May 15, 2019
Michael Denis Kmetz, Law Office of Michael D. Kmetz, 142
West York St., Ste. 807, Norfolk, VA 23510
VSB Docket No.
18-022-109905
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Michael Denis Kmetz’s license, effective
June 1, 2019, to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for nine months,
with terms, for violating professional rules that
govern competence, diligence, communication, and the
safekeeping of property. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View
Kmetz Order (PDF posted 5/15/19)
May 13, 2019
Stewart Lee Gitler, Welsh Flaxman & Gitler, LLC, 2000 Duke
Street, Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22314
VSB Docket No.
19-052-113926
Effective May 8, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Stewart
Lee Gitler’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for
90 days for violating professional rules that
govern misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View
Gitler Order (PDF posted 5/13/19)
May 8, 2019
Rebecca Winslow Thacher,
Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorneys Office,
9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110
VSB Docket No. 18-053-111919
Effective May 7, 2019, a Virginia State Bar Fifth District
Subcommittee issued a public reprimand without terms to
Rebecca Winslow
Thacher for violating a professional rule that governs
respect for the rights of third persons. This was an
agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View
Thacher Order (PDF posted 5/8/19)
April 30, 2019
John Michael Cassell, Cassell & Prinz, PLLC,
201 N., George St., Suite 202, Charles Town, WV 25414
VSB Docket No.
19-000-114956
Effective April
26, 2019, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
revoked John Michael
Cassell’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
This was a reciprocal revocation
based on the January 10, 2019 revocation of his West
Virginia law license by the West Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals.
View Cassell Order (PDF posted 5/3/19)
April 30, 2019
James Stephen Del Sordo, Argus Legal, PLLC, 9255 Center St
Ste 307, Manassas, VA 20110
VSB Docket No. 18-053-110776
Effective April 26, 2019, the Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board suspended James
Stephen Del
Sordo’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for one year and
one day for violating professional rules that
govern safekeeping property, depositing funds, disbursal
of funds, record-keeping requirements, and misconduct.
View
Del Sordo Order (PDF posted 5/13/19)
April 26, 2019
Peter Robin Estes, Peter Robin Estes, Esq., 7108 Evanston
Road, Springfield, VA 22150-3623
VSB Docket No. 19-000-114800
Effective April 26, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board summarily suspended
Peter Robin Estes’
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The suspension was based on his June 3, 2016, disbarment
from the practice of law in the State of California. The
board ordered Estes to appear before the board on May 17,
2019, to show cause why the same discipline should not be
imposed by the board.
View
Estes Order (PDF posted 4/26/19)
April 12, 2019
Harry Tun, Harry Tun, Esq., 400 7th St NW, Suite 306,
Washington, DC 20004
VSB Docket No. 19-000-115047
Effective March 28, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended
Harry Tun’s
license to practice law in Virginia for one year.
This was an imposition of
reciprocal discipline, based on disciplinary action by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and
an agreed disposition of charges.
View Tun
Order (PDF posted 4/12/19)
April 9, 2019
Christopher Ryan Jones, The Jones Firm, PLC, 308 Cedar
Lakes Dr., Suite 105, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
VSB Docket No. 19-000-115019
Effective April 9, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Christopher Ryan Jones’s
license to practice law on impairment grounds.
View
Jones Order (PDF posted 4/9/19)
April 8, 2019
John Michael Cassell,
Cassell & Prinz, PLLC, 201 N. George St., Suite 202, Charles
Town, WV 25414
VSB Docket No. 19-000-114956
Effective April 8, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board summarily suspended
John
Michael Cassell’s license to practice law in Virginia. The
suspension was based on the January 10, 2019, revocation
of his West Virginia law license by the West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals. The board ordered Cassell to
appear before the Virginia
State Bar Disciplinary Board at the State Corporation
Commission on April 26,
2019 to show cause why the same discipline imposed
in West Virginia should not be imposed here.
View
Cassell Order (PDF posted 4/8/19)
April 5, 2019 *
Bradley Harlan Field, 11870 Ebbtide Lane, Malibu, CA 90265
VSB Docket No. 19-000-112903
Effective April 5, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board summarily suspended
Bradley
Harlan Field’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia. The suspension was based on his conviction of a
crime in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
County. The board ordered Field to appear before the board
on April 26, 2019, to show cause why his license to
practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia should not be
further suspended or revoked.
View
Field Order (PDF posted 4/5/19)
*Hearing continued to October 25, 2019
April 4, 2019
Angela Dawn Whitley, The Whitley Law Firm, 3115 Sunset
Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221-3926
VSB Docket Nos. 18-032-110094 and 19-000-115036
Effective April 2, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Angela Dawn Whitley’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia,
issuing a 90-Day Suspension
for VSB Docket No. 18-032-110094, and a 90-Day Suspension
for VSB Docket No. 19-000-115036, with the suspensions to
run consecutively.
This was an agreed disposition of charges.
View
Whitley Order (PDF posted 4/4/19)
April 4, 2019
Travis Joseph Tisinger,
P.O. Box 307, Berryville, VA 22611
VSB Docket No. 18-070-112910
Effective April 4, 2019, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Travis
Joseph
Tisinger’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, Tisinger
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the
allegations of misconduct are pending are true.
View
Tisinger Order (PDF posted 4/4/19)
April 3, 2019
Nancy Beth White, 8828 Three Chopt Rd., #D, Richmond, VA
23229
VSB Docket No. 19-033-114923
Effective April 2, 2019, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended
Nancy Beth
White’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
30 days with terms for violating the terms of a public
reprimand imposed on June 25, 2018.
This was an agreed disposition of charges.
View
White Order (PDF posted 4/3/19)
April 2, 2019
Gary L. Lumsden, Lumsden & Potter PLC, 1220 Franklin Rd.
SW, Roanoke, VA 24016
VSB Docket No. 18-080-110504
Effective March 28, 2019, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Gary
L.
Lumsden’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, Lumsden
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the
allegations of misconduct are pending are true.
View
Lumsden Order (PDF posted 4/2/19)
April 2, 2019
Alexander Maxwell Ace , P.O. Box 573, Leesburg, VA
20178VSB
VSB
Docket Nos. 18-070-111423,
19-070-114290
Effective April 1, 2019, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Alexander
Maxwell Ace’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, Ace acknowledges
that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are pending are true.
View Ace
Order (PDF posted 4/2/19)
March 28, 2019
Harry Tun, Harry Tun, Esq., 400 7th St. NW, Suite 306, Washington, D.C. 20004
VSB Docket
No. 19-000-115047
On March 28, 2019, the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended
Harry
Tun's license to practice law in Virginia. The suspension was based on his February 15, 2018, suspension from the practice of law for a period of one year by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The board ordered Tun to appear before the board on April 26, 2019, to show cause why the same discipline should not be imposed by the board.
View Tun
Order (PDF
posted
3/28/19)
March 26, 2019
Jason Alexander Atkins, The Law Office of Steven Barnette, P.C., P.O. Box 1220, Gloucester, VA 23061
VSB Docket
No. 18-060-112575
On March 25, 2019, a
Virginia State Bar Sixth District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand without terms to
Jason Alexander
Atkins for violating professional rules that govern competence, diligence, and communication. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Atkins
Order (PDF
posted
3/28/19)
March 22, 2019
Edward Emad Moawad, McLean Executive Counsel, P.C., 1750 Tysons Blvd., Suite 1500, McLean, Virginia 22102
VSB Docket Nos. 17-051-108646, 18-051-111043 and 19-051-113581
On March 22, 2019, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Edward
Emad
Moawad’s license administratively to practice law for failure to comply with a subpoena duces tecum.
March 19, 2019
Cherie Anne
Washburn, 111
Wyndsong Pl.,
Lynchburg, VA
24502
VSB Docket
No. 19-090-113267
Effective
March 19,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board revoked Cherie
Anne
Washburn’s license
to practice
law based on
her affidavit
consenting to
the
revocation. By
tendering her
consent to
revocation at
a time when
allegations of
misconduct are
pending,
Washburn
acknowledges
that the
material facts
upon which the
allegations of
misconduct are
pending are
true.
View Washburn
Order (PDF
posted
3/19/19)
March 13, 2019
John James
Good, Jr.,
Esq., John J.
Good, Jr.,
P.C., 800
Corporate Dr.,
Ste. 301,
Stafford, VA
22554
VSB Docket No.
19-060-114295
On March 13,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
John James
Good, Jr.’s
license to
practice law
for failing to
comply with a
subpoena duces
tecum issued
by the Bar.
View Good
Order (PDF
posted
3/14/19)
March 13, 2019
Anthony George
Spencer, P.O.
Box 275,
Ladysmith, VA
22501
VSB Docket No.
16-060-103733
On March 12,
2019, a
Virginia State
Bar Sixth
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
without terms
to
Anthony George
Spencer
for violating
professional
rules that
govern
fairness to
opposing party
and counsel.
This was an
agreed
disposition of
misconduct
charges.
View
Spencer Order
(PDF posted
3/13/19)
March 7, 2019
Andrew Ira
Becker, Esq.,
Law Office of
Andrew Becker,
P.C., One
Columbus Ctr
Ste 600,
Virginia
Beach, VA
23462-6760
VSB Docket No.
19-021-113658
On March 6,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Andrew Ira
Becker’s
license to
practice law
for failing to
comply with a
subpoena duces
tecum issued
by the Bar.
View Becker
Order (PDF
posted 3/7/19)
February 28,
2019
*
Justin Alan
Torres, 201
Gibbon Street.
Alexandria, VA
22314
VSB Docket
No. 19-000-114709
Effective
February 28,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Justin Alan
Torres'
license to
practice law
in Virginia.
The suspension
was based on
his conviction
of a crime in
Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
The board
ordered Torres
to appear
before the
board on March
22, 2019, to
show cause why
his license to
practice law
within the
Commonwealth
of Virginia
should not be
further
suspended or
revoked.
View Torres
Order (PDF
posted
2/28/19)
*Hearing
continued to
June 28, 2019
February 26,
2019
Kathryn
Suzanne
Pennington,
Esq.,
Pennington Law
PLC, One
Columbus Cntr
Ste 600,
Virginia
Beach, VA
23462
VSB Docket No.
19-021-114516
On February
26, 2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Kathryn
Suzanne
Pennington’s
license to
practice law
for failing to
comply with a
subpoena duces
tecum issued
by the Bar.
View
Pennington
Order (PDF
posted
2/26/19)
February 26, 2019
Rhetta Moore Daniel, 3420 Pump
Road, #170,
Richmond,
Virginia 23233
VSB Docket Nos.
18-032-110445,
18-032-111046,
18-032-111733
Effective
February 22,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board revoked
Rhetta Moore
Daniel’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on
violations of
the rules of
professional
conduct
governing
competence,
meritorious claims and contentions, candor toward the tribunal, fairness
to opposing
party and
counsel,
impartiality
and decorum of
the tribunal,
judicial
officials, and
misconduct.
View Daniel
Order (PDF
posted
3/28/19)
February 21, 2019
*
Sammy Edward Ayer, The Law
Office of
Sammy E. Ayer,
104 Clearwater
Court,
Yorktown, VA
23692
VSB Docket Nos.
17-010-108850,17-010-108870,
17-010-109322,
18-010-110422
Effective
February 15,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board revoked
Sammy
Edward Ayer’s
license to
practice law
in the
Commonwealth
of Virginia
based on
violations of
the rules of
professional
conduct
governing
competence,
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property, bar
admission and
disciplinary
matters, and
misconduct.
View Ayer
Order (PDF
posted
3/28/19)
View Ayer
Amended Order
(PDF posted
4/8/19)
*On March 22, 2019, Mr. Ayer filed a notice of appeal.
February 21,
2019
Michael Leon
Avery, The
Avery Law
Firm, 10382A
Democracy
Lane, Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB Docket
No. 19-000-113963
On February
15, 2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Michael Leon
Avery’s
license to
practice law
in the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia for
sixty days,
with thirty
days stayed
pursuant to
conduct during
one year of
probation. The
suspension and
probation
periods began
on January 25,
2019.
This was an imposition of
reciprocal
discipline,
based on
disciplinary
action by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
View Avery
Order (PDF
posted
2/26/19)
February 19,
2019
Robert Richard
Kaplan Jr.,
Kaplan Voekler
Cunningham &
Frank, PLC,
1401 E. Cary
St., P.O. Box
2470,
Richmond, VA
23218-2470
VSB Docket No.
17-033-107835,
Case No.
CL2018-4882-8
Effective
December 11,
2018, the
Circuit Court
of the City of
Richmond
affirmed the
decision of
the Third
Disciplinary
District
Committee,
section III,
to issue a
public
admonition to
Robert Richard Kaplan Jr.
for violating
professional
rules that
govern fees.
View Kaplan
Order (PDF
posted
2/19/19)
February 13,
2019
Sean Hanover,
2751
Prosperity
Ave., Suite
150, Fairfax,
VA 22031
VSB Docket
Nos. 19-000-114282
and
19-000-113945
Effective
February 12,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board revoked Sean
Hanover’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,
Hanover
acknowledges
that the
material facts
upon which the
allegations of
misconduct
pending are
true.
View Hanover
Order (PDF
posted
2/13/19)
February 12,
2019
Brian Austin
Revercomb,
9428 Kings
Highway, P.O.
Box 610,
King George,
VA 22485-0610
VSB Docket No.
18-060-111408
Effective
January 25,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended Brian
Austin
Revercomb’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
6 months with
terms for
violating
professional
rules that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
declining or
terminating
representation,
and bar
admission and
disciplinary
matters.
View Revercomb
Order
(PDF posted
2/26/19)
February 11,
2019
Timothy George
Hayes, 304
Hayes Hill,
Tazewell, VA
24651
VSB Docket
No. 18-000-107910
Effective
February 11,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board revoked Timothy
George Hayes’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, Hayes
acknowledges
that the
material facts
upon which the
allegations of
misconduct
pending are
true.
View Hayes
Order (PDF
posted
2/11/19)
February 6,
2019
Ashton Harris
Pully Jr., 124
South
Lynnhaven
Road, Virginia
Beach, VA
23452
VSB Docket No.
18-022-112880
Effective
February 5,
2019, a
Virginia State
Bar Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand with
terms to
Ashton Harris
Pully Jr. for
violating
professional
rules that
govern
safekeeping
property. This
was an agreed
disposition of
misconduct
charges.
View Pully
Order (PDF
posted 2/6/19)
January 31,
2019
Michael Leon
Avery, The
Avery Law
Firm, 10382A
Democracy
Lane, Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB Docket
No. 19-000-113963
Effective
January 25,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Michael Leon
Avery’s
license to
practice law
in Virginia.
The suspension
was based on
his August 2,
2018,
suspension
from the
practice of
law for a
period of
sixty days
with thirty
days stayed in
favor of one
year of
probation by
the District
of Columbia
Court of
Appeals. The
board ordered
Avery to
appear before
the board on
February 15,
2019, to show
cause why the
same
discipline
should not be
imposed by the
board.
View Avery
Order (PDF
posted
1/31/19)
January 28,
2019
Kay Jeffrey
Luethke, 121
W. Market
Street,
Kingsport, TN,
37660
VSB Docket No.
18-102-110035
Effective
January 25,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar Tenth
District,
Section II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
without terms
to
Kay Jeffrey Luethke for violating professional rules that govern
diligence,
communication,
and declining
or terminating
representation.
This was an
agreed
disposition of
misconduct
charges.
View Luethke
Order (PDF
posted
1/28/19)
January 23,
2019
John Patrick
Bond, 3902
Laro Court,
Fairfax, VA
22031
VSB Docket No.
18-053-110106
Effective
January 17,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
John Patrick
Bond’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
two years for
violating
professional
rules that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
declining or
terminating
representation,
and fairness
to opposing
party and
counsel.
This
was an agreed
disposition of
charges.
View Bond Order
(PDF posted
1/23/19)
January 23,
2019
Sean Hanover,
HHC, Inc, 2751
Prosperity
Ave., Suite
150, Fairfax,
VA 22031
VSB Docket
No. 19-000-114282
Effective
January 17,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Sean Hanover’s
license to
practice law
in Virginia.
The suspension
was based on
his January 1,
2019,
disbarment
from the
practice of
law in the
State of
Maryland. Mr. Hanover’s license has been suspended in Virginia on a summary basis
since October
26, 2018,
following his
criminal
conviction in
Maryland.
The board
ordered
Hanover to
appear before
the board on
February 15,
2019, to show
cause why the
same
discipline
that was
imposed in the
other
jurisdiction
should not be
imposed by the
board.
View Hanover
Order (PDF
posted
1/23/19)
January 16,
2019
John Paul
Forest II,
11350 Random
Hills Rd, Ste
700, Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB Docket No.
17-010-107783
Effective
December 10,
2018, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board issued a
public
reprimand with
terms to
John Paul
Forest II
for violating
professional
rules that
govern
competence and
diligence.
This was an
agreed
disposition of
misconduct
charges.
View Forest
Order (PDF
posted
1/16/19)
January 7,
2019
John James
Good, Jr.,
Esq., John J.
Good, Jr.,
P.C., 800
Corporate Dr.,
Ste. 301,
Stafford, VA
22554
VSB Docket No.
19-060-113987
On January 7,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
John James
Good, Jr.’s
license to
practice law
for failing to
comply with a
subpoena duces
tecum issued
by the Bar.
View Good
Order
(PDF posted
1/7/19)
January 4,
2019
Jerry Mack
Douglas Jr.,
505 S
Independence
Blvd., Suite
110, Virginia
Beach, VA
23452
VSB Docket No.
19-000-114086
Effective
January 4,
2019, the
Virginia State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Jerry Mack
Douglas Jr.’s
license to
practice law
in the
Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The suspension
was based on
his October
19, 2018,
guilty plea to
a crime in the
United States
District Court
for the
Eastern
District of
Virginia. The
board ordered
Douglas to
appear before
the board on
January 25,
2019, to show
cause why his
license should
not be further
suspended or
revoked.
View Douglas
Order (PDF
posted 1/4/19)
January 3,
2019
James Daniel
Griffith, 1418
Church Hill
Place, Reston,
VA 20194
VSB Docket Nos.: 18-070-110110, 18-070-110600,
18-070-111058,
18-070-111256, 18-070-111573; Circuit Court
Case No.
CL2018-15409
Effective January 4, 2019, the Circuit Court
for the County
of Fairfax
revoked
James Daniel
Griffith’s
license to
practice law
in the
Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The
three-judge
panel found
that Griffith
violated
professional
rules
governing
scope of
representation,
diligence,
communication,
candor toward
the tribunal,
and
misconduct.
This was an
agreed
disposition of
misconduct
charges.
View Griffith
Order (PDF
posted 1/3/19)
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