On November 9, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Fourth District – Section I Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to Katherine Martell for violating professional rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property, declining or terminating representation, and responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

On November 21, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Mary Meade’s license to practice law for violating professional rules that govern fees, safekeeping property, candor toward the tribunal, professional independence of a lawyer, bar admission and disciplinary matters, and misconduct.

*On December 5, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Christopher Jason Agresto’s license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Mr. Agresto admitted that he was convicted of a federal crime involving conspiracy to commit wire fraud. His license had been summarily suspended on November 18, 2011. He pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia which accepted his plea.

On September 30, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Gerald Isadore Katz’s law license. Mr. Katz pled guilty to a crime in Maryland on August 20, 2010. The board ordered him to appear on October 28, 2011, and show cause why his license should not be further suspended or revoked in Virginia.

On September 29, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Harry Tun’s license to practice law based on the suspension of his District of Columbia license by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.  The board ordered Mr. Tun to appear and show cause why the same discipline should not be imposed in Virginia.  On October 28, 2011, the board suspended Mr. Tun’s Virginia license for eighteen months with six months stayed followed by one year of probation.   This was the same sanction imposed in the District of Columbia.

On September 20, 2011, 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 September 12, 2011, a three-judge circuit court panel with the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk issued a public reprimand with terms to Benjamin Thomas Reed for violating professional rules that govern diligence and communication. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

On September 20, 2011, 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 September 23, 2011, Mr. Smallenberg complied with the subpoena duces tecum and the suspension was lifted.

Effective August 27, 2011, a three judge panel sitting at the Hanover County Circuit Court suspended Robert Henry Smallenberg’s license to practice law for thirty days and ordered him to pay $2,500 in restitution to a client for violating professional rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping of property, and declining or terminating representation. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

On September 15, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Third District-Section II Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to James Anthony Bullard, Jr., for violating a professional rule that governs diligence. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

View Bullard Order (PDF Posted 9/20/11)

On August 25, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Third District—Section I Subcommittee imposed a public reprimand on Peyton Moncure Chichester III for violating professional rules that govern diligence, communication, conflict of interest, and declining or terminating representation. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

View Chichester Order (Posted 9/15/11

On September 8, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively suspended Joseph Rocco Caprio's license to practice law for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.

*On September 9, 2011, Mr. Caprio complied with the subpoena duces tecum and the suspension was lifted.

On June 24, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand with terms to Kristina Kittle Usry for violating a professional rule that governs communication with persons represented by counsel.

View Usry Order (Posted 9/15/11)

On August 22, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Paul Hampton Thomson’s license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Mr. Thomson admitted that he was convicted of multiple federal crimes involving destroying evidence and possession of cocaine. His license had been summarily suspended since June 26, 2011. He pled guilty and was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

View Thomson Order (Posted 9/15/11)

On August 25, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Carl V. Williams' license to practice law based on the May 10, 2011, suspension of his Louisiana license. The board ordered him to appear on September 23, 2011, to show cause why the same discipline should not be imposed in Virginia.

*On September 23, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Carl V. Williams' license to practice law for one year, with all but four months deferred with terms, the same discipline imposed by the Louisiana Supreme Court for ethical violations in that jurisdiction.  The Virginia suspension became effective August 25, 2011 - the date that Mr. Williams' Virginia license was summarily suspended pending a show cause hearing on the reciprocal discipline.

View Williams Order (PDF Posted 11/28/11)

On August 23, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand to Stephen Alan Bamberger for violating professional rules that govern competence and scope of representation. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.

View Bamberger Order (Posted 9/15/11)

On August 31, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively suspended David Glenn Hubbard's license to practice law for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.

*On September 9, 2011, Mr. Hubbard complied with the subpoena duces tecum and the suspension was lifted.

On August 16, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked John Warren Hart’s license to practice law. In agreeing to the revocation, Mr. Hart acknowledged the material facts of pending disciplinary complaints and that he could not successfully defend them. He stipulated that he violated disciplinary rules that govern safekeeping property and misconduct that involves dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation and reflects adversely on an attorney’s fitness to practice.

View Hart Order (Posted 9/15/11)

On July 28, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Jeffrey Andrew Luhrsen’s law license, based on a thirty-day suspension of his Florida license ordered by the Supreme Court of Florida. The board ordered him to appear on August 26, 2011, and show cause why the same discipline that was imposed in Florida should not be imposed in Virginia.

On August 4, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively suspended Robert Henry Smallberg's license to practice law for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.