May 6, 2021
Christopher
Paul Reagan, Christopher P. Reagan, P.C., 741 J. Clyde Morris
Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601
VSB Docket No.
20-010-119132
Effective May 6, 2021,
the First District Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar
issued a public reprimand with terms
to Christopher Paul Reagan
for violating professional rules that govern scope of
representation and communication. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
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Reagan Order
May 4, 2021
Joseph William
Wright III, Dygert, Wright, Hobbs & Henandez, PLC, 415 4th St
NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
VSB Docket No.
20-070-119105
Effective May 3, 2021,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
issued a public reprimand with terms to Joseph
William Wright III
for violating professional rules that govern safekeeping
property and responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants.
This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
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Wright Order
April 26, 2021
Christopher Matthew
Reyes, P O Box 91095,
Washington, DC 20090
VSB Docket Nos. 20-060-117977,
20-060-118002, 20-060-118536, 20-060-118365 and 20-060-118917
Ordered and effective on April 23, 2021,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Christopher Matthew Reyes’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
one year with terms. Mr. Reyes stipulated to the violation of
rules that govern scope of representation, diligence,
communication, declining or terminating representation, and
bar admission and disciplinary matters.
April 15, 2021
Carl Christen La Mondue, La Mondue Law Firm, PLC, 500 E Plume
St Ste 400, Norfolk, VA 23510
Circuit Court Case No. CL21-3249,
VSB Docket No. 20-021-118949
On
April 9, 2021, a three-judge panel in the Circuit Court for
the City of Norfolk accepted
Carl Christen La Mondue’s affidavit
consenting to revocation and ordered his license to practice
law revoked. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, La
Mondue acknowledges that the material facts upon which the
allegations of misconduct are predicated are true.
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La Mondue Order
March 30, 2021
Alicia Ellen
Rowedder,
5821 Lakeside Avenue, Henrico, VA 23228
VSB Docket No.
20-033-119016
Effective March 29, 2021,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
issued a public reprimand
to Alicia Ellen Rowedder
for violating professional rules that govern the unauthorized
practice of law; multijurisdictional law. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
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Rowedder Order
March 29, 2021
Kevin Darryl
Purnell,
106 N. Thompson St., First Floor, Richmond, VA 23221
VSB Docket No.
21-033-119413
Effective March 29, 2021,
the Third District, Section III Subcommittee
of the Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand with terms
to Kevin Darryl
Purnell
for violating professional rules that govern competence,
diligence, and communication. This was an agreed disposition
of misconduct charges.
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Purnell Order
March 29, 2021
Chung Suk Oh,
Shin Law Group,
7600 Leesburg Pk Ste 350 East, Falls Church, VA 22043
VSB Docket No. 1-052-121267
Effective March 26, 2021, the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Chung Suk Oh’s license to
practice law based on his affidavit consenting to the
revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending,
Oh
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
View Oh
Order
March 29, 2021
Richard Scott Gordon, 9286 Warwick
Blvd., Suite 1-c, Newport News, VA 23607
VSB
Docket No. 20-010-117385
On March 26, 2021,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Richard
Scott Gordon’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for
90 days. Mr. Gordon stipulated to the violation of rules
that govern declining or terminating representation and bar
admissions and disciplinary matters.
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Gordon Order
March 26, 2021
Sandy Yeh Chang,
16207 Hidden Ponds Way,
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
VSB Docket No.
21-000-121736
By order
entered and effective on March 25, 2021, the Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board indefinitely suspended
Sandy Yeh Chang’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia. This was an agreed reciprocal disposition
based on her January 19, 2021, indefinite suspension from the
practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
View Chang
Order
March 25,
2021
Kevette Beard
Elliott, Elliott Law Office, 8501 Mayland Dr. Ste. 104,
Richmond, VA 23294
VSB Docket No. 20-032-117584
Effective March 25, 2021,
the Third District, Section II Subcommittee of the
Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand with terms
to Kevette Beard Elliott
for violating professional rules that concern safekeeping
property. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View Elliott Order
March 22, 2021
Marc Ericson Darnell, P.O. Box 1673,
Newport News, VA 23601
VSB Docket No.
20-010-117018
Effective
September 19, 2022, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended, with terms, Marc
Ericson Darnell’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
nine months for violating professional rules that
govern competence, diligence, communication, fees, bar
admission and disciplinary matters, and misconduct. This was
an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
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Darnell Order
March 22, 2021
John B. Russell Jr., 9017 Forest Hill Avenue, Suite A, Bon
Air, VA 23235
VSB Docket No.
20-032-116198
Circuit Court Case No.
CL20-1275
Effective October 23, 2020, the
Circuit Court of the County of Chesterfield revoked John B. Russell Jr.’s license to
practice law in the Commonwealth for violating professional
rules that govern competence, diligence, and communication.
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Russell Order
March 17, 20201
Scott Allen
Lehman, Lehman Law, 300 25th Street, Suite 131, Virginia
Beach, VA 23322-2345
VSB Docket
Nos.: 20-022-116682, 20-022-117305, 20-022-118271,
20-022-118278
Effective March 12, 2021, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary
Board suspended with terms Scott Allen Lehman’s license
to practice law in the Commonwealth for a period of two years for
violating professional rules that concern fees, conflict of
interest (general rule), conflict of interest (prohibited
transactions), safekeeping property, unauthorized practice of
law, and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
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Lehman Order
March 12, 2021
Santiago Ricardo
Narvaiz, Law Offices of S.
Ricardo Narvaiz,10605 Concord Street, Suite 440, Kensington,
MD 20895
VSB Docket No.
21-000-122018
By order
entered March 11, 2021, and effective April 24, 2021, the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board indefinitely suspended
Santiago Ricardo Narvaiz’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on his indefinite suspension by the Court of Appeals of
Maryland on February 23, 2021. Narvaiz may apply for
reinstatement after 90 days, with proof of reinstatement in
Maryland before he is admitted in Virginia.
This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
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Narvaiz Order
March 11,
2021
James Todd
DuVal , McDonald, Sutton & DuVal, P.L.C., 5516 Falmouth
Street, Ste. 108, Richmond, VA 23230
VSB Docket No.
20-032-117471
Effective March 9, 2021,
the Third District, Section II Subcommittee of the
Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand with terms
to James Todd DuVal
for violating professional rules that concern diligence. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View DuVal
Order
March 9, 2021
Jonathan
Preston Fisher,
The Fisher Law Firm, P.C., P.O. Box 11118, Blacksburg, VA
24062
VSB Docket No.
20-101-118913
Effective
March 5, 2021,
the Tenth District, Section I Subcommittee of the
Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand with terms
to Jonathan Preston Fisher
for violating professional rules that concern diligence,
communication, and safekeeping property. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View
Fisher Order
March 4, 2021
Kamah
Gueh-Thoronka,
Thoronka Law Offices, LLC, 12656C Lake Ridge Drive,
Woodbridge, VA 22192
VSB Docket No.
20-052-118789
Effective March 3, 2021, the Fifth District, Section II
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar issued a public
reprimand with terms to Kamah Gueh-Thoronka
for violating professional rules that govern safekeeping
property. This was an agreed disposition
of misconduct charges.
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Gueh-Thoronka Order
March 4, 2021
Traci
Hall-Stanley,
Traci Hall-Stanley, P.C., P.O. Box 2528, Lebanon, VA 24266
VSB Docket No.
20-102-117985
Effective March 3, 2021, the Tenth District, Section II
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar issued a public
reprimand with terms to Traci Hall-Stanley
for violating professional rules that govern
diligence, communication, fees, and safekeeping property. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
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Hall-Stanley Order
March 2, 2021
Sandy Yeh Chang,
Suite 140, 1 Research Court, Rockville,
MD 20850
VSB Docket No.
21-000-121736
By order
entered March 2, 2021, and effective March 8, 2021, pursuant
to the Rules of the Supreme Court, Part Six, Section
IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended Sandy
Yeh Chang’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on her indefinite suspension by the Court of Appeals of
Maryland on January 19, 2021. Chang has been ordered to appear
before the Board on March 31, 2021, to show cause why the same
discipline should not be imposed in Virginia.
View Chang
Order
March 2, 2021
Carl Christen La Mondue,
La Mondue Law Firm,
PLC, 500 E Plume Street, Suite 400, Norfolk, VA
23510
VSB Docket Nos.
20-021-116407 and 20-021-117750
Effective February
26, 2021, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Carl
Christen La Mondue’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
four years for violating professional rules that govern fees,
safekeeping property, bar admission and disciplinary matters,
and misconduct.
View La Mondue Order
February 26, 2021
Leo Francis Sharpe Jr. , P.O. Box
1513, Portsmouth, VA 23705-1513
VSB Docket Nos. 19-010-099989
and 20-010-118800
Circuit Court Case No. CL20-5180
Effective
February 22, 2021, the Circuit Court for the City of
Portsmouth suspended Leo Francis Sharpe Jr.’s license
to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for one year
with terms for violating professional rules that govern
diligence, communication, and safekeeping property. This was
an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
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Sharpe Order
February 26, 2021
Kevin Michael Brunick, 3704 Pacific Avenue,
Suite 300, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
VSB Docket No.
19-022-117276
On February 22, 2021, the Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board suspended, with terms, Kevin Michael
Brunick’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for
30 days. Mr. Brunick stipulated to the violation of rules
that govern competence, diligence, communication, conflict of
interest, bar admissions and disciplinary matters, and
misconduct.
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Brunick Order
February 23, 2021
Michael Jeremiah Seck, The Law
Office of Michael J. Seck, PLC5 Wirt Street, SW, Suite 204,
Leesburg, VA 20175
VSB Docket No.
19-060-114901
By Order entered and effective February 22,
2021, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Michael Jeremiah Seck’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
a period of sixty days for violating professional rules
that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property,
bar admission and disciplinary matters, and misconduct. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Seck
Order
February 23, 2021
Christopher
Broughton Shedlick, 6408-R Seven
Corners Place, Falls Church, VA 22044
VSB Docket No.
20-053-116360
By Order entered and effective on February
19, 2021, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended,
with terms, Christopher Broughton
Shedlick’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for
a period of three months for violating professional
rules that govern safekeeping property.
View Shedlick Order
February 19, 2021
Timothy John Murphy, Murphy’s Law Firm, LLC, 108 LaGrange
Avenue, LaPlata, MD 20646
VSB Docket No.
21-000-121296
Effective February
16, 2021, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Timothy John Murphy’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. This was an agreed disposition
for a reciprocal revocation based on his January 1,
2021, disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of
Appeals of Maryland.
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Murphy Order
February 9, 2021
Christian Levine Simpson, Commonwealth
Accident Injury Law, PC, Suite 400, PO Box 1998, Richmond, VA
23218-1998
VSB Docket Nos. 21-031-116946
and 21-031-118386
Circuit
Court Case No. CL20-6056-6
Effective March
13, 2021, the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
suspended Christian
Levine Simpson’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for 45
days with terms for violating professional rules that govern
competence, diligence, communication, declining or terminating
representation, bar admission and disciplinary matters, and
misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View
Simpson Order
February 1, 2021
Jonathan
Preston Fisher, Esq.,
The Fisher Law
Firm, P.C.. P.O. Box 11118, Blacksburg, VA 24062
VSB Docket
Nos.19-101-114660 and 19-101-115111
By Order entered on
January 26, 2021 and effective February 1, 2021, the Virginia
State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Jonathan
Preston Fisher’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for
a period of 60 days with terms for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, communication,
safekeeping property, declining or terminating representation.
View
Fisher Order
January 29, 2021
Timothy John Murphy, Murphys
Law Firm, LLC, 108 LaGrange Avenue, LaPlata, MD 20646
VSB Docket No.
21-000-121296
By order
entered January 21, 2021, and effective January 28,
2021, pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Timothy John
Murphy’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia based on his disbarment by the Court of Appeals of
Maryland on January 1, 2021. Murphy has been ordered to appear
before the Board on February 19, 2021, to show cause why the
same discipline should not be imposed in Virginia.
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Murphy Order
January 28, 2021
George Ed Barker Jr., 28548 Hawthorne Drive, Meadowview, VA
24361
VSB Docket No. 21-000-121243
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended George
Ed Barker, Jr.’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for a
period of six months effective January 20, 2021 for
violating terms imposed in a Disciplinary Board Order entered
March 17, 2020. This was an agreed disposition.
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Barker Order
January 28, 2021
James Stephen Del Sordo, Esq., Argus Legal, PLLC, 9255 Center
Street, Suite 307, Manassas, VA 20110
VSB
Docket No. 20-053-116380
Effective January 22, 2021,
pursuant to Virginia Rule of Professional Conduct 8.5(a) and
(b), the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked James Stephen
Del Sordo’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
violating professional rules that govern candor to tribunal,
fairness to opposing party and counsel, unauthorized practice
of law, and misconduct.
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DelSordo Order
January 14,
2021
Ernest Paul
Francis, Ernest P. Francis, Ltd., 105 Oronoco Street, Ste.
309, Alexandria, VA 22314
VSB Docket No.
17-042-107034
Effective March 23, 2021, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Ernest Paul Francis’s license to
practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for violating
professional rules that govern scope of representation,
communication, meritorious claims and contentions, fairness to
opposing party and counsel, and truthfulness in statements to
others. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
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Francis Order
January 12,
2020
Paul Joseph
Bohnet,
The Law Office of Paul Joseph Bohnet, 509 Norman Lane, Suite
100, Virginia Beach, VA 23452-5741
VSB Docket No.
20-021-118602
Effective January 12, 2021, the Second District, Section I
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar issued a public
reprimand with terms to Paul Joseph Bohnet
for violating professional rules that govern
diligence, communication, fairness to opposing party and
counsel, and Bar admission and disciplinary matters. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
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Bohnet Order
January 12, 2021
Kurt Joseph Pomrenke,
17763 Mahogany Dr, Abingdon, VA 24210
VSB Docket No. 21-000-121199
Effective December 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board revoked Kurt Joseph Pomrenke’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia based
on his affidavit consenting to revocation. By tendering his
consent to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct
are pending, Pomrenke acknowledges that the material facts
upon which the allegations of misconduct are pending are true.
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Pomrenke Order
