December 06, 2018
Clients’ Protection Fund Board Pays $43,858.46 to Former Clients
The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board paid $43,858.46 in reimbursement to former clients of six Virginia attorneys at its most recent meeting on September 21, 2018.
Docket Number |
Lawyer’s Name |
City of Record |
Amount Paid |
Type of Case |
18-555-003141 |
Danny Michael Atkins, Deceased |
Charlottesville, VA |
$7,245.46 |
Unearned fees/Family Law |
18-555-003143 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$3,000.00 |
Unearned fees/Civil Law |
18-555-003144 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$5,500.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
18-555-003147 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$1,150.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
18-555-003149 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$4,300.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
18-555-003155 |
Karen M. Kennedy |
Fredericksburg, VA |
$3,400.00 |
Unearned fees/Consumer Law |
18-555-003156 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$3,000.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
18-555-003157 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$2,500.00 |
Unearned fees/Family Law |
18-555-003158 |
Karl Galen Blanke |
Corona, CA (formerly Burke, VA) |
$2,500.00 |
Unearned fees/Real Estate |
18-555-003159 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$4,360.00 |
Unearned fees/Family Law |
18-555-003166 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$1,750.00 |
Unearned fees/Family Law |
18-555-003171 |
Jean J. D. Ngando Ekwalla |
Woodbridge, VA |
$2,653.00 |
Unearned fees/Civil Law |
18-555-003173 |
Mark Howard Allenbaugh |
Cleveland, OH |
$2,500.00 |
Unearned fees/Patents, Trademark & Copyrights |
The Clients’ Protection Fund was created by the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1976 to reimburse persons who suffer a quantifiable financial loss because of dishonest conduct by a Virginia lawyer whose law license has been suspended or revoked for disciplinary reasons, or who has died and did not properly maintain client funds. The fund is not taxpayer funded but is supported by Virginia lawyers who pay an annual fee of up to $25. The Supreme Court of Virginia has set the current annual fee at $10 per Virginia lawyer with an active license status. Payments from the Clients’ Protection Fund are discretionary and are not a matter of right.
If you have any questions, you may contact Vivian R. Byrd, administrator to Clients’ Protection Fund by email at (804) 775-0572.
Updated: Dec 11, 2018