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/25/11)
February
15, 2011
Tracey
Suzann
Foughty-Deavers,
Law
Office
of TS Foughty-Deavers,
Suite
360,
11325
Random
Hills
Road,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030
VSB
Docket
No.
11-052-085600
On
February
14,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Tracey
Suzann
Foughty-Deavers's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
February
15, 2011
Brian
Gay, Law
Offices
of Brian
Gay,
Second
Floor,
Suite
207,
3500
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
11-022-085536
On
February
14,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Brian
Gay's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
February
15, 2011
Arthur
Charles
Ermlich
Jr.,
Thomas
Law
Group,
P.C.,
Suite
127,
4176
South
Plaza
Trail,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
10-022-083391
Effective
January
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Arthur
Charles
Ermlich
Jr.'s
license
to
practice
law for
five
days and
imposed
terms on
the
suspension
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
declining
or
terminating
representation
by
failing
to
return a
client's
file.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Ermlich
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/16/11)
February
14, 2011
Michael
Raymond
Thames,
Apartment
835,
1320
North
Veitch
Street,
Arlington,
Virginia
22201
VSB
Docket
No
09-041-079745
On
January
27,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Michael
Raymond
Thames
for
violating
or
attempting
to
violate
a
disciplinary
rule.
View
Thames
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/16/11)
February
14, 2011
Gregory
Thomas
Casker,
P.O. Box
1095,
Chatham,
Virginia
24531
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-090-082948,
10-090-083386,
10-090-083225
On
February
3, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Ninth
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Gregory
Thomas
Casker
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Casker
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/16/11)
February
9, 2011
John
Douglas
Primeau,
John
Primeau
LLC,
9119
Church
Street,
Manassas,
Virginia
20110
VSB
Docket
No.
08-060-075514
On
November
9, 2010,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
John
Douglas
Primeau
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Primeau
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/16/11)
February
9, 2011
Arthur
Charles
Ermlich
Jr.,
Thomas
Law
Group,
P.C.,
Suite
127,
4176
South
Plaza
Trail,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
10-022-083032
On
January
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Arthur
Charles
Ermlich
Jr.'s
license
to
practice
law for
six
months
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
failing
to
protect
a
client's
interest
after
terminating
representation.
View
Ermlich
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/16/11)
February
4, 2011
Karen
Patricia
Woolley,
146
Wooster
Road,
Southern
Pines,
NC 28387
VSB
Docket
No.
08-070-075359
On
February
4, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Karen
Patricia
Woolley's
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
confidentiality
of
information,
conflict
of
interest
involving
prohibited
transactions,
and
safekeeping
property.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Woolley
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/16/11)
February
3, 2011
Reuben
Voll
Greene,
1557
East
Main
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-033-076046,
09-033-078166,
10-033-081354,
10-033-080223
Effective
January
27,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Reuben
Voll
Greene's
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days and
imposed
terms on
the
suspension
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
fees,
safekeeping
property,
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness
or
fitness
to
practice.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
Violations
were
found in
three
cases.
One case
was
dismissed
on the
bar's
motion
for lack
of clear
and
convincing
evidence.
View
Greene
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/4/11)
January
28, 2011
Henry
St. John
Fitzgerald,
1620
North
George
Mason
Drive,
Arlington,
Virginia
22205
VSB
Docket
No.
09-041-076478
On
January
11,
2011, a
three-judge
panel in
the
Arlington
County
Circuit
Court
imposed
a public
reprimand
on
Henry
St. John
Fitzgerald
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Fitzgerald
Order
(PDF
Posted
2/4/11)
January
28, 2011
*
James
Berkley
Priest,
The Law
Firm of
James
Berkley
Priest,
420
Hamilton
Blvd.,
South
Boston,
VA 24592
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-086613
On
January
20,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
James
Berkley
Priest's
license
to
practice
law
based on
his
January
6, 2011,
guilty
plea in
the
Halifax
County
Circuit
Court to
crimes,
including
driving
while
intoxicated-third
or
subsequent
offense.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on
February
18,
2011, to
show
cause
why his
law
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
Mr.
Priest's
law
license
has been
suspended
since
June 21,
2010, on
impairment
grounds.
*On
February
10,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the
hearing
until
June 24,
2011.
January
25, 2011
Edward
Ruffin
House,
519 West
Riverview
Drive,
Suffolk,
VA 23434
VSB
Docket
No.
10-010-082618
On
January
5, 2011,
a
three-judge
panel in
the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Suffolk
revoked
Edward
Ruffin
House's
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property
and
dishonest
conduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
View
House
Order
(2/25/11)
January
5, 2011
*
James
Fred
Sumpter,
P.O. Box
5564,
Midlothian,
VA 23112
VSB
Docket
No.
11-032-085088
On
January
5, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
James
Fred
Sumpter's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
January
27,
2011,
Mr.
Sumpter
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
January
4, 2011
Mark
Michael
Kantro,
Suite
807, 142
West
York
Street,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23510
VSB
Docket
No.
09-021-079252
On
December
21,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Mark
Michael
Kantro
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
fees.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Kantro
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/11)
January
4, 2011
Jason
Matthew
Head,
Law
Office
of Jason
Head,
PLC,
Suite
600, One
Columbus
Center,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23462
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-021-079570,
09-021-079674,
09-021-079973,
10-021-081241,
10-021-082943,
09-021-076887,
09-021-077448,
09-021-077661,
09-021-077839,
09-021-077860,
09-021-079565
Effective
December
16,
2010, a
three-judge
panel in
the
Virginia
Beach
Circuit
Court
suspended
Jason
Matthew
Head's
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days and
imposed
terms
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence;
communication;
safekeeping
property;
truthfulness
in
statements
to
others;
communications
concerning
a
lawyer's
services;
firm
names
and
letterheads;
and
misconduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
Violations
were
found in
five
cases.
Six
other
cases
were
dismissed.
View
Head
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/11)
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