June 12, 2018
VSB Clients’ Protection Fund Board Awards $19,440.00 to Former Clients
The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board awarded $13,640.00 in reimbursement to former clients of three Virginia attorneys at its most recent meeting on May 4, 2018. In addition, the board authorized payments totaling $5,800.00 to former clients of Karen M. Kennedy and Jud Andrew Fischel, whose claims were approved in January 2018, but subject to a reconsideration request by the subject attorneys, then affirmed in May 2018. Details of the payments are:
|
Docket Number |
Respondent’s Name |
Address of Record |
Amount Paid |
Type of Case |
|
18-555-003124 |
Karen M. Kennedy |
Fredericksburg, VA |
$3,300.00 |
Unearned fees/ Consumer Law |
|
18-555-003126 |
Jud Andrew Fischel |
Warrenton, VA |
$2,500.00 |
Unearned fees/ Civil Law - State |
|
18-555-003142 |
Jean Jerome Dandy Ngando Ekwalla |
Richmond, VA |
$2,250.00 |
Unearned fees/Landlord/Tenant |
|
18-555-003146 |
Karen M. Kennedy |
Fredericksburg, VA |
$6,190.00 |
Unearned fees/Consumer Credit/Real Estate |
|
18-555-003150 |
John Fredrick McGarvey |
Glen Allen, VA |
$3,200.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
|
18-555-003160 |
John Fredrick McGarvey |
Glen Allen, VA |
$2,000.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund was created by the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1976 to reimburse persons who suffer a financial loss because of dishonest conduct by a Virginia lawyer. Awards from the Clients’ Protection Fund are discretionary and are not a matter of right. The fund is not funded by taxpayers, rather by Virginia lawyers who are assessed an annual fee of up to $25.
More information on the fund may be found here.
Please contact Vivian R. Byrd, Administrator to Clients’ Protection Fund, at (804) 775-0572 or e-mail cpf@vsb.org with questions.
Updated: Jun 12, 2018