June
30, 2010
Anthony
Gerome
Davis,
829
Arkadelphia
Road,
Birmingham,
Alabama
35204
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-083444
On
June 10,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
suspended
Anthony
Gerome
Davis's
license
to
practice
law for
four
years,
effective
October
19,
2009.
Mr.
Davis
did not
comply
with the
board's
order to
refund
money
and pay
expenses
of a
complainant
in a
previous
disciplinary
case.
Mr.
Davis
received
an
eight-month
suspension
in that
matter
and has
been
ineligible
to
practice
law
since
October
19,
2009.
View
Davis
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/2/10)
June
30, 2010
Vaughan
Christopher
Jones,
Johnston
Jones
LLP,
1622
West
Main
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23220
VSB
Docket
No.
10-033-082001
On
June 3,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District
Committee
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
Vaughan
Christopher
Jones
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
The
misconduct
occurred
in his
withdrawal
from a
criminal
defense
representation.
View
Jones
Order
(PDF
posted
7/1/10)
June
30, 2010
Robert
Edley
Jr.,
1516
West
Laburnum
Avenue,
Richmond,
Virginia
23227
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-033-076276,
09-033-076344,
09-033-076751,
09-033-077278
On
June 16,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Robert
Edley
Jr.'s
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Edley
acknowledged
the
material
facts of
four
pending
disciplinary
cases
and that
he could
not
successfully
defend
against
the
charges.
View
Edley
Order
(PDF
posted
7/1/10)
June
28, 2010
Paul
Granville
Watson
IV, P.O.
Box 600,
Eastville,
Virginia
23347
VSB
Docket
No.
09-022-077938
On
May 21,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Paul
Granville
Watson
IV's
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
from a
disciplinary
authority.
The
misconduct
occurred
in a
court-appointed
criminal
appeal.
View
Watson
Order
(PDF
posted
6/28/10)
June
24, 2010
Robert
Britton
Armstrong,
3
McDowell
Street,
Lexington,
Virginia
24450
VSB
Docket
No.:
09-080-078374
and
09-080-077694
Effective
June 25,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Robert
Britton
Armstrong's
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days for
violating
the
professional
rule
that
governs
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
Mr.
Armstrong
acknowledged
that he
was
recorded
making a
sexual
advance
toward a
client
who was
in jail.
He pled
no
contest
to
misdemeanor
sexual
assault
in a
criminal
prosecution
of the
case.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of the
disciplinary
charges.
View
Armstrong
Order
(pdf
posted
6/24/10)
June
22, 2010
Michael
Raymond
Thames,
Apartment
835,
1320
North
Veitch
Street,
Arlington,
Virginia
22201
VSB
Docket
No.
09-041-079745
On
June 21,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Michael
Raymond
Thames's
license
to
practice
law for
failure
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum.
June
22, 2010
James
Berkley
Priest,
The Law
Firm of
James
Berkley
Priest,
420
Hamilton
Blvd.,
South
Boston,
Virginia
24592
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-081192
On June
21,
2010, the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended James
Berkley
Priest's
license
to
practice
law on
impairment
grounds.
View
Priest
Order
( PDF
posted
6/28/10)
August
10, 2010
Dean
Spiro
Kalivas,
Suite
2200,
1420
Fifth
Avenue,
Seattle,
WA 98101
VSB
Docket
No.
06-053-3184
Effective
June 15,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Dean
Spiro
Kalivas's
license
to
practice
law. The
board
found he
had
failed
to
comply
with
professional
rules
that
govern
fees,
safekeeping
property,
unauthorized
practice
of law,
firm
names
and
letterheads,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer’s
honesty,
trustworthiness
or
fitness
to
practice.
The
misconduct
included
trust
account
violations.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
View
Kalivas
Order
(PDF
Posted
8/30/10)
June
16, 2010
*
William
David
Timberlake,
1720
River
Court,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23454
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-083869
On
May 27,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
William
David
Timberlake's
license
to
practice
law
based on
his May
17,
2010,
guilty
plea in
the U.S.
District
Court
for the
Eastern
District
of
Virginia,
Norfolk
Division,
to wire
fraud.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on June
25,
2010, to
show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
*On June
22,
2010,
Mr.
Timberlake
consented
to the
revocation
of his
license
to
practice
law.
View
Timberlake
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/2/10)
June
15, 2010
Linda
Lee
Cupit,
Cupit
Law
Office,
5348
Lynbrook
Landing,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23462
VSB
Docket
No.
10-022-083480
On
May 20,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Committee
dismissed
ethics
charges
against
Linda
Lee
Cupit
for lack
of clear
and
convincing
evidence.
View
Cupit
Order
(PDF
posted
6/28/10)
June
15, 2010
Jan
C.
Smith,
15381
Kings
Highway,
Montross,
Virginia
22520
VSB
Docket
No.
09-060-076463
On
May 20,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
Jan C.
Smith
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
and
failure
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
View
Smith
Order
(PDF
posted
6/28/10)
June
11, 2010
*
Michael
Mitry
Hadeed,
Jr.,
Hadeed,
Sexauer
& Shekib,
P.C.
607
Oakley
Place,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22302
VSB
Docket
No.10-000-077606
On
May 27,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Michael
Mitry
Hadeed
Jr.'s
license
to
practice
law
based on
his 2009
conviction
in the
U.S.
District
Court
for the
Eastern
District
of
Virginia,
Alexandria
Division,
of
conspiracy
to
commit
immigration
fraud
and
other
charges.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
June 25,
2010, to
show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
*On June
16,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the case
to
August
27,
2010.
June
11, 2010
*
Spiros
S.
Anthony,
Suite
205,
5510
Columbia
Pike,
Arlington,
VA 22204
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-083868
On
May 27,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Spiros
S.
Anthony's
license
to
practice
law, in
response
to his
guilty
plea to
felony
embezzlement
in the
Loudoun
County
Circuit
Court.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on June
25,
2010, to
show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
*On June
28,
2010,
Mr.
Anthony
consented
to the
revocation
of his
license
to
practice
law.
View
Anthony
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/2/10)
May
20, 2010
Joseph
Marshall
Garrett,
770 Main
Street,
Danville,
Virginia
24541-1804
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-090-079759,
10-090-080731
On
May 12,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Joseph
Marshall
Garrett
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property
and
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants.
In two
cases,
which
occurred
after
Mr.
Garrett's
bookkeeper
became
disabled,
Mr.
Garrett
failed
to
account
for
client
fees as
the
rules
require.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Garrett order (PDF posted 6/8/10)
May
17, 2010
Kimberly
Loyd
Scott,
1649
Middlebrook
Lane,
Virginia
Beach,
VA 23464
VSB
Docket
No.:
10-000-082142
On
May 17,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Kimberly
Loyd
Scott
for
violating
the
Virginia
Consumer
Real
Estate
Settlement
Protection
Act and
fined
her
$6,000.
This is
an
agreed
disposition
of the
CRESPA
charges.
view Scott CRESPA order (PDF posted 6/8/10)
May
17, 2010
Kimberly
Loyd
Scott,
1649
Middlebrook
Lane,
Virginia
Beach,
VA 23464
VSB
Docket
No.
09-021-076863,
09-021-078757
On
May 17,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Kimberly
Loyd
Scott
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
safekeeping
property,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
The
misconduct
occurred
in two
real
estate
closings.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
view Scott order (PDF posted 6/8/10)
May
19, 2010
Crystal
Anita
Gist
Fisher,
10462
Kelso
Court, Waldorf,
Maryland
20603
VSB
Docket
Nos.
08-042-074643,
09-042-079863,
09-042-077378
On
May 18,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Crystal
Anita
Gist
Fisher's
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Ms.
Fisher
acknowledged
the
material
facts of
pending
disciplinary
charges
and that
she
could
not
successfully
defend
herself
against
the
charges.
view Fisher order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
May
13, 2010
Nnika
Evangeline
White,
Suite
301,
2505
Pocoshock
Place,
Richmond,
VA 23235
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-031-076943,
09-031-078618
On
May 7,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Nnika
Evangeline
White
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
The
misconduct
occurred
in her
representations
in a
bankruptcy
and a
divorce.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
view White order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
May
13, 2010
Barbara
Lyn
Brackett,
125
Carter
Court,
Vienna,
Virginia
22180
VSB
Docket
No.
09-051-079535
On
May 12,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively suspended
Barbara
Lyn
Brackett's
license
to
practice
law for
failure
to
comply
with a
subpoena duces
tecum.
May
13, 2010
Neville
Paul
Crenshaw,
P.O. Box
220123,
Chantilly,
Virginia
20153-0123
VSB
Docket
No.
10-051-082459
On
May 12,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively suspended
Neville
Paul
Crenshaw's
license
to
practice
law for
failure
to
comply
with a
subpoena duces
tecum.
May
11, 2010
Diane
Baily
Fenton,
5122
Greenwich
Road,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23462-6023
VSB
Docket
No.09-022-078407
On
April
23,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Diane
Baily
Fenton's
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days,
effective
April
30,
2010,
and
imposed
terms,
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
Ms.
Fenton
stipulated
that,
during
her
representation
in a
child
support
matter,
she
failed
to
respond
in a
timely
fashion
to
requests
for
discovery
and to
other
communications.
view Fenton order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
May
10, 2010
Ruth
Arleathia
Norrell,
8907
Providence
Ridge
Terrace,
Richmond,
Virginia
23234
VSB
Docket
No.
08-032-072392
On
April
20,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
dismissal
de
minimis
to
Ruth
Arleathia
Norrell
for
violating
a
disciplinary
rule
that
governs
unauthorized
practice
of law.
The
committee
determined
she held
herself
out as a
practicing
lawyer
while
she was
an
associate
member
of the
Virginia
bar.
view Norrell order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
May
6, 2010
Stephen
Alan
Bamberger,
15710
Beacon
Court,
Dumfries,
Virginia
22025
VSB
Docket
No.
08-052-074046
On
April
30,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Stephen
Alan
Bamberger
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
The
misconduct
occurred
in his
representation
of the
executor
of an
estate.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Bamberger order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
May
6, 2010
Larry
Cecil
Brown
Jr.,
Suite
600,
1800
Diagonal
Road,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22314
VSB
Docket
No.
07-053-1194
On
April
30,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
III
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Larry
Cecil
Brown
Jr.
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
communication,
safekeeping
property,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
The
misconduct
occurred
in Mr.
Brown's
employment
to
appeal a
murder
conviction
in
Maryland.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Brown order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
May
5, 2010
John
Lester
Squires
III, 808
North
Hamilton
Street,
Richmond,
VA 23221
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-031-076263
and
09-031-076442
On
April
23,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
John
Lester
Squires
III's
license
to
practice
law for
nine
months
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
fees,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness
or
fitness
to
practice.
Mr.
Squires
stipulated
that he
abandoned
his
practice
and did
not
protect
the
interests
of his
clients
in two
cases.
view Squires order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
April
29, 2010
David
Glenn
Hubbard,
Leiser,
Leiser &
Hennessy,
PLLC,
Suite
310 8229
Boone
Boulevard,
Vienna,
Virginia
22182-2623
VSB
Docket
Nos.
07-032-1466,
07-032-062224
On
April
26,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District,
Section
II,
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
David
Glenn
Hubbard
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
declining
or
terminating
representation
and
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
The
misconduct
occurred
in two
criminal
representations
and the
ensuing
bar
investigations.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Hubbard order (pdf posted 05/05/10)*
April
29, 2010
John
Edward
Jessee,
Jessee &
Read,
PC, 200
West
Valley
Street,
P.O. Box
1506,
Abingdon,
VA
24212-1506
VSB
Docket
No.
09-102-079600
On
April
26,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Tenth
District,
Section
II,
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
John
Edward
Jessee
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property
and
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants.
Mr.
Jessee
failed
to
manage
and
reconcile
a real
estate
escrow
account
from
which a
bookkeeper
for his
law firm
embezzled
funds.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Jessee order (pdf posted 05/05/10)*
April
27, 2010
Jon
Ian
Davey,
Law
Office
of Jon
I.
Davey,
128
South
Market
Street,
P.O. Box
777,
Danville,
VA
24543-0777
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-090-079790
and
09-090-079865
On
April
23,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Jon
Ian
Davey's
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
Mr.
Davey
failed
to
perfect
appeals
to the
Virginia
Court of
Appeals
in three
criminal
cases
and
failed
to
appear
for oral
arguments
in two
other
cases.
view Davey order (pdf posted 05/21/10)*
April
23, 2010
James
Pearce
Brice
Jr., Law
Office
of James
P.
Brice,
Jr.,
Suite
217,
3500
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
09-022-076815
On
April
20,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
James
Pearce
Brice
Jr.
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
fees and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Brice order (pdf posted 05/05/10)*
April
14, 2010
Hugh
Fairley
O’Donnell,
Client
Centered
Legal
Services,
P.O. Box
829,
Norton,
Virginia
24273
VSB
Docket
No.07-102-2580
On
April 9,
2010, a
three-judge
panel of
the Wise
County
Circuit
Court
issued a
dismissal
for
exceptional
circumstances
to
Hugh
Fairley
O’Donnell.
The
court
found he
had
violated
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
scope of
representation
and
communication,
but
there
existed
exceptional
circumstances
that
mitigated
against
further
proceedings.
view O’Donnell order (pdf posted 04/19/10)*
April
12, 2010
Richard
Francis
Papcun,
P.O. Box
751,
Colonial
Heights,
Virginia
23834
VSB
Docket
No.
08-031-075283
On
March
22,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Richard
Francis
Papcun
for
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from the
Virginia
State
Bar. Mr.
Papcun
did not
respond
to
letters
and a
subpoena
the bar
sent
during
investigation
of a
complaint.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Papcun order (pdf posted 04/15/10)*
April
12, 2010
Richard
Scott
Gordon,
PLC,
Suite 1,
708
Thimble
Shoals
Boulevard,
Newport
News,
Virginia
23606
VSB
Docket
No.
08-010-075370
On
April 2,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
First
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Richard
Scott
Gordon
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
failure
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
disciplinary
charges.
view Gordon order (pdf posted 04/15/10)*
April
12, 2010
Jenny
Susan
Barone,
27
Hilliard
Road,
Richmond,
Virginia
23228-4467
VSB
Docket #
08-032-071996
On April
2, 2010,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Jenny
Susan
Barone
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
The
misconduct
occurred
when Ms.
Barone
closed
her law
practice.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Barone order (pdf posted 04/15/10)*
April
1, 2010
Carl
Christen
La
Mondue,
La
Mondue
Law
Firm,
P.L.C.,
Suite
400, 500
East
Plume
Street,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23510
VSB
Docket
No.
09-022-079574
On
March
29,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Carl
Christen
La
Mondue
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
The
misconduct
occurred
in a
divorce
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view LaMondue order (pdf posted 04/13/10)*
March
29, 2010
Stephen
Martin
Gunther,
#101,
4646
Princess
Anne
Road,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23462
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-082936
On
March
23,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Stephen
Martin
Gunther's
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Gunther
acknowledged
that a
VSB
disciplinary
case was
pending
in
connection
with a
federal
charge
of wire
fraud
filed
against
him
February
23,
2010, in
the U.S.
District
Court
for the
Eastern
District
of
Virginia,
Norfolk
Division.
The
criminal
information
alleged
that he
devised
a scheme
to
obtain
almost
$1
million
from
lending
institutions
by
fraudulently
obtaining
financing
for real
estate
transactions
in which
he was
settlement
agent.
He
acknowledged
that the
allegations
are true
and
constitute
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on his
honesty,
trustworthiness,
and
fitness
to
practice.
view Gunther order (pdf posted 04/13/10)*
March
26, 2010
Timothy
James
Wall,
The Law
Office
of
Timothy
J. Wall,
Suite
300, 150
Riverside
Parkway,
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
22406
VSB
Docket
No.
06-060-3006
On
March 4,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Timothy
James
Wall
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants.
The
misconduct
occurred
during
Mr.
Wall's
representation
of a
client
charged
with
felony
hit-and-run
and
alcohol-related
traffic
offenses.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Wall order (pdf posted 04/13/10)*
March
22, 2010
Bernice
Marie
Stafford
Turner,
P. O.
Box
26034,
Richmond,
Virginia
23260
VSB
Docket
Nos.
06-032-2194,
06-032-3244,
06-032-4117,
07-032-0520,
and
07-032-2543
On
March
15,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Bernice
Marie
Stafford
Turner
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
failing
to
respond
to a
disciplinary
authority's
lawful
demand
for
information.
The
misconduct
occurred
in five
cases
that
involved
criminal
defense,
an
appeal
of a
criminal
case,
bankruptcies,
a real
estate
matter,
and a
forfeiture.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Turner order (pdf posted 03/29/10)*
March
22, 2010
Edgar
Rawlings
Jones,
P. O.
Box 3696
Williamsburg,
Virginia
23187
VSB
Docket
No.
07-060-070895
On
March 4,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Edgar
Rawlings
Jones
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
declining
or
terminating
representation.
The
misconduct
occurred
in a
case
that
involved
possible
employment
discrimination
and a
workers'
compensation
claim.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Jones order (pdf posted 03/29/10)*
March
19, 2010
Brian
Keith
Stevens,
Suite B,
3711
Westerre
Parkway,
Henrico,
Virginia
23233
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
VSB
Docket
Nos.
08-032-073327
and,
10-000-082113
On
March
16,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Brian
Keith
Stevens
for
violating
the
Consumer
Real
Estate
Settlement
Protection
Act
provisions
that
govern
escrow
accounts
and for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
safekeeping
property.
The
board
ordered
him to
pay a
$500
fine.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Stevens order (pdf posted 03/29/10)*
March
19, 2010
Wayne
Richard
Hartke,
Hartke
Law
Offices,
11890
Sunrise
Valley
Drive,
Reston,
Virginia
20191
VSB
Docket
No.
05-053-3993
On
March
11,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Wayne
Richard
Hartke
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
an
organization
as a
client.
The case
involved
his
failure
to keep
members
of a
board of
directors
informed
about
actions
that
were
taken by
a
corporation
and
pertained
to the
directors'
interests.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Hartke order (pdf posted 03/29/10)*
March
9, 2010
Bruce
Patrick
Ganey,
10985
Richardson
Road, P.
O. Box
6006,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
05-060-2006
On
February
24,
2010, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
publicly
reprimanded
Bruce
Patrick
Ganey
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
communication,
conflict
of
interest,
prohibited
transactions,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
fairness
to
opposing
parties
or
counsel.
The
misconduct
occurred
in his
representation
in an
equitable
distribution
and
spousal
support
matter,
and
included
failure
to pay
his
client's
spousal
support
on time
and to
maintain
adequate
funds in
his
trust
account
for the
client's
support
payments.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Ganey order (pdf posted 03/29/10)*
March
8, 2010
Joseph
A.
Pennington,
327 Duke
Street,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23510
VSB
Docket
No.
09-021-078133
On
January
13,
2010, a
three-judge
panel in
the
Norfolk
Circuit
Court
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Joseph
A.
Pennington
for
violating
the
disciplinary
rule
that
governs
diligence.
Mr.
Pennington
twice
failed
to
timely
file a
motion
for
reduction
of a
client's
spousal
support
and
failed
to
attend
court
hearings
in the
matter.
view Pennington order (pdf posted 03/16/10)*
March
5, 2010
Paul
Lee
Warren,
Warren &
Associates,
PLC,
Suite
100, 409
Duke
Street,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23510
VSB
Docket
No.
09-021-076259
On
February
22,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Paul Lee
Warren
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
candor
toward
the
tribunal,
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
The
violations
occurred
in his
interactions
with a
witness
in a
medical
malpractice
case -
conduct
that
resulted
in a
criminal
contempt
finding
against
Mr.
Warren
by the
judge in
the
case.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Warren order (pdf posted 03/08/10)*
March
5, 2010
Peter
Campbell
Sackett,
Peter C.
Sackett.
P.C.,
5058
Boonsboro
Road,
Lynchburg,
Virginia
24503
VSB
Docket
No.
09-090-079941
On
February
19,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Peter
Campbell
Sackett's
license
to
practice
law for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct
that
involves
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
The
violations
occurred
in Mr. Sackett's
representation
of
out-of-state
clients
in a
land
sale.
view Sackett order (pdf posted 03/16/10)*
March
5, 2010
Edgar
Rawlings
Jones,
P.O. Box
3696,
Williamsburg,
Virginia
23187
VSB
Docket
No.
05-060-1676
On
February
19,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
publicly
reprimanded
Edgar
Rawlings
Jones
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
competence
and
promptness,
representing
a client
zealously,
diligence,
and
misconduct
that
involves
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation.
The
violations
occurred
in a
consultation
on an
employment
matter.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Jones order (pdf posted 03/08/10)*
March
5, 2010
Jay
Lawrence
Pickus,
12020
Robson
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23233
VSB
Docket
No.
09-033-076639
On
February
19,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Jay
Lawrence
Pickus's
license
to
practice
law for
four
years
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
fees,
and
safekeeping
property.
The
misconduct
occurred
in Mr.
Pickus's
representation
in a
federal
lawsuit
and
included
failure
to
maintain
his
client's
accounts
as
required
by the
Rules of
Professional
Conduct.
view Pickus order (pdf posted 05/05/10)*
March
1, 2010
* **
Dale
Eugene
Duncan,
6019
Tower
Court,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22304
VSB
Docket
Nos.
07-042-2301,
07-042-070782,
09-042-075845
On
December
16,
2009, a
three-judge
panel in
Alexandria
Circuit
Court
suspended
Dale
Eugene
Duncan's
license
to
practice
law for
two
years,
effective
December
23,
2009.
The
court
found
that Mr.
Duncan
engaged
in
conduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation
that
reflects
adversely
on his
fitness
to
practice
law.
*On
April
12,
2010,
Mr.
Duncan
filed an
appeal
with the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia.
**On
January
27,
2011,
the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
affirmed
the
decision
of the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Alexandria.
view Duncan order (pdf posted 03/29/10)*
February
26, 2010
*
**
***
Eugene
Brian
Harris,
P.O. Box
7461,
Portsmouth,
Virginia
23701
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-081113
On
February
26,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Eugene
Brian
Harris's
license
to
practice
law,
based on
his
February
9, 2010,
conviction
of
assault
and
battery
of a law
enforcement
officer
in the
Chesapeake
Circuit
Court.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on March
26,
2010, to
show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
*Mr.
Harris's
license
was
administratively
suspended
on
October
9, 2009.
He has
been
ineligible
to
practice
law
since
that
date.
**On
March
18, 2010
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the case
generally.
***On
September
27,
2011,
Mr.
Harris
consented
to the
revocation
of his
license.
Eugene
Brian
Harris,
P.O. Box
7461,
Portsmouth,
Virginia
23703
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-078799
On
March
11,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Eugene
Brian
Harris's
license
to
practice
law,
based on
his
October
14,
2009,
conviction
in the
Portsmouth
Circuit
Court of
grand
larceny
from
person,
abduction,
and
conspiracy.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on March
26,
2010, to
show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
*Mr.
Harris’s
license
was
administratively
suspended
on
October
9, 2009.
He has
been
ineligible
to
practice
law
since
that
date.
**On
March
18,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the case
generally.
February
24, 2010
Thomas
Michael
Blanks
Jr., 3rd
Floor,
311
South
Boulevard,
Richmond,
Virginia
23220
VSB
Docket
No.
08-032-07321
On
February
10,
2010, a
three-judge
court of
the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Richmond
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Thomas
Michael
Blanks
Jr.
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property,
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice.
Mr.
Blanks
acknowledged
that he
failed
to
preserve
escrow
funds of
clients
and
failed
to
maintain
escrow
accounts
as
required
by the
Rules of
Professional
Conduct.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Blanks order (pdf posted 5/21/10)*
February
16, 2010
Claudia
Joy
Zucker,
Suite
205,
1840
Wilson
Boulevard,
Arlington,
Virginia
22201
VSB
Docket
No.
07-041-0908
On
December
11,
2009,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District
Committee-Section
I issued
a public
reprimand
to
Claudia
Joy
Zucker
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
candor
toward
the
tribunal
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
While
testifying
as an
expert
witness
before
the
Board of
Immigration
Appeals,
Ms. Zucker
stated
under
oath
that a
Virginia
State
Bar
disciplinary
complaint
against
her had
been
dismissed
when, in
fact, it
had
resulted
in a
private
reprimand,
and she
also
misrepresented
that she
had not
been
represented
by
counsel
in the
disciplinary
proceeding,
when she
actually
was.
view Zucker order (pdf posted 02/22/10)*
February
16, 2010
John
Francis
Gonzales,
5306
Martinique
Lane,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22315
VSB
docket
Nos.
07-042-070753,
07-042-2158
On
January
13,
2010, a
three-judge
panel in
the
Alexandria
Circuit
Court
suspended
John
Francis
Gonzales's
license
to
practice
law for
six
months,
effective
February
1, 2010,
and
imposed
terms on
the
suspension.
The
court
found
that he
violated
disciplinary
rules by
engaging
in
misrepresentation
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
Mr.
Gonzales
stipulated
that he
misrepresented
his role
in
limited
liability
companies
created
in
connection
with
loan
transactions.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Gonzales order (pdf posted 02/22/10)*
February
16, 2010
Marcus
Noah
Perdue
III, 223
West
Locust
Street,
Covington,
VA 24426
VSB
Docket
No.
09-080-077375
On
November
2, 2009,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Marcus
Noah
Perdue
III,
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
candor
toward a
tribunal.
Mr.
Perdue
did not
disclose
to a
U.S.
bankruptcy
court
that two
matters
involving
marital
debt had
been
litigated
and
decided
in a
Virginia
circuit
court.
view Perdue order (pdf posted 02/22/10)*
February
12, 2010
*
Robert
Winthrop
Johnson
II,
Balch &
Bingham,
LLP,
Suite
325,
801
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
N.W.,
Washington,
DC
20004-2615
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-082004
On
January
22,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Robert
Winthrop
Johnson II's
license
to
practice
law in
response
to the
District
of
Columbia
Court of
Appeals
thirty-day
suspension
of Mr.
Johnson's
license
to
practice
in that
jurisdiction,
effective
December
25,
2009.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on
February
19,
2010, to
show
cause
why the
same
discipline
should
not be
imposed
in
Virginia.
*On
February
19,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Robert
Winthrop
Johnson
II's
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days,
the same
discipline
imposed
by the
District
of
Columbia
Court of
Appeals
for
ethical
violations
in that
jurisdiction.
The
Virginia
suspension
became
effective
January
22, 2010
- the
date
that his
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
pending
a show
cause
hearing
on the
reciprocal
discipline.
view Johnson order (pdf posted 03/16/10)*
February
9, 2010
*
Phillip
Stone
Griffin,
II, 102
South
Kent
Street,
Winchester,
Virginia
22601
VSB
Docket
No.
09-070-079663
On
February
8, 2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively suspended
Philip
Stone
Griffin
II's
license
to
practice
law for
failure
to
comply
with a
subpoena duces
tecum.
*On
February
17,
2010,
Mr.
Griffin
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
February
4, 2010
*
Brian
Gay, Gay
&
Cipriano,
P.C.,
Suite
308,
3500
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
08-022-073165
On
January
22,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Brian
Gay's
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
declining
or
terminating
representation,
diligence,
fees,
conflict
of
interest:
general
rule,
and
misconduct,
including
committing
an act
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice
law. The
discipline
was in
connection
with Mr.
Gay's
billing
and
representation
contract
with a
client
in a
divorce
case.
*On
February
22,
2010,
Mr. Gay
filed an
appeal
with the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia.
view Gay order (pdf posted 02/22/10)*
January
26, 2010
Stacy
F.
Garrett
III,
2551
Swanhurst
Drive,
Midlothian,
Virginia
23113-9613
VSB
Docket
Nos.
07-032-0022,
08-032-074858,
08-032-075457,
and
09-032-080055
On
December
11,
2009,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Stacy
F.
Garrett
III's
law
license
for one
year and
imposed
terms on
the
suspension.
The
board
found
that Mr.
Garrett
violated
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice.
The
matters
involved
Mr.
Garrett's
representations
in two
clemency
petitions,
restoration
of a
driver's
license,
and
pardon
of a
domestic
violence
conviction.
view Garrett order (pdf posted 02/10/10)*
January
26, 2010
Gary
Lance
Smith,
417
South
Loudoun
Street,
Winchester,
Virginia
22601
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-070-079704,
10-070-081588
and
10-070-081594
On
January
25,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively suspended
Gary
Lance
Smith's license
to
practice
law for
failure
to
comply
with a
subpoena duces
tecum.
January
25, 2010
LeRon
William
Gilchrist,
800 East
City
Hall
Avenue,
Suite
600,
Norfolk,
Virginia,
23510
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-021-076455,
09-021-079350
On
December
18,
2009, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
LeRon
William
Gilchrist
for
violating
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation
in two
court-appointed
criminal
cases.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Gilchrist order (pdf posted 02/02/10)*
January
25, 2010
Tonja
Michelle
Roberts,
Roberts
Law
Office,
PO Box
10463,
Danville,
VA 24543
VSB
Docket
No.
10-000-081446
On
November
20,
2009,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Tonja
Michelle
Roberts's
license
to
practice
law for
three
years
for
failing
to
comply
with the
terms of
a
previous
one-year
suspension.
She did
not
comply
with the
terms of
her
contract
with
Lawyers
Helping
Lawyers.
view Roberts order (pdf posted 02/02/10)*
January
13, 2010
Johnnye
Belinda
Duff,
2085
Lynnhaven
Parkway,
Suite
106-220,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23456
VSB
Docket
No.
09-021-078529
On
December
18,
2009, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Johnnye
Belinda
Duff
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
The
cases
involved
several
divorce
representations.
This was
an
agreed
determination
of
misconduct
charges.
view Duff order (PDF file posted 1/21/10)
January
13, 2010
Anne
Holland
Harris,
Suite
200 B,
3108
North
Parham
Road,
Richmond,
VA
23294-4415.
VSB
Docket
No.
09-033-077863
On
December
23,
2009, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District-Section
III
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
with
terms to
Anne
Holland
Harris
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
conflict
of
interest:
prohibited
transactions
and
misconduct
that
reflects
adversely
on a
lawyer’s
honesty,
trustworthiness,
or
fitness
to
practice
law.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Harris order (PDF file posted 1/21/10)
January
13, 2010
Robert
P.
Dwoskin,
205 East
High
Street,
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22902
VSB
Docket
No.
08-070-072379
On
January
7, 2010,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Seventh
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Robert
P.
Dwoskin
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
and bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters.
The
misconduct
occurred
in his
representation
of a
client
in an
employment
discrimination
lawsuit.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Dwoskin order (PDF file posted 1/21/10)
January
7, 2010
*
Robert
Stuart
Collins,
Fleming
&
Collins,
P.C.,
P.O. Box
2120,
Wise,
Virginia
24293-2120
VSB
Docket
No.
09-000-079538
On
January
6, 2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Robert
Stuart
Collins's
license
to
practice
law.
*On June
21,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
lifted
Mr.
Collins's
suspension.
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