March 19, 2018
Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board Awarded $45,522.25
The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board awarded $45,522.25 in reimbursement to eight former clients of five Virginia attorneys at its most recent meeting on January 25, 2018. Details of the payments are:
|
Docket Number |
Respondent’s Name |
Address of Record |
Amount Paid |
Type of Case |
|
17-555-003101 |
Michael Alan Bishop (Deceased) |
Meadowview, VA |
$7,884.00 |
Unearned fees/ Conversion/Theft |
|
17-555-003122 |
John Fredrick McGarvey |
Glen Allen, VA |
$1,150.00 |
Unearned fees/ Criminal Law |
|
17-555-003123 |
John Fredrick McGarvey |
Glen Allen, VA |
$1,750.00 |
Unearned fees/Family Law |
|
18-555-003132 |
Karen M. Kennedy |
Fredericksburg, VA |
$25,810.00 |
Unearned fees/Consumer Credit |
|
18-555-003133 |
John Fredrick McGarvey |
Glen Allen, VA |
$1,000.00 |
Unearned fees/Criminal Law |
|
18-555-003135 |
Michael Jerome Massie |
Portsmouth, VA |
$4,338.75 |
Unearned fees/Embezzlement |
|
18-555-003136 |
Michael Jerome Massie |
Portsmouth, VA |
$2,839.50 |
Unearned fees/Embezzlement |
|
18-555-003138 |
Shelly Renee Collette |
Winchester, VA |
$750.00 |
Unearned fees/Guardianship |
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 taxpayer funded, but is funded by Virginia lawyers who are assessed an annual fee of up to $25. For more information on the fund, go to https://www.vsb.org/site/public/clients-protection-fund.
If you have any questions, you may contact Vivian R. Byrd, Administrator to Clients’ Protection Fund, at (804) 775-0572 or e-mail cpf@vsb.org.
Updated: Mar 20, 2018