July 7, 2020
Daniel Matthias Kincheloe,
5513 Holman Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059 VSB
Docket No. 20-000-119103
July 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Daniel Matthias Kincheloe’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, Kincheloe acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are true.
July 6, 2020
Gordon Bradford Jones, Gordon
Jones Legal, 7946 Yancey Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118987
Effective July 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended
Gordon Bradford Jones’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
pursuant to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-22.A of the
Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia. View Jones Order
June 24, 2020
David B. Parks Sr., 104 Mallard Drive, Duck, North Carolina 27949-4481
VSB Docket No. 20-010-116823
Effective June 24, 2020, the Virginia State Bar First District
Subcommittee issued a public reprimand without terms to David
B. Parks Sr. for violating professional rules that
govern diligence and communication. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
June 18, 2020
Todd Russell Lewis, Lewis Law LC, 2200 Wilson Blvd.,
Ste.102-50, Arlington, VA 22201
VSB Docket No.
17-041-109047
Effective June 17, 2020, pursuant to Virginia Rule of
Professional Conduct 8.5(a) and (b), the Virginia State
Bar Fourth District, Section I Subcommittee issued a
public reprimand without terms to Todd Russell Lewis
for violating Maryland’s professional rules that govern
competence, diligence, and safekeeping property. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
May 21, 2020
William Franklin
Burton, Burton Law LLC, Suite
600, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
VSB Docket No.
19-051-115210 By Order entered May 20, 2020, the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
William
Franklin Burton’s license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for
a period of one year and one day for violating
professional rules that govern competence, diligence,
communication, truthfulness in statements to others, and
bar admission and disciplinary matters. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
May 20, 2020
Raymond Lewis
Palmer, The Law Offices of
Raymond L. Palmer Sr., 100 N. 5th Street,
Richmond, VA 23219 By Order entered May 15, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended, with terms, Raymond Lewis Palmer’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of one year for violating professional rules that govern diligence and safekeeping property. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges. The suspension is effective September 15, 2020.
May 13,
2020 Ellen Mary Lynch, 3709 North Nelson Street, Arlington, VA 22207 VSB Docket No. 20-000-118465
On May 12, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended
Ellen Mary Lynch’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant
to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-23 of the Rules of
the Supreme Court of Virginia.
May 13, 2020
Kathryn Suzanne Pennington,
678 Princess
Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23457
Effective May 11, 2020, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Kathryn Suzanne Pennington’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,
Pennington
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
May 4, 2020
Cheryl Schroeder Thomas,
1060 Laskin Road, Suite 14B, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
20-000-117149 On April 29, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Cheryl Schroeder Thomas’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-23.D of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
April 29, 2020
Timothy Scott Carnes,
713 Colonial
Avenue. Norfolk, VA 23507
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118442
Effective April 28, 2020, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Timothy
Scott Carnes’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,
Carnes
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
April 24, 2020
Babak Bagheri, North Law, 4710 Falstone Avenue, Chevy Chase,
Maryland 20815 VSB Docket No. 20-000-117931
Effective April 24, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board revoked Babak Bagheri’s
license to practice
law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This was a reciprocal
revocation, based on his January 9, 2020, disbarment from
the practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
April 20, 2020
Babak Bagheri,
North Law, 4710 Falstone Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland
20815
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117931
Effective April 20, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Babak Bagheri’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The suspension was based on his
disbarment from the
practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. The
board ordered Bagheri to appear before the board (via
teleconference) on May 15, 2020, to show cause why the
same discipline imposed in the other jurisdiction should
not be imposed by the board.
April 10, 20202 Daniel Francis Izzo, 6800
Signature Circle, Alexandria, VA 22310 VSB
Docket No. 19-053-116012 Effective April 8, 2020, the Virginia
State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended, with terms,
Daniel Francis Izzo’s license to practice law
in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
one year and one day for violating professional
rules that govern scope of representation, diligence,
communication, and misconduct. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
April 8, 2020
Janice Lynn Redinger, Janice
L.
Redinger, P.L.C.,
435 Park Street,
Charlottesville, VA 22902 Effective April 7, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Seventh District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand without terms to Janice Lynn Redinger for violating professional rules that govern fairness to opposing party and counsel. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
April 6, 2020 Rose Ann
Palmer,
Law Office of
Rose A. Palmer PLLC, 8005-C Creighton Pkwy #814,
Mechanicsville, VA 23111 VSB Docket
Nos. 20-000-117391 and 20-000-117563 On March 10, 2020, the Virginia State
Bar Sixth District Subcommittee issued an admonition with
terms to Rose Ann Palmer for violating professional
rules that govern diligence, communication, and
safekeeping property.
March 20, 2020
Charles
Edwin Taylor, Charles E. Taylor, P.C., Suite 3-D, 1311-A
Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22101-3925
VSB Docket No. 19-052-114176
Effective March 19, 2020, the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public
reprimand with terms to Charles
Edwin Taylor for violating professional
rules that govern diligence and bar admission and
disciplinary matters. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
March 20, 2020
George Ed Barker Jr., 28548 Hawthorne Drive, Meadowview, VA 24361
VSB Docket No.
18-102-111159
Effective March 17, 2020,
the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
issued a public reprimand with terms to George
Ed Barker Jr.
for violating professional rules that concern the
commission of a
criminal or deliberately wrongful act that reflects
adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or
fitness to practice law.
This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
March 17, 2020
Ellis Charles Baggs, Baggs Law Group, PLC,
3016 Garland Ave, Richmond, VA 23222
VSB Docket Nos. 20-033-116902 and
20-033-118338
Effective March 13, 2020, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Ellis Charles Baggs’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,
Baggs
acknowledges
that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
March 17, 2020
Kathryn Suzanne Pennington,
678 Princess
Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23457
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117585
Effective March
13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Kathryn Suzanne Pennington’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
March 10, 2020
Azadeh Sophia Kokabi, 3619 Evergreen Point Road, Medina,
WA 98039
VSB Docket No. 18-041-112425
Effective March 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended
Azadeh Sophia
Kokabi’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for four years for violating a professional rule that
governs misconduct.
This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
March 6, 2020
David Barney Wilks, Legacy Law Group of Northern Virginia,
PLLC, 8567-D Sudley Road, Manassas, VA 20110
VSB Docket No. 19-053-114898 Effective February 27, 2020, the Circuit Court of the County of Prince William suspended David Barney Wilks’ license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for two years for violating professional rules that govern safekeeping property and misconduct.
February 28, 2020
David Harris Miller, 4551 Forest Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117085
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board revoked David Harris Miller’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
following his conviction on October 4, 2019, by a jury of
ten counts of a felony in the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia.
February 28, 2020 Traci Leigh Bransford Marquis,
8010 Ashley Circle Drive N, Houston, Texas 77071 VSB
Docket No. 19-010-115084 Effective February 26, 2020, a
three-judge panel of the Circuit Court for the City of
Chesapeake suspended Traci Leigh
Bransford Marquis’ license to practice law
in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
30 days for violating professional rules that
govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property,
declining or terminating representation, communication
concerning a lawyer’s services, and misconduct. This was
an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
February 27, 2020
Michael Anthony Cole, 4122 Virgie Cole Road, South Boston, VA 24592
VSB Docket
Nos. 19-090-114614 and 20-090-117131
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board revoked Michael Anthony Cole’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for violating professional rules that govern safekeeping
property, truthfulness in statements to others, bar
admission and disciplinary matters, and misconduct.
February 27, 2020
Michael Anthony Cole, 4122 Virgie Cole Road, South Boston,
VA 24592
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117811
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Michael Anthony Cole’s
license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for one year and one month for failing to comply with Part
Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-29 of the Rules of the
Supreme Court of Virginia.
February 21, 2020
Kenneth Steven Kaufman, 7862 Oracle Place, Potomac, MD
20854
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117428
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Kenneth Steven Kaufman’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This was a reciprocal revocation, based on his November 22, 2019, disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
February 19, 2020
Jason Michael Breneman, COTULaw, P.O. Box 405, Ashland, VA
23005
VSB Docket Nos. 18-032-111093, 19-032-114090,
19-032-114975, 19-000-114710, 19-000-114711
Effective February 14, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended, with terms, Jason Michael
Breneman’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for three months for violating professional
rules that govern competence, diligence, communication,
the unauthorized practice of law, bar admission and
disciplinary matters, and misconduct. Breneman also failed
to comply with rules governing two interim suspension
orders. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
February 19, 2020
Craig Edward Baumann, Craig E. Baumann, P.C., 8770 Richmond
Highway, Alexandria.VA 22309-4204
VSB Docket No. 18-042-110663
Effective February 18, 2020, a Virginia State Bar Fourth District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to Craig Edward Baumann for violating professional rules that govern safekeeping property, meritorious claims and contentions, and fairness to opposing party and counsel. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
February 11, 2020
Sterling Harrisbe Weaver Sr., Weaver Law Practice, PLLC,
P.O. Box 543, Portsmouth, VA 23705-0543
VSB Docket No. 18-010-112743
On February 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar First District
Committee issued an admonition with terms to Sterling
Harrisbe Weaver Sr. for violating a professional rule
that governs safekeeping property.
February 10, 2020
James Anthony Rivera
The Law Office of James A. Rivera, PLLC
209 Elden Street, Suite 101
Herndon, VA 20170
VSB Docket No. 19-051-114354
Effective February 7, 2020, a Virginia State Bar Fifth District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to James Anthony Rivera for violating a professional rule that governs safekeeping property. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
February 10, 2020
Paul Granville Watson IV
P.O. Box 600
Eastville, VA 23347
VSB Docket No. 19-022-115618
Effective February 10, 2020, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Paul Granville Watson IV’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,
Watson acknowledges
that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
February 10, 2020
Clifford John Shoemaker
9711 Meadlowlark Road Vienna, VA 22182
VSB Docket No. 20-051-117628
Effective February 7, 2020, the
Virginia State
Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Clifford John Shoemaker’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,
Shoemaker acknowledges
that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
January 29, 2020
Kenneth Steven Kaufman,7862 Oracle Place, Potomac, MD
20854
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117428
Effective January 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Kenneth Steven
Kaufman’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia. The suspension was based on his November 22,
2019, disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of
Appeals of Maryland. The board ordered Kaufman to appear
before the board on February 21, 2020, to show cause why
the same discipline imposed in the other jurisdiction
should not be imposed by the board.
January 27, 2020
Randall Sousa,
The Law Offices of Randall Sousa, P.C., 3007 Williams
Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117517
Effective January 24, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended
Randall
Sousa’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for
three years for failing to comply with Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-29 of the Rules of the Supreme
Court of Virginia.
January 24, 2020
Philip R. Farthing, 7320 Glenroie Ave Unit 4-F, Norfolk, Virginia 23505-3061
VSB Docket No. 18-010-110420;
Circuit Court Case No. CL19-5110
Effective January 21, 2020, the
Circuit Court
for the City of Norfolk revoked Philip R. Farthing’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,
Farthing acknowledges
that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
January 22, 2020
David Colin Jones Jr.,
10617 Jones Street, Suite 301-A, Fairfax, VA
22030
VSB Docket No. 19-051-114067
Effective January 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand with terms to David Colin Jones Jr. for violating professional rules that govern diligence and communication. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
January 22, 2020
Vaughan Christopher Jones,
Johnson Jones LLP, 1622 W. Main St., Richmond,
VA 23220
VSB Docket No. 19-032-113123
Circuit Court Case No.
CL19-4597-8
Effective January 16, 2020, the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond issued a public reprimand with terms to Vaughan Christopher Jones for violating professional rules that govern competence and diligence. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
January 14, 2020
Danielle Madison Holt Lewis,
1105 Ironington Road, Richmond, VA 23227
VSB Docket No. 19-031-115415
Effective January 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended, with terms,
Danielle Madison
Holt Lewis’ license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for
90 days for violating professional rules that
govern safekeeping property and misconduct. This was an
agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
January 2, 2020
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