December 28, 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 16, 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)
November 22, 2011
Michael J. Biddinger, Spotsylvania, Virginia
VSB Docket No. 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 18, 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 29, 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. 11-060-088181
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 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.
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 16, 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.
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)
June 29, 2011
David McCrory Estabrook, 6037 20th Street North, Arlington, VA 22205-3403
VSB Docket No. 08-052-071266
On June 20, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed a public
reprimand with terms on David McCrory Estabrook for violating professional
rules that govern frivolous claims, frivolous discovery requests, criminal or
disciplinary charges intended solely to gain an advantage in a civil matter,
taking legal action merely to harass or maliciously injure another, and
committing a deliberately wrongful act that reflects adversely on a lawyer’s
honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness to practice. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
view Estabrook order
(pdf posted 07/25/11)*
June 29, 2011
Brian Gay, Law Offices of Brian Gay, Second Floor, Suite 207, 3500 Virginia
Beach Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
VSB Docket No. 11-000-087465
On June 24, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Brian
Gay’s license to practice law for failing to comply with a requirement that he
notify clients of an administrative suspension imposed on September 24, 2010.
view Gay order
(pdf posted 07/29/11)*
June 28, 2011
James Berkley Priest, The Law Firm of James Berkley Priest, 420 Hamilton
Boulevard, South Boston, Virginia 24592
VSB Docket No. 11-000-086613
On June 24, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended James
Berkley Priest’s license to practice law for twelve months based on his felony
conviction in Halifax County Circuit Court of driving while intoxicated, third
or subsequent offense in five years. Mr. Priest’s law license has been
summarily suspended since January 20, 2011, pending a show cause hearing.
view Priest order
(PDF posted 7/15/11)
June 28, 2011
Alfred Lincoln Robertson Jr., Robertson Law Office, PLLC, #800, 11350 Random
Hills Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030
VSB Docket No. 08-052-073790
On June 10, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Fifth District-Section II Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand to Alfred Lincoln Robertson Jr. for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, communication, and failing to
respond to the bar’s lawful demand for information. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
view Robertson order
(PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 27, 2011
Phillip Stone Griffin II, 102 South Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601
VSB Docket No. 10-070-080544
On June 9, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Seventh District Subcommittee issued a
public admonition with terms to Phillip Stone Griffin II for violating a
professional rule that governs failing to respond to a lawful demand for
information from the bar. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charge.
view Griffin order
(PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 22, 2011
William Orr Smith, #162, 3420 Pump Road, Richmond, VA 23233
VSB Docket No. 11-033-087083
On June 13, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked William
Orr Smith’s license to practice law. In agreeing to the revocation, Mr. Smith
acknowledged the material facts of pending disciplinary allegations and that
he could not successfully defend if they were prosecuted.
view Smith order (PDF
posted 6/22)
June 20, 2011
Charles James Swedish, Sloan & Swedish, 107 Pleasant Street, NW,
Vienna, Virginia 22180-4435
VSB Dockets Nos. 09-051-078734, 09-051-077371, 09-051-079194
On June 9, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Fifth District-Section I Subcommittee
imposed a public reprimand with terms on Charles James Swedish for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, communication, and safekeeping
property. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
view Swedish order
(PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 17, 2011
Joshua Jesse Robert Gessler, Arnold & Porter LLP, Suite 900, 1600 Tysons
Blvd.,
Mclean, VA 22102
VSB Docket No. 11-000-085193
On June 10, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Joshua
Jesse Robert Gessler’s license to practice law. In agreeing to the revocation,
Mr. Gessler admitted that he was convicted of multiple felony counts of
possession of child pornography, and that he could not defend any VSB charges
based on the convictions. Mr. Gessler’s license has been summarily suspended
since May 24. He pled guilty and was convicted on March 28 in the Fairfax
County Circuit Court.
view Gessler order
(PDF posted 7/9/11)
June 9, 2011
James Patrick Hodges, Hodges & Associates, P.C., Suite 316, 19415
Deerfield Avenue, Leesburg, VA 20176
VSB Docket No. 09-070-076748
On May 27, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Seventh District Subcommittee issued a
public reprimand to James Patrick Hodges after finding he had violated
disciplinary rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property,
protecting a client’s interests and returning the client’s file when
terminating representation, and failure to respond to a lawful demand for
information from the bar. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
view Hodges order (PDF
posted 6/16/11)
June 9, 2011
Kenneth Edward Hildebrand, Suite 423, 281 Independence Boulevard, Virginia
Beach, Virginia 23462
VSB Docket No. 11-000-086205
On June 8, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Kenneth
Edward Hildebrand’s license to practice law on impairment grounds.
view Hildebrand order
(PDF posted 6/16/11)
June 3, 2011
David Redd Young Jr., 701 Edwards Ferry Road, Leesburg, VA 20176
VSB Docket Nos. 10-070-082366, 11-070-085556, 11-070-086436 and 11-000-085412
On May 20, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended David
Redd Young Jr.’s license to practice law for five years. The board found that
he violated professional rules that govern duties of a suspended attorney;
declining or terminating representation; unauthorized practice of law; bar
admission and disciplinary matters; and misconduct.
view Young order (PDF
posted 7/9/11)
June 3, 2011
Tina Elizabeth Orr, Janaf Office Building Suite 208, 5900 East Virginia Beach
Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia 23502
VSB Docket Nos. 09-021-076226, 09-021-077701, 10-021-081979, 10-021-083269
The City of Norfolk Circuit Court suspended Tina Elizabeth Orr’s license to
practice law for five years and imposed terms, effective May 31, 2011. The
court found she violated professional rules that govern communication; fees;
safekeeping property; declining or terminating representation; reasonable
fees; unauthorized practice of law; knowingly making a false statement of
material fact; and a criminal or deliberately wrongful act and other
misconduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation that
reflect adversely on a lawyer’s fitness to practice. The court ordered Ms. Orr
to refund a client $37,000. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
view Orr order (PDF
posted 6/16/11)
May 27, 2011
Stacy F. Garrett III, 2551 Swanhurst Drive, Midlothian, Virginia 23113-9613
VSB Docket Nos. 09-032-079386 and 10-032-081824
On April 20, 2011, a three-judge panel of the Chesterfield County Circuit
Court suspended Stacy F. Garrett III’s license to practice law for one year.
The court found he had violated professional rules that govern competence,
diligence, fairness to opposing party and counsel, and failure to respond to a
lawful demand for information from the bar.
View Garrett Order
(PDF Posted 6/3/11)
May 26, 2011
Charles Edward Ayers, Jr., Ayers & Stolte, P.C., 710 North Hamilton
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23221-2035
VSB Docket No. 10-000-084215
On May 20, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board dismissed the show
cause proceeding against Charles Edward Ayers, Jr., for lack of clear and
convincing evidence.
View Ayers Order (PDF
Posted 7/22/11)
May 17, 2011 *
Kathleene Anne Cipriano, Suite 211, 3500 Virginia Beach Boulevard, Virginia
Beach, Virginia 23452
VSB Docket No. 11-022-086778
On May 17, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Kathleene Anne Cipriano's license to practice law for failing to
comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
*On June 16, 2011, Ms. Cipriano complied with the subpoena duces tecum and the
suspension was lifted.
May 17, 2011 * **
Mark Michael Kantro, 142 West York Street, Suite 807, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
VSB Docket No. 10-021-080833
A three-judge panel of the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk revoked Mark
Michael Kantro’s license to practice law effective June 11, 2011. The court
found that he had violated professional rules that govern candor toward a
tribunal, fairness to opposing party and counsel, and a criminal or
deliberately wrongful act and other conduct involving dishonesty, fraud,
deceit, or misrepresentation that reflect adversely on a lawyer’s fitness to
practice.
*On July 13, 2011, Mr. Kantro filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of
Virginia.
**On October 12, 2011, the Supreme Court of Virginia dismissed the appeal.
view Kantro order
(PDF posted 7/15/11)
May 11, 2011
Tracey Suzann Foughty-Deavers, Law Office of TS Foughty-Deavers, Suite 360,
11325 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
VSB Docket No. 11-052-086181
On April 22, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Tracey Suzann Foughty-Deavers's license to practice law for failing
to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
May 9, 2011
Edward Allen Malone, 812 S. 6th Street, Maywood, Illinois 60153
VSB Docket No. 07-041-1222, 07-041-071135
On February 28, 2011, a panel of the Fourth District Committee, Section I,
issued a public reprimand with terms to Edward Allen Malone for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, declining or terminating
representation, and failing to respond to a lawful demand for information from
a disciplinary authority.
View Malone Order (PDF
Posted 5/13/11)
May 9. 2011
George G. Joyner III, 324 London Boulevard, Portsmouth,
Virginia 23704-2808
VSB Docket No. 10-010-082732
On April 15, 2011, a Virginia State Bar First District Subcommittee issued a
public dismissal de minimis sanction to George G. Joyner III for violating a
professional rule that governs safekeeping property. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Joyner Order (PDF
Posted 5/13/11)
May 5, 2011
John Arthur Elmendorf, #1, 11204 Arrowleaf Court, Germantown, MD 20876
VSB Docket No. 11-000-086856
On March 25, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked John
Arthur Elmendorf’s license to practice law, based on his December 16, 2010,
disbarment by the Maryland Court of Appeals. His Virginia license was
summarily suspended on March 3, 2011.
View Elmendorf Order
(PDF Posted 6/3/11)
May 5, 2011
Monica Marie Goodling, 16519 Hayes Lane, Woodbridge, Virginia, 22191
VSB Docket No. 07-042-070763
On March 25, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Fourth District-Section II
Subcommittee issued a public reprimand to Monica Marie Goodling for violating
a professional rule that governs commission of a criminal or deliberately
wrongful act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness,
or fitness to practice. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Goodling Order
(PDF Posted 6/3/11)
May 5, 2011
Martin Ray Johnson, PO Box 5068, Glen Allen, Virginia 23058
VSB Docket No. 11-032-086381
On April 21, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Martin
Ray Johnson’s license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Mr.
Johnson acknowledged the material facts of a disciplinary case pending against
him and that he could not successfully defend against prosecution of the case.
View Johnson Order (PDF Posted 6/3/11)
April 26, 2011
Bruce Howard Gould, Bruce H. Gould, Atty., P.C., Suite 206, 4101 Granby
Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23504-1117
VSB Docket No. 05-021-3010
On April 13, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed a public
reprimand on Bruce Howard Gould for violating professional rules that govern
competence, diligence, and conflict of interest. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Gould Order
(PDF Posted 4/29/11)
April 20, 2011
Gregory Allen Thomas, 201 Crescent Avenue, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-3724
VSB Docket No. 09-060-077778
On April 11, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Gregory
Allen Thomas's license to practice law for violating professional rules
governing misconduct that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty,
trustworthiness, or fitness to practice. This was an agreed disposition of
disciplinary charges.
View Thomas Order (PDF
Posted 4/28/11)
April 20, 2011
Curtis Tyrone Brown, 306 Bald Cypress Court, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
VSB Docket No. 08-021-071424
On March 21, 2011, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court of the City of
Norfolk suspended Curtis Tyrone Brown's license to practice law for twelve
months each on two separate violations, to run concurrently, effective
immediately. The court originally ordered the suspensions on May 26, 2009. One
suspension was for Mr. Brown's violation of disciplinary rules that govern
making a false statement to a tribunal and engaging in conduct intended to
disrupt a tribunal. The other was for engaging in dishonesty,
misrepresentation, and deceitfulness that reflects adversely on the lawyer's
fitness to practice. Both sets of violations occurred in the same
representation. The Supreme Court of Virginia stayed the 2009 sanction pending
appeal. On September 10, 2010, the Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's
judgment and returned the matter to the Norfolk panel for fixing the date of
the sanction.
April 7, 2011
Martin Ray Johnson, P.O. Box 5068, Glen Allen, Virginia 23058
VSB Docket No. 11-032-086114
On April 5, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Martin Ray Johnson's license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
April 7, 2011
Sara Davis Harman, P.O. Box 1323, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
VSB Docket No. 11-032-086318
On April 5, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Sara Davis Harman's license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
April 7, 2011
Sara Davis Harman, P.O. Box 1323, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
VSB Docket No. 11-032-086311
On April 5, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Sara Davis Harman's license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
April 1, 2011
Steven Frank Helm, 30 East Clay Street, Salem, VA 24153
VSB Docket Nos. 10-080-083744, 11-080-084690 and 11-080-086004
On April 1, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Steven
Frank Helm's license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Mr.
Helm acknowledged the truth of material facts of pending disciplinary
complaints and that he could not successfully defend prosecution of charges
based on the complaints.
View Helm Order (PDF
Posted 4/1/11)
March 29, 2011
Richard Anthony Bednar, Apt. 1, 68 S 100 W, Farmington, UT 84025
VSB Docket Nos. 09-052-078586, 09-052-079643, 09-052-079974, 10-052-081160
On March 23, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Richard
Anthony Bednar's license to practice law for three years, for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property,
declining or terminating representation, and failing to respond to a lawful
demand for information from a disciplinary authority. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Bednar Order (PDF
Posted 3/31/11)
March 28, 2011
Clay Bennett Blanton, P. O. Box 556, Quinton, Virginia 23141-0556
VSB Docket No. 09-060-077450
On March 15, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Sixth District Subcommittee imposed a
public reprimand on Clay Bennett Blanton for violating disciplinary rules that
govern competence and diligence. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View Blanton Order
(PDF Posted 3/29/11)
March 25, 2011
James Fred Sumpter, P.O. Box 5564, Midlothian, Virginia 23112
VSB Docket No. 11-032-085088
On March 3, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Third District Section II Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand with terms on James Fred Sumpter for violating
professional rules that govern competence, diligence, and communication. This
is an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Sumpter Order
(PDF Posted 3/29/11)
March 25, 2011
Jesse Scott Shelor, P.O. Box 545, Vinton, VA 24179-1414
VSB Docket Nos. 09-080-077349, 09-080-079109
On February 18, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Jesse
Scott Shelor's license to practice law for violating professional rules that
govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property, terminating
representation, failing to respond to a lawful demand for information from the
bar, and committing a criminal or deliberately wrongful act that reflects
adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness to practice.
View Shelor Order (PDF
Posted 3/29/11)
March 25, 2011
Peter Jung-Wook Rim, Lohmann & Rim, P.C., Suite 506, 7700 Little River
Turnpike, Annandale, Virginia 22003
VSB Docket No. 08-053-074843
On February 18, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed a
public reprimand with terms on Peter Jung-Wook Rim for violating professional
rules that govern responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants and
deliberate misconduct that reflects adversely on a lawyer's honesty,
trustworthiness, or fitness to practice. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Rim Order (PDF
Posted 3/29/11)
March 25, 2011
Walter Ware Morrison, Suite 100, 2628 Barrett Street, Virginia Beach, Virginia
23452
VSB Docket No. 10-021-083030
On March 14, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Second District Subcommittee imposed a
public reprimand with terms on Walter Ware Morrison for violating professional
rules that govern communication, fees, and safekeeping property. This was an
agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Morrison Order
(PDF Posted 3/29/11)
March 25, 2011 *
John Arthur Elmendorf, #1, 11204 Arrowleaf Court, Germantown, MD 20876
VSB Docket No. 11-000-086856
On March 3, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended John Arthur Elmendor's license to practice law, based on his
December 16, 2010, disbarment by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The board
ordered him to appear on March 25, 2011, to show cause why the Maryland
sanction should not be imposed in Virginia.
*On March 25, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked John
Arthur Elmendorf’s license to practice law, based on his December 16, 2010,
disbarment by the Maryland Court of Appeals. His Virginia license was
summarily suspended on March 3, 2011.
March 25, 2011
Keh Soo Park, Suite 9, 4015 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
VSB Docket Nos. 09-052-078381 and 11-052-086577
On March 8, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Keh Soo
Park's license to practice law. In consenting to the revocation, Mr. Park
acknowledged the truth of material facts of pending disciplinary complaints
and that he could not successfully defend prosecution of charges based on the
complaints.
View Park Order
(PDF Posted 3/29/11)
March 24, 2011
John Russell Ward, 4217 Indian River Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456-8058
VSB Docket No. 10-022-082743
On March 24, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended John Russell War's license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
March 22, 2011
Brian Gay, Law Offices of Brian Gay, Second Floor, Suite 207, 3500 Virginia
Beach Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
VSB Docket No. 11-022-085399
On March 21, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Brian Gay's license to practice law for failing to comply with a
subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
March 17, 2010
Curtis Tyrone Brown, 306 Bald Cypress Court, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
VSB Docket No. 08-021-072452
On December 1, 2010, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court of the City of
Norfolk reimposed a public reprimand with terms on Curtis Tyrone Brown after a
finding that he had violated professional rules that govern disruption of the
decorum of a tribunal and making false or reckless statements about the
qualifications or integrity of a judge. The Norfolk court originally imposed
the reprimand on December 15, 2009. The sanction was stayed pending Mr.
Brown’s appeals to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The appeals were dismissed.
view Brown memorandum order
(PDF posted 06/16/11)
view Brown reprimand
(PDF posted 06/16/11)
February 25, 2011
Clarence Flippo Hicks, P.O. Box 1300, Gloucester, Virginia 23061
VSB Docket No. 11-000-086865
On February 25, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Clarence Flippo Hicks's license to practice law on impairment grounds.
View Hicks Order
(PDF Posted 3/18/11)
February 22, 2011
Larry Cecil Brown Jr., Suite 600, 1800 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, Virginia
22314
VSB Docket No. 07-053-2705
On February 15, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a
public admonition with terms to Larry Cecil Brown Jr. for violating a
disciplinary rule that governs safekeeping property. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Brown Order (PDF
Posted 2/25/11)
February 15, 2011
Tracey Suzann Foughty-Deavers, Law Office of TS Foughty-Deavers, Suite 360,
11325 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
VSB Docket No. 11-052-085600
On February 14, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
administratively suspended Tracey Suzann Foughty-Deavers's license to practice
law for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
February 15, 2011
Brian Gay, Law Offices of Brian Gay, Second Floor, Suite 207, 3500 Virginia
Beach Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
VSB Docket No. 11-022-085536
On February 14, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
administratively suspended Brian Gay's license to practice law for failing to
comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
February 15, 2011
Arthur Charles Ermlich Jr., Thomas Law Group, P.C., Suite 127, 4176 South
Plaza Trail, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
VSB Docket No. 10-022-083391
Effective January 28, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Arthur Charles Ermlich Jr.'s license to practice law for five days
and imposed terms on the suspension for violating a professional rule that
governs declining or terminating representation by failing to return a
client's file. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Ermlich Order
(PDF Posted 2/16/11)
February 14, 2011
Michael Raymond Thames, Apartment 835, 1320 North Veitch Street, Arlington,
Virginia 22201
VSB Docket No 09-041-079745
On January 27, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public
reprimand with terms to Michael Raymond Thames for violating or attempting to
violate a disciplinary rule.
View Thames Order
(PDF Posted 2/16/11)
February 14, 2011
Gregory Thomas Casker, P.O. Box 1095, Chatham, Virginia 24531
VSB Docket Nos. 10-090-082948, 10-090-083386, 10-090-083225
On February 3, 2011, a Virginia State Bar Ninth District Subcommittee issued a
public reprimand to Gregory Thomas Casker for violating professional rules
that govern diligence and communication. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Casker Order (PDF
Posted 2/16/11)
February 9, 2011
John Douglas Primeau, John Primeau LLC, 9119 Church Street, Manassas, Virginia
20110
VSB Docket No. 08-060-075514
On November 9, 2010, a Virginia State Bar Sixth District Subcommittee imposed
a public reprimand with terms on John Douglas Primeau for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, communication, and declining or
terminating representation. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View Primeau Order
(PDF Posted 2/16/11)
February 9, 2011
Arthur Charles Ermlich Jr., Thomas Law Group, P.C., Suite 127, 4176 South
Plaza Trail, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
VSB Docket No. 10-022-083032
On January 28, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Arthur Charles Ermlich Jr.'s license to practice law for six months for
violating professional rules that govern diligence, communication, and failing
to protect a client's interest after terminating representation.
View Ermlich Order
(PDF Posted 2/16/11)
February 4, 2011
Karen Patricia Woolley, 146 Wooster Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387
VSB Docket No. 08-070-075359
On February 4, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Karen
Patricia Woolley's license to practice law for thirty days for violating
professional rules that govern confidentiality of information, conflict of
interest involving prohibited transactions, and safekeeping property. This was
an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Woolley Order
(PDF Posted 2/16/11)
February 3, 2011
Reuben Voll Greene, 1557 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
VSB Docket Nos. 09-033-076046, 09-033-078166, 10-033-081354, 10-033-080223
Effective January 27, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Reuben Voll Greene's license to practice law for sixty days and
imposed terms on the suspension for violating professional rules that govern
competence, diligence, communication, fees, safekeeping property, fairness to
opposing party and counsel, and misconduct that reflects adversely on the
lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to practice. This was an agreed
disposition of disciplinary charges. Violations were found in three cases. One
case was dismissed on the bar's motion for lack of clear and convincing
evidence.
View Greene Order
(PDF Posted 2/4/11)
January 28, 2011
Henry St. John Fitzgerald, 1620 North George Mason Drive, Arlington, Virginia
22205
VSB Docket No. 09-041-076478
On January 11, 2011, a three-judge panel in the Arlington County Circuit Court
imposed a public reprimand on Henry St. John Fitzgerald for violating a
professional rule that governs declining or terminating representation. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Fitzgerald Order
(PDF Posted 2/4/11)
January 28, 2011 *
James Berkley Priest, The Law Firm of James Berkley Priest, 420 Hamilton
Blvd., South Boston, VA 24592
VSB Docket No. 11-000-086613
On January 20, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended James Berkley Priest's license to practice law based on his January
6, 2011, guilty plea in the Halifax County Circuit Court to crimes, including
driving while intoxicated-third or subsequent offense. The board ordered him
to appear on February 18, 2011, to show cause why his law license should not
be further suspended or revoked. Mr. Priest's law license has been suspended
since June 21, 2010, on impairment grounds.
*On February 10, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board continued the
hearing until June 24, 2011.
January 25, 2011
Edward Ruffin House, 519 West Riverview Drive, Suffolk, VA 23434
VSB Docket No. 10-010-082618
On January 5, 2011, a three-judge panel in the Circuit Court of the City of
Suffolk revoked Edward Ruffin House's license to practice law for violating
professional rules that govern safekeeping property and dishonest conduct that
reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice.
View House Order
(2/25/11)
January 5, 2011 *
James Fred Sumpter, P.O. Box 5564, Midlothian, VA 23112
VSB Docket No. 11-032-085088
On January 5, 2011, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended James Fred Sumpter's license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the bar.
*On January 27, 2011, Mr. Sumpter complied with the subpoena duces tecum and
the suspension was lifted.
January 4, 2011
Mark Michael Kantro, Suite 807, 142 West York Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
VSB Docket No. 09-021-079252
On December 21, 2010, a Virginia State Bar Second District-Section I
Subcommittee issued a public reprimand with terms to Mark Michael Kantro for
violating disciplinary rules that govern diligence and fees. This was an
agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Kantro Order
(PDF Posted 1/5/11)
January 4, 2011
Jason Matthew Head, Law Office of Jason Head, PLC, Suite 600, One Columbus
Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
VSB Docket Nos. 09-021-079570, 09-021-079674, 09-021-079973, 10-021-081241,
10-021-082943, 09-021-076887, 09-021-077448, 09-021-077661, 09-021-077839,
09-021-077860, 09-021-079565
Effective December 16, 2010, a three-judge panel in the Virginia Beach Circuit
Court suspended Jason Matthew Head's license to practice law for thirty days
and imposed terms for violating professional rules that govern diligence;
communication; safekeeping property; truthfulness in statements to others;
communications concerning a lawyer's services; firm names and letterheads; and
misconduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation that
reflects adversely on the lawyer's fitness to practice. Violations were found
in five cases. Six other cases were dismissed.
View Head Order (PDF
Posted 1/5/11)