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Disciplinary System Actions
January 2012 – June 2012
(Except for agreed dispositions, disciplinary actions imposed by a District Committee remain subject to appeal for 10 days after notice of the determination is mailed to the Respondent.)
(Except for agreed dispositions, disciplinary actions imposed by the Disciplinary Board remain subject to appeal for 30 days after the Memorandum Order is served on the Respondent.)
archives
updated January 29,
2013
June 26,
2012
Clive
Allen
O'Leary,
1440
Central
Park
Boulevard,
Suite
208,
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
22401
VSB
Docket
No.
12-060-091129
On June
12,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Clive
Allen
O'Leary's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
June 26,
2012
Dennis
Philip
Clarke,
Miles &
Stockbridge,
PC, 1751
Pinnacle
Drive,
Suite
500,
McLean,
Virginia
22102
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-091223
Effective
June 22,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Dennis
Philip
Clarke’s
license
to
practice
law for
ninety
days
with all
but
thirty
days
stayed.
The
board
placed
Mr.
Clarke
on
probation
for two
years.
The
action
was
based on
the
suspension
of Mr.
Clarke’s
District
of
Columbia
license
by the
District
of
Columbia
Court of
Appeals.
View
Clarke
Order
(Posted
8/27/12)
June 4,
2012
Denny
Pat
Dobbins,
One
Guardian
Court,
Suite
100,
Portsmouth,
Virginia
23704
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-010-082581
and
10-010-080201
Effective
July 1,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Denny
Pat
Dobbins’s
license
to
practice
law for
three
months
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Dobbins
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/12/12)
June
1, 2012
*
Richard
Andrew
Davis,
P.O. Box
2487,
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22902
VSB
Docket
No.
12-070-091060
On June
1, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Richard
Andrew
Davis's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On June
4, 2012,
Richard
Andrew
Davis
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
June 1,
2012
*
Stephen
Joseph
Caputo,
Suite
1B, 215
Hallock
Road,
Stony
Brook NY
11790
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-090762
On May
24,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Stephen
Joseph
Caputo’s
license
to
practice
law
based on
his
disbarment
by the
Supreme
Court of
the
State of
New
York:
Appellate
Division.
The
board
ordered
Mr.
Caputo
to
appear
on June
22,
2012, to
show
cause
why the
same
discipline
should
not be
imposed
in
Virginia
*Effective
June 22,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Stephen
Joseph
Caputo’s
license
to
practice
law. His
license
had been
summarily
suspended
on May
24,
2012,
based on
his
disbarment
by the
Supreme
Court of
the
State of
New
York:
Appellate
Division.
View
Caputo
Order
(PDF
Posted
8/27/12)
May 31,
2012
Mark
John
Sullivan,
Office
of the
Commonwealth’s
Attorney,
Room
123,
4110
Chain
Bridge
Road,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030
VSB
Docket
No.
10-051-082247
On May
23,
2012, a
three-judge
circuit
court
issued a
public
admonition
to
Mark
John
Sullivan
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
candor
to the
tribunal.
Sullivan
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/11/12)
May 30,
2012
*
**
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
VA 23005
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-091299
On May
18,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg’s
license
to
practice
law for
three
years
for
failing
to
notify
clients,
opposing
attorneys,
and the
court of
a prior
suspension
and five
interim
suspensions.
*On July
26,
2012,
Mr.
Smallenberg
filed an
appeal
with the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia.
**On
December
13,
2012,
the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
dismissed
the
appeal.
Smallenberg
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/11/12)
May 25,
2012
George
Wells
Rowe,
8310
Midlothian
Turnpike,
Richmond,
Virginia
23235-5120
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-031-086546
and
12-000-091393
On May
18,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
George
Wells
Rowe’s
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days for
violating
rules
that
govern
unauthorized
practice
of law
and
committing
a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer’s
honesty,
trustworthiness
or
fitness
to
practice
law. The
board
also
fined
Mr. Rowe
$5,000
for
violating
the
Virginia
Consumer
Real
Estate
Settlement
Protection
Act,
(now
Real
Estate
Settlement
Agents).
View
Rowe
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/12/12)
May 23,
2012
David
Redden,
12388
Warwick
Boulevard,
Suite
209,
Newport
News,
Virginia
23606
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-021-085200
and
11-021-086547
Effective
April
27,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
David
Redden’s
license
to
practice
law for
five
months
with
terms
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
fees,
safekeeping
property,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Redden
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/1/2012)
May 23,
2012
Kathleene
Anne
Cipriano,
W. Ware
Morrison, PLLC,
2628
Barrett
Street,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
11-022-086778
On May
17,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Kathleene
Anne
Cipriano
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
communication
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Cipriano
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/1/2012)
May 22,
2012
Clay
Bennett
Blanton,
P. O.
Box 556,
Quinton,
Virginia
23141-0556
VSB
Docket
No.
10-060-083185
On May
16,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Sixth
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Clay
Bennett
Blanton
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Blanton
Order
(PDF
Posted
5/29/12)
May 15,
2012
Martin
Joseph
Sweaney,
Federal
Bureau
of
Prisons,
South
Central
Regional
Office,
Suite
300,
4211
Cedar
Spring
Road,
Dallas,
Texas
75219
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-033-081985
Effective
May 18,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspe nded
Martin
Joseph
Sweaney’s
license
to
practice
law for
three
years
and six
months
for
violating
professional
rules
governing
unauthorized
practice
of law,
multijurisdictional
practice
of law;
misconduct;
and
disciplinary
authority,
choice
of law.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Sweaney
Order
(PDF
Posted
5/29/12)
May 7,
2012
David
Glenn
Hubbard,
Leiser,
Leiser &
Hennessey,
PLLC,
Suite
310,
8229
Boone
Boulevard,
Tysons
Corner,
Vienna,
Virginia
22182-2623
VSB
Docket
No.
10-051-084288
On April
27,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
David
Glenn
Hubbard’s
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters.
View Hubbard Order (PDF Posted 05/18/2012)
May 7,
2012
Tinya
Lynnette
Banks,
JANAF
Office
Building,
Suite
508,
5900 E.
Virginia
Beach
Blvd,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23502
VSB
Docket
No.
12-021-089222
On April
20,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
-
Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Tinya
Lynnette
Banks for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View Banks Order (PDF Posted 05/18/2012)
May 7,
2012
Thomas
James
Sehler,
The
Thomas
Law
Firm,
Reston
Town
Center,
Suite
500,
1818
Library
Street,
Reston,
Virginia
20190
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-052-087689
and
12-052-090918
On April
27,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Thomas
James
Sehler’s
license
to
practice
law for
violating
rules
that
govern
competence,
scope of
representation,
diligence,
communication,
fees,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
candor
toward
the
tribunal,
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel,
truthfulness
in
statements
to
others,
and
misconduct.
View
Sehler
Order
(Posted
8/27/12)
May 2,
2012 *
Rebecca
Louise
Marquez,
1110 N.
Kenilworth
St. #3,
Arlington,
VA 22205
VSB
Docket
No.
12-041-090066
On April
27,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Rebecca
Louise
Marquez's license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On May
8, 2012,
Rebecca
Louise
Marquez complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
April
20, 2012
David
Benjamin
Weinberg,
Law
Offices
of David
B.
Weinberg,
PLLC,
P.O. Box
4134,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22303-4134
VSB
Docket
No.
12-042-091092
On April
20,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
David
Benjamin
Weinberg’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
April 5,
2012
*
David
Garrett
Mullins,
The Law
Office
of David
G.
Mullins,
1019
Carolina
Avenue,
Bristol,
TN 37620
VSB
Docket
No.
12-102-089534
On April
5, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
David
Garrett
Mullins’s license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
August
16, 2012
Mr.
Mullins
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
April 4,
2012
*
David
Garrett
Mullins,
The Law
Office
of David
G.
Mullins,
1019
Carolina
Avenue,
Bristol,
TN 37620
VSB
Docket
No.
12-102-089253
On April
3, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
David
Garrett
Mullins’s license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
August
16,
2012,
Mr.
Mullins
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
April 4,
2012
Tonja
Michelle
Roberts,
Roberts
Law
Office,
P.O. Box
10463,
Danville,
Virginia
24543
VSB
Docket
No.
11-090-085747
On April
3, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Tonja
Michelle
Roberts’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
March
30, 2012
Andrea
Celestine
Long,
Andrea
C. Long,
Esq.,
P.C.,
The
James B.
Long Law
Center,
1805
Monument
Avenue
Suite
201,
Richmond,
VA
23220-7001
VSB
Docket
No.12-032-089315
On March
27,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Andrea
Celestine
Long for
violating
the
professional
rule
that
governs
safekeeping
property.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Long
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/2012)
March
30, 2012
Elizabeth
Margaret
Fischer,
2323
Henshaw
Place
#303,
Alexandria,
VA 22311
VSB
Docket
No.
10-042-083573
On March
26,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to Elizabeth
Margaret
Fischer for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and
misconduct.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Fischer
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/2012)
March
29, 2012
Jan C.
Smith,
Law
Office
of Jan
C.
Smith,
PO Box
398,
White
Stone,
Virginia
22578
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-060-080411,
11-060-086108
and
11-060-085701
On March
20,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Jan C.
Smith for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Smith
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/2012)
March
27, 2012
John
Wesley
Bonney,
The Law
Office
of John
W.
Bonney,
5416
Tidewater
Drive,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23059
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-021-084287,
11-021-085707
Effective
March
22,
2012, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court
for the
City of
Norfolk
suspended John
Wesley
Bonney’s license
to
practice
law for
forty-five
days
with
terms
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
fees,
confidentiality
of
information,
conflict
of
interest:
former
client,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
meritorious
claims
and
contentions,
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel,
and
misconduct.
view Bonney final order (pdf posted 07/23/12)*
March 27,
2012
Thomas
Hunt
Roberts,
Thomas
H.
Roberts
&
Associates,
P.C.,
105
South
First
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219
VSB
Docket
No.
09-032-078878
On
November
3, 2011,
a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court
for the
City of
Richmond
issued a
public
admonition
to
Thomas
Hunt
Roberts
for
violating
the
professional
rule
that
governs
contingent
fees.
The
matter
was
before
the
panel on
appeal
from a
determination
of the
Third
District
Disciplinary
Committee.
The
court
dismissed
charges
that he
violated
the
professional
rule
requiring
fees to
be
reasonable.
View
Roberts
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/12)
View
Roberts
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/12)
March
20, 2012
Sara
Davis
Harman,
PO Box
1323,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23060
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-032-083590,
11-032-086311,
11-032-086318
Effective
December
10,
2013,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Sara
Davis
Harman’s
license
to
practice
law for
one year
with
terms
for
violating
rules of
professional
conduct
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct.
The
suspension
is
effective
upon
termination
of Ms.
Harman’s
current
three-year
suspension,
which
was
effective
December
10,
2010.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Harman
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/12)
March
13, 2012
*
Jin-Ho-Cynn,
All
Nations
Law
Center,
Suite
73-A,
3921 Old
Lee
Highway,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030-2429
VSB
Docket
No.
12-053-088806
On March
13,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Jin-Ho-Cynn’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On May
7, 2012,
Jin-Ho-Cynn
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
March 6,
2012
*
Sandra
Mae
Ward,
Ward Law
Firm,
PLLC,
11478
Slate
Creek
Road,
Grundy,
Virginia
24614
VSB
Docket
No.
12-102-089025
On March
6, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Sandra
Mae
Ward’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
March
13,
2012,
Ms. Ward
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
March 5,
2012
Rachel
Heather
MacKnight,
4707
Chevy
Chase
Dr. #T5,
Chevy
Chase,
MD 20815
VSB
Docket
No.
11-080-086501
On
February
29,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
with
terms
Rachel
Heather
MacKnight’s
license
to
practice
law for
one year
and one
day for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
candor
toward
the
tribunal,
truthfulness
in
statements
to
others,
and
misconduct.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
MacKnight
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/7/12)
March 2,
2012
Richard
Donald
Trala
Jr.
2405
Lourdes
Road,
Richmond,
Virginia
23228
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-031-087414,
12-031-089642,
12-031-090739
On March
1, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Richard
Donald
Trala
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Trala
admitted
that the
disciplinary
charges
against
him are
true and
that he
could
not
successfully
defend
against
them. He
stipulated
that he
violated
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
conflict
of
interest:
prohibited
transactions.
View
Trala
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/7/12)
March 2,
2012
* **
Thomas
Andrew
Hawbaker,
2217 S.
163rd
Circle,
Omaha,
Nebraska
68130
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-090713
Effective
February
23,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Thomas
Andrew
Hawbaker’s
license
to
practice
law
based on
his
February
9, 2011,
disbarment
in
California.
The
board
ordered
that Mr.
Hawbaker
appear
on March
23,
2012, to
show
cause
why the
same
discipline
should
not be
imposed
in
Virginia.
*On
March
13,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the
hearing
until
June 22,
2012.
**On
June 22,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
revoked
Thomas
Andrew
Hawbaker’s
license
to
practice
law
based on
his
February
9, 2011,
disbarment
in
California.
His
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
on
February
23,
2012.
View
Hawbaker
Order
(Posted
8/27/12)
February
28, 2012
*
Jason
Christopher
Roper,
702
Lakeview
Court,
Mars, PA
16046
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-021-080040,
10-021-080199,
10-021-080602
On
February
17,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Jason
Christopher
Roper’s
license
to
practice
law for
three
years
for
violating
rules
governing
candor
toward
the
tribunal;
fairness
to
opposing
party or
counsel;
respect
for
rights
of third
persons;
confidentiality
of
information;
conflict
of
interest:
general
rule;
conflict
of
interest:
former
client;
declining
or
terminating
representation;
meritorious
claims
and
contentions;
communication
with
persons
represented
by
counsel;
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters;
and
misconduct.
The
Board
dismissed
a third
case
against
Mr.
Roper
for lack
of clear
and
convincing
evidence.
*On
February
28,
2012,
the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
denied a
stay of
the
suspension
pending
the
appeal.
February
27, 2012
John
Anthony
Nowacki,
6611 C
Netties
Lane,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22316
VSB
Docket
No.
09-042-076256
On
February
11,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District
–
Section
II
Subcommittee
imposed
a public
admonition
on
John
Anthony
Nowacki
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
engaging
in
conduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit
or
misrepresentation
which
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer's
fitness
to
practice
law.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Nowacki
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/2/12)
February
21, 2012
Richard
Scott
Gordon,
Richard
S.
Gordon,
PLC,
Suite 1,
708
Thimble
Shoals
Boulevard,
Newport
News,
Virginia,
23606
VSB
Docket
No.
10-010-081800
On
February
17,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Richard
Scott
Gordon’s
license
to
practice
law for
three
months
for
violating
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communications,
and
fairness
to
opposing
party
and
counsel.
View
Gordon
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/2/12)
February
17, 2012
Timothy
James
Wall,
The Law
Office
of
Timothy
J. Wall,
150
Riverside
Parkway,
Suite
213,
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
22406
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-060-082012
and
11-060-087939
Effective
February
17,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Timothy
James
Wall’s
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Wall
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/2/12)
February
8, 2012
Richard
Lawrence
James
McGarry,
Suite
201,
6405
Merriman
Road,
S.W.,
Roanoke,
Virginia
24018
VSB
Docket
No.
11-080-088057
On
February
7, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Richard
Lawrence
James
McGarry’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
February
8, 2012
Randall
Bertron
Campbell,
Suite
105,
2727
Electric
Road,
Roanoke,
Virginia
24018
VSB
Docket
No.
12-080-089752
On
February
7, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Randall
Bertron
Campbell’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
February
8, 2012
*
Gwen
Anne
Carpenter,
Law
Office
of Gwen
A.
Carpenter,
600
Cameron
Street,
Alexandria,
Virginia
22314
VSB
Docket
No.
12-042-088425
On
February
7, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Gwen
Anne
Carpenter’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
February
21,
2012,
Ms.
Carpenter
complied
with the
subpoena
duces tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
February
8, 2012
*
Olaf
Francis
Gebhart,
Jr.,
2621
Hall
Avenue,
Tifton,
GA 31794
VSB
Docket
No.
12-010-089603
On
February
7, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Olaf
Francis
Gebhart,
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the b ar.
On June
28,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
revoked
Olaf
Francis
Gebhart
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Gebhart
admitted
that
disciplinary
charges
pending
against
him are
true and
that he
could
not
successfully
defend
against
them.
view Gebhart final order (pdf posted 07/23/12)*
February
3, 2012
Clive
Allen
O'Leary,
The Law
Office
of Clive
A.
O’Leary,
1440
Central
Park
Boulevard,
Suite
208,
Fredericksburg,
VA 22401
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-060-080220
and
11-060-084890
Effective
March 1,
2012, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Stafford
County
Circuit
Court
suspended
Clive
Allen
O’Leary’s
license
to
practice
law for
one year
with
terms
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
fees,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct.
View
O'Leary
Order
(PDF
Posted
4/16/12)
January
31, 2012
Bambi F.
Walters,
5112
Shoreline
Court,
Williamsburg,
Virginia
23185-3266
VSB
Docket
No.
10-060-082176
Effective
January
18,
2012, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court
for the
City of
Williamsburg
suspended
Bambi
F.
Walters’s
privilege
to
practice
law in
Virginia
for two
years
with
terms.
Ms.
Walters
is not
licensed
in
Virginia
but was
registered
as an
attorney
with the
United
States
Patent
and
Trademark
Office.
The
court
found
that she
violated
Virginia
professional
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property,
unauthorized
practice
of law,
multijurisdictional
practice
of law,
communication
concerning
a
lawyer’s
services,
and firm
names
and
letterheads.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Walters
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
31, 2012
Brian
Keith
Stevens,
3205
Attems
Court,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23060
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-032-081361,
11-000-087268
On
January
27,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Brian
Keith
Stevens’s
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days for
violating
rules
that
govern
diligence,
safekeeping
property,
and
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants,
and for
violating
the
Virginia
Consumer
Real
Estate
Settlement
Protection
Act.
View
Stevens
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/7/12)
January
27, 2012
*
**
Erin
Marie
Weber,
6221
Homespun
Lane,
Falls
Church,
Virginia
22044
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-090627
On
January
23,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Erin
Marie
Weber’s
license
to
practice
law. Ms.
Weber
pled
guilty
and was
convicted
of
embezzlement
in the
Circuit
Court of
Fairfax
County,
Virginia,
on
January
10,
2012.
The
board
ordered
her to
appear
on
February
17,
2012, to
show
cause
why her
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked
in
Virginia.
*On
February
10,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the
hearing
until
April
27,
2012.
**On
April
27,
2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Erin
Marie
Weber’s
license
based on
her
January
10,
2012,
guilty
plea to
and
conviction
of
embezzlement
in
Fairfax
County
Circuit
Court.
Her
license
was
summarily
suspended
on
January
23,
2012.
View
Weber
Order
(PDF
Posted
6/12/12)
January
25, 2012
Joseph
Louis
Tantoh
Tibui,
#134,
10455
Pomerado
Road,
San
Diego,
CA 92131
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-041-076480,
10-041-083463
and
11-041-086191
On
December
8, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Joseph
Louis
Tantoh
Tibui
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
communication
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Tibui
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
24, 2012
Curtis
Tyrone
Brown,
306 Bald
Cypress
Court,
Chesapeake,
Virginia
23320Chesapeake,
Virginia
VSB
Docket
No.
10-021-083956
On
January
17,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Curtis
Tyrone
Brown
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
meritorious
claims
and
contentions.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Brown
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
24, 2012
Henry
Allen
Thompson,
108
Maifeld
Avenue,
P. O.
Box 342,
Waverly,
Virginia
23890
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-031-084194
and
11-031-086623
On
January
11,
2012, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
to
Henry
Allen
Thompson
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence
and
diligence.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Thompson
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
12, 2012
John
Michael
Coppola,
20 West
Market
Street,
Leesburg,
Virginia
20176
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-087965
On
December
5, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
John
Michael
Coppola’s
license
to
practice
law for
two
years
and six
months
for
violating
rules
that
govern
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants,
violating
or
attempting
to
violate
the
rules of
professional
conduct,
committing
a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act that
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer’s
honesty,
trustworthiness
or
fitness
to
practice
law, and
engaging
in
conduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit
or
misrepresentation
which
reflects
adversely
on the
lawyer’s
fitness
to
practice
law. His
license
had been
summarily
suspended
on July
29,
2011,
based on
his
April
29,
2011,
disbarment
by the
Maryland
Court of
Appeals.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Coppola
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
12, 2012
Mary
Ellen
Slugg,
P.O. Box
410,
Centreville,
Virginia
20122
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-052-082218,
10-052-082297,
10-052-082298,
and
10-052-083016
On
December
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
imposed
four
concurrent
twelve-month
suspensions
of
Mary
Ellen
Slugg’s
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
and
safekeeping
property.
The
suspensions
were
effective
January
1, 2012.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Slugg
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
12, 2012
Troy
Savenko,
Kaplan &
Frank,
PLC,
Post
Office
Box
2470,
Richmond,
Virginia
23218-2470
VSB
Docket
No.
09-033-076159
On
December
15,
2011, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court
for the
city of
Virginia
Beach
issued
an
admonition
to
Troy
Savenko
for
violating
the
professional
rule
that
governs
candor
toward
the
tribunal.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of a
misconduct
charge.
View
Savenko
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
12, 2012
Stephen
Thomas
Perkins,
McKenry,
Dancigers,
Dawson &
Lake,
P.C.,
Suite
400, 192
Ballard
Court,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23462
VSB
Docket
No.
09-033-076160
On
December
15,
2011, a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court
for the
city of
Virginia
Beach
issued
an
admonition
to
Stephen
Thomas
Perkins
for
violating
the
professional
rule
that
governs
candor
toward
the
tribunal.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of a
misconduct
charge.
View
Perkins
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
12, 2012
William
Peter
Wittig,
Arlington
Legal
Associates,
PLC,
Suite
315,
2500
Wilson
Boulevard,
Arlington,
Virginia
22201
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-041-088104,
11-041-088265
and
12-041-088933
On
December
9, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District
–
Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
William
Peter
Wittig
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
diligence.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Wittig
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
11, 2012
David
Benjamin
Weinberg,
Law
Offices
of David
B.
Weinberg
PLLC,
P.O. Box
4134,
Alexandria,
VA
22303-4134
VSB
Docket
No.
10-042-081186
On
December
9, 2011,
a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fourth
District
–
Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to David
Benjamin
Weinberg
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
communication,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters.
View
Weinberg
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
January
5, 2012
*
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Suite
204,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
12-060-089121
On
January
5, 2012,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
January
6, 2012,
Mr.
Smallenberg
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
January
3, 2012
Yvonne
Cochran-Morton,
Cochran
Law Firm
P.C.,
4509
West
Broad
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23230
VSB
Docket
No.
10-032-083091
On
December
16,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District
–
Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
term s
to
Yvonne
Cochran-Morton
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Cochran-Morton
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/12)
January
3, 2012
Carl
Herman
Bundick,
Carl H.
Bundick,
P.C.,
23318
Wise
Court,
P.O. Box
36,
Accomac,
VA 23301
VSB
Docket
No.
11-021-085549
On
December
29,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Carl
Herman
Bundick
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Bundick
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/12)
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