On October 6, 2009, a three-judge panel in the Rockingham County Circuit Court suspended Walter Franklin Green IV's license to practice law for seven months, to begin December 26, 2010, following an eighteen-month suspension that Mr. Green is currently serving. The court found he violated disciplinary rules that govern diligence, communication, declining or terminating representation and unauthorized practice of law when he filed a pleading on behalf of a client during a time when his license was suspended.

view Green order (pdf posted 12/21/09)*

On December 4, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Anne Marston Lynch's license to practice law. In agreeing to the revocation, Ms. Lynch acknowledged that she had been indicted on a felony embezzlement charge in Suffolk Circuit Court and that the facts of the case are true.

view Lynch order (pdf posted 12/21/09)*

On November 5, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Fifth District-Section I Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms on Kelly Ralston Dennis for violating disciplinary rules that govern competence, diligence, communication, and conflict of interest: general rule. The violations occurred during representation in matters involving creditors' collection efforts against Mr. Dennis's client. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

view Dennis order (pdf posted 12/14/09)*

On November 10, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Matthew Bennett Greene's license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Mr. Greene acknowledged that he was facing charges in two cases and admitted that the material facts of the charges are true. The cases involved his representations in property investment projects.

view Greene order (pdf posted 12/14/09)*

On October 26, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Second District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to John Wesley Bonney for violating disciplinary rules that govern diligence, fees, declining or terminating representation, firm names and letterheads, and misconduct that reflects adversely on a lawyer's fitness to practice law. The subcommittee ordered Mr. Bonney to refund money to two clients and to vacate a judgment against one of the clients. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

view Bonney order (pdf posted 11/19/09)*

On October 9, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Seventh District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to Christopher Jason Agresto for violating disciplinary rules that govern diligence and safekeeping property. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charge in two cases.

view Agresto order (pdf posted 11/06/09)*

On October 9, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Tenth District-Section I Subcommittee imposed a public reprimand with terms on Raphael Benedict Hartley III for violating a professional rule that governs safekeeping property. Mr. Hartley did not audit and reconcile his attorney escrow and trust accounts as the rules require, which led to overdrafts and checks returned for nonsufficient funds. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

view Hartley order (pdf posted 11/06/09)*

On October 20, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Ann Marie Miller's license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Ms. Miller admitted that, in bankruptcy cases, she had violated disciplinary rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property, communications concerning a lawyer's services, and misconduct that reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice law. She acknowledged that at the time of the revocation, the bar was investigating allegations of misconduct.

*On September 30, 2009, the Circuit Court of the City of Roanoke appointed a receiver to take control of her practice, at the request of the Virginia State Bar. All inquiries regarding Ms. Miller's cases should be directed to the receiver:

Archibald Carter Magee Jr.
Magee Goldstein Lasky & Sayers PC
310 First Street SW, Suite1200
P.O. Box 404
Roanoke, VA 24003-0404
Phone: (540) 343-9800 Fax: (540) 343-9898

On October 19, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Anthony Gerome Davis's license to practice law for eight months with terms. The board found that he violated disciplinary rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property, declining or terminating representation, and bar admission and disciplinary matters. The misconduct occurred in a custody case. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

view Davis order (pdf posted 11/06/09)*

Effective October 15, 2009, a three-judge panel in the Virginia Beach Circuit Court suspended Walter Ware Morrison's license to practice law for ninety days for violating professional rules that govern candor toward the tribunal and misconduct that reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice. The case involved a visitation and custody dispute.

view Morrison order (pdf posted 12/08/09)*

*On November 6, 2009, Ms. Orr complied with the subpoena duces tecum and the suspension was lifted.

On September 28, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Seventh District Subcommittee imposed a public reprimand with terms on Bradley Glenn Pollack for violating the disciplinary rule that governs fairness to opposing party and counsel by threatening to present disciplinary charges against another attorney solely to obtain an advantage in a civil matter, and by asserting a position and taking action on behalf of a client when it was obvious that such action would serve merely to harass another. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

On September 9, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Fourth District Committee dismissed the misconduct charge against Lawrence Schwartz for lack of clear and convincing evidence.

On September 25, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively suspended Daniel Stephen Orci Jr.'s license to practice law in response to his July 2, 2009, disbarment in the District of Columbia by the D.C. Court of Appeals. The board ordered him to appear on October 23, 2009, to show cause why the same discipline should not be imposed in Virginia.

view Orci order (pdf posted 12/07/09)*

*On October 23, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Daniel Stephen Orci Jr.'s license to practice law in response to his July 2, 2009, disbarment in the District of Columbia by the D.C. Court of Appeals. His Virginia license was summarily suspended on September 25, 2009, pending a board hearing.

On September 11, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Third District Subcommittee imposed a public reprimand on David Lassiter Jr. for violating professional rules that govern competence, diligence, declining or terminating representation, meritorious claims and contentions, and misconduct that reflects adversely on a lawyer's fitness to practice. The sanctions were imposed in five criminal law cases. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

Effective January 1, 2010, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed a thirty-day suspension of Steven Scott Biss's license to practice law, for violating the professional rule governing misconduct that reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice. During a previous suspension of his law license, Mr. Biss continued to negotiate with an insurance company on behalf of a client in a personal injury matter.

view Biss order (pdf posted 11/06/09)*

On September 25, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked David Eugene Cecil's license to practice for violating disciplinary rules that govern misconduct, safekeeping property, fees, and communication. He committed the violations as a trustee and fiduciary and in his handling of a late client's estate.

On September 25, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Ralph E. Mirarchi's license to practice law, based on his April 29, 2008, guilty plea colloquy to and conviction of theft in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas in Chester, Pennsylvania. The board ordered Mr. Mirarchi to appear on October 23, 2009, to show cause why his Virginia license should not be further suspended or revoked.

Effective October 25, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed a one-year suspension with terms of James Kevin Clarke's license to practice law, for violating disciplinary rules that govern diligence, communication, declining or terminating representation, and bar admission and disciplinary matters. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges in five cases.

On August 28, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Tenth District Committee imposed a public reprimand on Paul Michael Childers for violating professional rules that govern competence, scope of representation, declining or terminating representation, and bar admission and disciplinary matters. The misconduct occurred in Mr. Childers's representation in a court-appointed appeal of a criminal matter.

Effective October 1, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Peter Campbell Sackett's license to practice law for eighteen months. Mr. Sackett failed to notify clients, opposing counsel, and Campbell County Circuit Court of a previous thirty-day suspension, as the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia require. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

On August 18, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Tenth District Subcommittee imposed a public reprimand on Anthony Elmer Collins for violating the disciplinary rule that governs communication. The misconduct occurred while Mr. Collins was serving as a guardian ad litem for a prisoner who was seeking visitation with his daughter. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

On July 17, 2009, a three-judge court of the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond dismissed all misconduct charges against Katherine Baldwin Burnett with prejudice.

On July 14, 2009, a three-judge panel in the Richmond Circuit Court imposed a dismissal de minimus on Timothy O'Connor Johnson for violating the professional rule that governs safekeeping property. The court heard the matter on appeal of the Virginia State Bar Third District Committee's finding that Mr. Johnson had not appropriately disbursed some proceeds from a client's personal injury case. The court agreed with the committee's finding of misconduct, but reduced the sanction from a public admonition to a dismissal de minimus.

On July 31, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended James Alexander Baber III's license to practice law on impairment grounds.

On July 30, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Thomas Dixon Johnston's license to practice law, based on his July 2, 2009, guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to a charge of receipt of child pornography. The board ordered Mr. Johnston to appear on August 28, 2009, to show cause why his Virginia license should not be further suspended or revoked.

On August 11, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Thomas Dixon Johnston's license to practice law, based on his July 2, 2009, guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to a charge of receipt of child pornography. Mr. Johnston consented to the revocation. His license had been suspended since July 30, 2009, pending a show cause hearing.

view Johnston order (pdf posted 08/26/09)*

On July 9, 2009, a three-judge court of the Circuit Court of the County of Chesterfield dismissed all misconduct charges against Denis Charles Englisby for lack of clear and convincing evidence.

On July 10, 2009, a three-judge panel of the Norfolk Circuit Court suspended Curtis Tyrone Brown's license to practice law for thirty days beginning August 1, 2009. The court found that he violated disciplinary rules that govern candor to a tribunal, fairness to opposing party and counsel, truthfulness in statements to others, and misconduct that involves dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. The violations occurred in his defense of a client indicted for capital murder for hire. This was an agreed disposition of disciplinary charges against Mr. Brown.

On June 25, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board found that Richard Wolfe Arnold Jr. violated the Virginia Consumer Real Estate Settlement Protection Act and regulations and fined him $500. Mr. Arnold did not maintain an escrow account for deposit of clients’ settlement funds as required by CRESPA and the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct. This was an agreed disposition of the charges.

On December 18, 2008, the Virginia State Bar Seventh District Committee imposed a public admonition with terms on Walter Franklin Green IV for violating disciplinary rules that govern unauthorized practice of law and communicating false or misleading information concerning a lawyer's services. Mr. Green continued to advertise his services as an attorney on his website while his license to practice law was suspended. Mr. Green appealed the decision but later withdrew the appeal. On June 23, 2009, the Rockingham County Circuit Court dismissed the appeal.

On July 9, 2009, a Virginia State Bar Third District Subcommittee imposed a public reprimand on Russell Nardy Allen for violating the disciplinary rule that governs diligence. Mr. Allen missed filing deadlines for three appeals. He informed the clients of the subsequent dismissals of the appeals, then obtained delayed appeals on all three cases.

On July 14, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Vincent Francis Bonzagni's license to practice law. He admitted that, in an uncontested divorce representation, he did not diligently work on the case and did not respond to e-mail inquiries from the client, who was deployed overseas. He also did not deposit her fee into an attorney trust account, as the professional rules require. Mr. Bonzagni consented to the revocation.

On July 7, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Richard Anthony Bednar's license administratively to practice law for failure to comply with a subpoena duces tecum.

On June 26, 2009, a three-judge panel in the Norfolk Circuit Court suspended Andrew Robert Sebok's license to practice law for three months, effective July 17, 2009. Mr. Sebok violated disciplinary rules that govern diligence, communication, and declining or terminating representation. The misconduct occurred in his court-appointed representation of a client in a criminal appeal.

*On July 15, 2009, the Supreme Court of Virginia granted a stay of the suspension pending the appeal.

**On December 10, 2009, Mr. Sebok filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Virginia.

***On March 18, 2010, the Supreme Court of Virginia dismissed the appeal.

****On June 18, 2010, the Supreme Court of Virginia denied the petition for rehearing.

*****On August 3, 2010, the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk suspended Mr. Sebok's license for three months effective September 1, 2010.

******On September 23, 2010, Mr. Sebok filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Virginia.

*******On November 10, 2010, Supreme Court of Virginia denied a stay of the suspension pending appeal. 

view Sebok order (pdf posted 11/19/09)*

View Sebok Order (pdf posted 8/25/10)*

On July 2, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Harvey D. Coleman's license to practice law on impairment grounds.

On June 26, 2009, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed a public reprimand with terms on Reuben Voll Greene for violating disciplinary rules that govern diligence and communication. The misconduct occurred in three criminal matters.