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Disciplinary System Actions
July 2011 December 2011
(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 August 30,
2012
December
2 8,
2011
Glenn
Charles
Lewis,
Lewis
Law
Firm,
Suite
200,
10306
Eaton
Place,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030-2201
VSB
Docket
No.
12-051-089657
On
December
27,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Glenn
Charles
Lewis’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
December
20, 2011
John
Arthur
Sutherland
Jr.,
Suite
250,
3930
Walnut
Street,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030
VSB
Docket
No.
09-053-079278
On
December
9, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
John
Arthur
Sutherland
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct.
View
Sutherland
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/2/12)
December
16, 2011
Francis
Allen
Minor,
7205
Halifax
Place,
Springfield,
Virginia
22150
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-053-078432
and
10-053-081956
Effective
December
9, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Francis
Allen
Minor’s
license
to
practice
law for
one
year,
with
terms,
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
communication,
safekeeping
property,
unauthorized
practice
of law,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Minor
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/12)
December
1 6,
2011
Katherine
Martell,
K and M
Law
Group
LLP,
Suite
301,
10615
Judicial
Drive,
Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-041-086630
and
11-041-086807
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.
View
Martell
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/12)
December
16, 2011
*
David
Garrett
Mullins,
The Law
Office
of David
G.
Mullins,
1019
Carolina
Avenue,
Bristol,
TN 37620
VSB
Docket
No.
12-102-088897
On
December
16,
2011,
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.
December
16, 2011
*
David
Samir
Saliba,
The Law
Office
of David
Samir
Saliba,
440 East
Main
Street,
Wytheville,
VA 24382
VSB
Docket
No.
11-101-085132
On
December
16,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
David
Samir
Saliba’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On
December
20,
2011,
Mr.
Saliba
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
December
8,
2011
Tina
Elizabeth
Orr,
Janaf
Office
Building
Suite
208,
5900
East
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23502
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-089059
On
October
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Tina
Elizabeth
Orr's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
requirement
that she
notify
clients
of a
suspension
imposed
on May
17,
2011.
View Orr
Order
(PDF
Posted
12/21/11)
November
28, 2011
Mary
Meade,
Law
Offices
of Mary
Meade,
Suite
360,
11325
Random
Hills
Road,
Fairfax,
VA
22030-3126
VSB
Docket
Nos.
07-052-2135,
07-052-064794
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.
View
Meade
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/5/12)
November
28, 2011
Cynthia
Gayle
Smith,
P.O. Box
597,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030
VSB
Docket
No.
10-051-080603
On
October
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
I
District
Committee
imposed
a public
reprimand
with
terms on
Cynthia
Gayle
Smith
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
safekeeping
property.
View
Smith
Order
(PDF
Posted
12/2/11)
November
22, 2011
*
Christopher
Jason
Agresto,
P. O.
Box
1589,
Leesburg,
Virginia
20177-1589
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-070-081587,
11-070-085415
and
12-000-089928
On
November
18,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Christopher
Jason
Agresto’s
license
to
practice
law for
five
years
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
and bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters.
In
another
matter,
the
board
also
suspended
Mr.
Agresto’s
license
pending
a show
cause
hearing
based
on
his
November
4, 2011,
guilty
plea for
conspiracy
to
commit
wire
fraud.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on
December
9, 2011,
to show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
*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.
View
Agresto
Order
(PDF
Posted
12/21/11)
November
22, 2011
*
Gerald
Isadore
Katz,
Katz &
Stone,
L.L.P.,
Suite
600,
8230
Leesburg
Pike,
Vienna,
Virginia
22182-2641
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-089385
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
October
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Gerald
Isadore
Katz’s
license
to
practice
law for
six
months.
The
Virginia
suspension
became
effective
September
30, 2011
- the
date
that Mr.
Katz’s
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
pending
a show
cause
hearing
on the
reciprocal
discipline.
View
Katz
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
November
22, 2011
Harry
Tun,
Suite
300, 400
5th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
200001
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-089303
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.
View Tun
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
Michael
J.
Biddinger
Spotsylvania,
Virginia
10-060-083612
On
November
18,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Michael
J.
Biddinger’s
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
declining
or
terminating
representation
and bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters.
His
license
had been
suspending
since
September
27, 2010 .
View
Biddinger
Order
(PDF
Posted
12/21/11)
November
21, 2011
Lindsey
Owen
Sutherland,
4085
Chain
Bridge
Road,
Suite
300,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030-4106
VSB
Docket
No.
09-051-078380
On
October
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Lindsey
Owen
Sutherland’s
license
to
practice
law for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
competence,
diligence,
communication,
bar
admission
and
disciplinary
matters,
and
misconduct.
View
Sutherland
Order
(PDF
Posted
12/2/11)
November
21, 2011
James
Paul
Campbell,
Campbell
Flannery,
P.C., 19
East
Market
Street,
Leesburg,
Virginia
20176
VSB
Docket
No.
09-070-077914
On
September
23,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
imposed
a public
reprimand
on
James
Paul
Campbell
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
the
unauthorized
practice
of law.
View
Campbell
Order
PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
November
1 8,
2011
Theodore
Scott
Silva
Jr.,
Unit
B-104,
111
Center
Street
N,
Vienna,
VA 22180
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-089362
On
November
10,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Theodore
Scott
Silva
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law
based on
his
suspension
for
three
years by
the
District
of
Columbia
Court of
Appeals.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on
December
9, 2011,
to show
cause
why the
same
discipline
that was
imposed
by the
D.C.
Court of
Appeals
should
not be
imposed
by the
board.
View
Silva
Order
(PDF
Posted
1/31/12)
November
18, 2011
Walter
L.
Hooker,
Walter
L.
Hooker,
P.C.,
Suite
206,
4915
Radford
Avenue,
Richmond,
VA 23230
VSB
Docket
No.
08-032-073613
On
November
18,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Walter
L.
Hooker’s
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Hooker
admitted
that the
disciplinary
charges
against
him are
true and
that he
could
not
successfully
defend
against
them. He
stipulated
that he
violated
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
safekeeping
property,
and
responsibilities
regarding
nonlawyer
assistants.
View
Hooker
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
November
16, 2011
Vernon
Keeve
Jr.,
4101
Lafayette
Boulevard,
Fredericksburg,
VA 22408
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-060-079121,
10-060-083220,
11-060-084857
On
November
8, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Vernon
Keeve
Jr.’s
license
to
practice
law for
ten days
with
terms,
effective
November
14,
2011,
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
contingency
fees,
safekeeping
property,
and
obstruction
of an
investigation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Keeve
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
November
14, 2011
Wayne
Richard
Hartke,
Hartke
Law
Offices,
11890
Sunrise
Valley
Drive,
Reston,
VA 20191
VSB
Docket
Nos.
08-053-070206,
09-053-078491,
09-053-079792,
10-053-081287
On
August
26,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Wayne
Richard
Hartke
after
finding
he had
violated
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
fees,
safekeeping
property,
declining
or
terminating
representation,
candor
toward
the
tribunal,
and
misconduct.
View
Hartke
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
October
18, 2011
Brian
Keith
Stevens,
3205
Attems
Court,
Glen
Allen,
Virginia
23060
VSB
Docket
No.
11-031-085469
On
October
12,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Third
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Brian
Keith
Stevens
after
finding
he had
violated
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
communication.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Stevens
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/10/11)
October
12, 2011
Tina
Elizabeth
Orr,
Janaf
Office
Building,
Suite
208,
5900
East
Virginia
Beach
Boulevard,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23502
VSB
Docket
No.
11-021-088247
On
October
12,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
Tina
Elizabeth
Orr's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
October
5, 2011
Raymond
Lewis
Palmer,
116
North 3rd
Street,
Suite
300,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219
VSB
Docket
No.
10-033-082112
On
September
8, 2011,
a
three-judge
panel of
the
Circuit
Court
for the
City of
Richmond
issued a
public
admonition
to
Raymond
Lewis
Palmer
for
violating
the
professional
rule
that
governs
safekeeping
property.
The
court
also
issued a
dismissal
for
exceptional
circumstances
sanction
for
violating
rules
that
govern
diligence
and
declining
and
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Palmer
Order
(PDF
Posted
10/14/11)
September
30, 2011
*
Brett
Nathan
Dorny,
13675 W.
84th
Avenue,
Arvada,
CO 80005
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-089368
On
September
29,
2010,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Brett
Nathan
Dorny’s
license
to
practice
law
based on
the
August
4, 2011,
disbarment
in
Massachusetts.
The
board
ordered
Mr.
Dorny to
appear
on
October
28,
2011, to
show
cause
why the
same
sanction
should
not be
imposed
in
Virginia.
*On
October
28,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Brett
Nathan
Dorny's
license
to
practice
law,
based on
his
August
4, 2011,
disbarment
in
Massachusetts.
His
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
on
September
29,
2011.
View
Dorny
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/28/11)
September
2 9,
2011
Eugene
Brian
Harris,
PO Box
7461,
Portsmouth,
Virginia
23703
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-000-081113
and
10-000-078799
On
September
27,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Eugene
Brian
Harris’s
license
to
practice
law. In
consenting
to the
revocation,
Mr.
Harris admitted
that in
February
2010 he
was
convicted of two
felonies:
one in
the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Chesapeake
and one
in the
Circuit
Court of
the City
of
Portsmouth.
Mr.
Harris’s
license
was
suspended
on
October
9, 2009,
and he
has been
ineligible
to
practice
law
since
that
date.
View
Harris
Order
(PDF
Posted
11/2/11)
September
23, 2011
*
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
11-060-088180
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
October
3, 2011,
Mr.
Smallenberg
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
September
23, 2011
*
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
11-060-08818 1
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.
September
20, 2011
Benjamin
Thomas
Reed,
4504
Colley
Avenue,
Norfolk,
Virginia
23508
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-021-082582, 10-021-084359, 11-021-085874
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.
View
Reed
Order
(PDF
Posted
10/14/11)
September
23, 2011
*
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
11-060-088181
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.
September
23, 2011
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
11-060-088180
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.
September
19, 2011
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
09-032-078278
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.
View
Smallenberg
Order
September
16, 2011
James
Anthony
Bullard,
Jr.,
James A.
Bullard,
Jr.,
P.C.,
2916
Chamberlayne
Avenue,
Richmond,
Virginia
23222
VSB
Docket
Nos.
10-032-082580,
10-032-083196,
10-032-083635
and
10-032-084358
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)
September
9, 2011
Peyton
Moncure
Chichester
III,
10665
Honey
Tree
Road,
Richmond,
Virginia
23235
VSB
Docket
No.
09-031-079771
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
September
9, 2011
*
Joseph
Rocco
Caprio,
Joseph
R.
Caprio,
P.C.,
Box G,
West
Point,
Virginia
23181-1015
VSB
Docket
No.
11-060-087750
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.
September
9, 2011
Kristina
Kittle
Usry,
3851
Edwards
Drive,
King
George,
Virginia
22485
VSB
Docket
No.
08-032-072773
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)
September
1, 2011
Paul
Hampton
Thomson,
15 South
Braddock
Street,
Winchester,
Virginia
22601
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-088570
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)
September
1, 2011
*
Carl V.
Williams,
P.O. Box
51653,
New
Orleans,
Louisiana
70151-1653
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-088432
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)
September
1, 2011
Stephen
Alan
Bamberger,
15710
Beacon
Court,
Dumfries,
VA 22025
VSB
Docket
No.
08-052-073229
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)
September
1,
2011
*
David
Glenn
Hubbard,
Leiser,
Leiser &
Hennessy,
PLLC,
Suite
310,
8229
Boone
Boulevard,
Tysons
Corner,
Virginia
22181-2623
VSB
Docket
No.
10-051-084288
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.
September
1, 2011
John
Warren
Hart,
Suite
22C,
1064
Laskin
Road,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23451-6315
VSB
Docket
Nos.
11-021-086720,
11-021-086858,
11-021-087568,
12-021-088557
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)
August
30, 2011
Tracey
Suzann
Foughty-Deavers,
Law
Office
of TS Foughty-Deavers,
Suite
360,
11325
Random
Hills
Road,
Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-088251
On
August
26,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Tracey
Suzann
Foughty-Deavers’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
notify
clients
of the
February
11,
2011,
and
April
20,
2011,
suspensions
of her
license
to
practice
law.
View
Foughty-Deavers
Order
(PDF
Posted
10/14/11)
August
30, 2011
Barbara
Lyn
Brackett,
125
Carter
Court,
Vienna,
Virginia
22180
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-051-79535,
10-051-080672,
10-051-081366,
10-051-083123,
11-051-085131
On
August
26,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Barbara
Lyn
Brackett’s
license
to
practice
law. Her
license
was
suspended
on
October
10,
2002,
and she
has not
been
eligible
to
practice
law in
Virginia
since
that
date.
The
board
found
that she
violated
rules
governing
unauthorized
practice
of law.
It
also
found
that she
committed
a
criminal
or
deliberately
wrongful
act and
engaged
in
conduct
involving
dishonesty,
fraud,
deceit,
or
misrepresentation.
View
Brackett
Order
(PDF
Posted
12/2/11)
August
26,
2011
Mary
Meade,
Law
Offices
of Mary
Meade,
Suite
360,
11325
Random
Hills
Road,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030-3126
VSB
Docket
No.
07-052-064794
On
August
26,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Mary
Meade's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
August
24,
2011
Arnold
Reginald
Henderson
V,
Arnold
Henderson
&
Associates,
Suite
102, 116
East
Franklin
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219
VSB
Docket
Nos.
09-032-077156
and
10-032-080595
On July
13,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Arnold
Reginald
Henderson
V
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This is
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Henderson
Order
(PDF
Posted
10/20/11)
August 1 6,
2011
Eileen
Marie
Addison,
Commonwealth
Attorney’s
Office,
P.O. Box
40,
Yorktown,
Virginia
23690
VSB
Docket
No.
08-060-073840
On
August
8, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
to
Eileen
Marie
Addison
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
misconduct
and the
responsibilities
of a
prosecutor.
Ms.
Addison
failed
to
disclose
evidence
that
could
negate
or
mitigate
the
guilt of
the
accused.
This is
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Addison
Order
(PDF
Posted
10/20/11)
August
10,
2011
*
Jeffrey
Andrew
Luhrsen,
7430
North Tamiami
Trail,
Sarasota,
Florida
34243
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-087800
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
26,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Jeffrey
Andrew
Luhrsen's
license
to
practice
law for
thirty
days,
the same
discipline
imposed
by the
Supreme
Court of
Florida
for
ethical
violations
in that
jurisdiction.
The
Virginia
suspension
became
effective
July 28,
2011 -
the date
that his
Virginia
license
was
summarily
suspended
pending
a show
cause
hearing
on the
reciprocal
discipline.
View
Luhrsen
Order
(Posted
9/15/11)
August
8, 2011
*
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Suite
204,
Ashland,
Virginia
23005
VSB
Docket
No.
11-060-087698
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.
*On
August
8, 2011,
Mr.
Smallenberg
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
August
4, 2011
Seung Oh
Kang,
Suite
200,
7619
Little
River
Turnpike,
Annandale,
VA 22003
VSB
Docket
No.
06-053-3768
On July
21,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
III
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Seung
Oh Kang
for
violating
disciplinary
rules
that
govern
competence
and
communication.
Under
the
terms of
the
discipline,
she must
conform
the name
she uses
for
practicing
with her
name of
record
with the
Virginia
State
Bar.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
View
Kang
Order
(PDF
Posted
8/9/11)
August
3, 2011
*
**
John
Michael
Coppola,
Ryan &
Coppola
Law
Firm, 20
West
Market
Street,
Leesburg,
VA 20176
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-087695
On July
29,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
John
Michael
Coppola’s
license
to
practice
law, in
response
to his
disbarment
in
Maryland
on April
29,
2011, by
the
Maryland
Court of
Appeals.
The
board
ordered
Mr.
Coppola
to
appear
on
August
26,
2011, to
show
cause
why his
Virginia
license
should
not be
revoked.
*On
August
16,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the
hearing
until
April
27,
2012.
**On
September
15,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
continued
the
hearing
until
December
9, 2011.
View
Coppola
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/2/12)
August
2, 2011
Paul
Hampton
Thomson,
15 South
Braddock
Street,
Winchester,
VA 22601
VSB
Docket
No.
12-000-088570
On July
29,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
summarily
suspended
Paul
Hampton
Thomson’s
license
to
practice
law. Mr.
Thomson
pled
guilty
on June
26,
2011, in
U.S.
District
Court
for the
Western
District
of
Virginia to
crimes.
The
board
ordered
him to
appear
on
August
26,
2011, to
show
cause
why his
license
should
not be
further
suspended
or
revoked.
View
Thomson
Order
(PDF
Posted
3/2/12)
July 29,
2011
Walter
Ware
Morrison,
Suite
100,
2628
Barrett
Street,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23452
VSB
Docket
No.
10-021-081857
On July
26,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Second
District
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Walter
Ware
Morrison
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
communication.
View
Morrison
Order
(PDF
Posted
8/9/11)
July 20,
2011
Charles
Lowenberg
Pincus
III,
Charles
L.
Pincus,
III,
P.C.,
Suite
441,
1244
Perimeter
Parkway,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23454
VSB
Docket
No.
09-021-076759
A
three-judge
panel of
the
Virginia
Beach
Circuit
Court
suspended
Charles
Lowenberg
Pincus
III’s
license
to
practice
law for
sixty
days,
effective
July 1,
2011,
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
fees and
diligence.
The
court
originally
imposed
the
suspension
July 28,
2010,
but the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
stayed
the
suspension
pending
an
appeal.
The
Supreme
Court
affirmed
the
suspension
on June
9, 2011.
View
Pincus
Order
July 19,
2011
*
John
Warren
Hart,
Suite
22C,
1064
Laskin
Road,
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
23451-6315
VSB
Docket
No.
11-021-087568
On July
19,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
administratively
suspended
John
Warren
Hart's
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with a
subpoena
duces
tecum
issued
by the
bar.
*On July
27,
2011,
Mr. Hart
complied
with the
subpoena
duces
tecum
and the
suspension
was
lifted.
July 15, 2011
Sandy Yeh Chang, The Chang Law Firm, Suite 140, 1 Research Court, Rockville, MD 20850
VSB Docket No. 10-42-080416
On July 6, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Fourth District Subcommittee issued a public reprimand to Sandy Yeh Chang for violating professional rules that govern competence and knowingly making a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
view Chang order (PDF posted 7/15/11)
July 12, 2011
Margaret Louis Bassett, 336 Genesis Circle, Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711
VSB Docket No. 12-000-088395
On July 11, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Margaret Louis Bassett’s license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Ms. Bassett acknowledged the truth of a pending bar proceeding and stated that she could not defend the proceeding. On June 6, 2011, Ms. Basset pled guilty to felony driving under the influence — third DUI within ten years.
view Bassett order (PDF posted 7/15/11)
July 6,
2011
Bradley
Douglas
Wein,
Suite
300,
3900 Westerre
Parkway,
Richmond,
VA 23233
VSB
Docket
No.
11-000-088058
On June
24,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
revoked
Bradley
Douglas
Wein’s
license
to
practice
law for
failing
to
comply
with the
duties
of a
suspended
attorney,
which
include
notifying
clients
of the
suspension.
View
Wein
Order
(PDF
Posted
7/22/11)
July 6,
2011
Alfred
Lincoln
Robertson
Jr.,
Robertson
Law
Office,
PLLC,
#800,
11350
Random
Hills
Rd.,
Fairfax,
VA 22030
VSB
Docket
No.
09-052-076428
On June
10,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
II
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Alfred
Lincoln
Robertson
Jr.
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
diligence,
communication,
failing
to
respond
to a
lawful
demand
for
information
from a
disciplinary
authority,
and
declining
or
terminating
representation.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Robertson order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
July 6,
2011 *
**
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg,
Suite
204,
10035
Sliding
Hill
Road,
Ashland,
VA 23005
VSB
Docket
No.
09-032-075885
On June
24,
2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
suspended
Robert
Henry
Smallenberg’s
license
to
practice
law for
ten days
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
communication.
A second
case was
dismissed.
*On June
28,
2011,
the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
granted
a stay
of the
suspension
pending
the
appeal.
**On
October
11,
2011,
the
Supreme
Court of
Virginia
granted
a motion
to
withdraw
the
appeal
described
below
and
lifted
the stay
of the
suspension
of the
appellant's
license
to
practice
law,
effective
September
27,
2011.
view Smallenberg order (PDF posted 7/15/11)
July 6,
2011
Katina
C.
Whitfield,
PO Box
3576,
Petersburg,
Virginia
23805
VSB
Docket
No.
11-031-085051
On May
9, 2011,
the
Virginia
State
Bar
Disciplinary
Board
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
Katina
C.
Whitfield
for
violating
professional
rules
that
govern
reasonable
fees and
safekeeping
property.
view Whitfield order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
July 6,
2011
Paul
Andrew
Murphy,
Suite
404,
6231
Leesburg
Pike,
Falls
Church,
VA 22044
VSB
Docket
No.
09-053-076132
On June
20,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
III
Subcommittee
issued a
public
admonition
with
terms to
Paul
Andrew
Murphy
for
violating
professional
rules
that
require
fees to
be
adequately
explained
to a
client.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Murphy order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
July 6,
2011
David
Colin
Jones
Jr.,
Suite
301-A,
10617
Jones
Street,
Fairfax,
Virginia
22030
VSB
Docket
No.
09-051-079309
On June
20,
2011, a
Virginia
State
Bar
Fifth
District-Section
I
Subcommittee
issued a
public
reprimand
with
terms to
David
Colin
Jones
Jr.
for
violating
a
professional
rule
that
governs
diligence.
This was
an
agreed
disposition
of
misconduct
charges.
view Jones order (PDF posted 7/9/11)
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