December 21, 2020
Michael Denis Kmetz, Esq., PO Box 64547, Virginia Beach, VA 23467-4547
VSB Docket No. 19-022-115796
By Order entered Dec. 11, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Michael Denis Kmetz’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for two years effective Oct. 24, 2022, for misconduct regarding his
duties of competence, diligence, and communication. This suspension will run
consecutively to a two-year suspension that was effective on Oct. 23, 2020 and
was imposed in VSB Docket No. 19-000-116040, for a violation of terms set
forth in a previous case (VSB Docket No. 18-022-109905).
View Kmetz Order
December 14, 2020
OlaDipo Akinwunmi AkinDeko, 6410 Lureta Ann Lane, Springfield, VA 22150
VSB Docket No. 21-000-120620
Effective December 11, 2020, pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, Part
Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
issued an indefinite suspension of Oladipo Akinwunmi AkinDeko’s license to
practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia based on his indefinite
suspension by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on
December 11, 2019.
December 9, 2020
Barry Ray Taylor, Taylor Bayona Law Group, P.C., 1401 Kempsville Road., Suite
A, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
VSB Docket No. 21-022-120790
On December 8, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
administratively suspended Barry Ray Taylor’s license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the Bar.
View Taylor Order
December 9, 2020
Sam Goldstein, 450 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Apt. 1234, Washington, D.C. 20001
VSB Docket No. 20-052-118130
Effective December 7, 2020, the Fifth District, Section II Subcommittee of the
Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand without terms to Sam Goldstein
for violating professional rules that govern unauthorized practice of law;
multijurisdictional law. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Goldstein Order
December 3, 2020
Gordon Bradford Jones, 7946 Yancey Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118987
Effective July 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Gordon Bradford Jones’ license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for one year, with terms. The suspension was based on his conviction of a
Crime in Hanover County. This matter came before the Board as an accepted
Agreed Disposition pursuant to Rules of Court Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph
13-6.H of a Rule to Show Cause issued pursuant to Rules of Court Part 6,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-22.
View Jones Order
November 19, 2020
Jacob Leon Parrott , 360 McKendree Lane, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
VSB Docket No. No. 21-000-120967
Effective November 19, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Jacob Leon Parrott’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
This was an agreed disposition for a reciprocal revocation, based on his
August 12, 2020 disbarment from the practice of law by the Supreme Court of
South Carolina.
View Parrott Order
November 17, 2020
Bruce Howard Matson, 117 Thomashire Court, Richmond, VA 23229
VSB Docket No. 20-033-117567
Effective November 16, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Bruce Howard Matson’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on his affidavit consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent
to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct are pending, Matson
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct
are predicated are true.
View Matson Order
November 13, 2020
OlaDipo Akinwunmi AkinDeko, Esq., 6410 Lureta Ann Lane, Springfield, Virginia
22150
VSB Docket No. 21-051-119428
On November 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
administratively suspended OlaDipo Akinwunmi AkinDeko’s license to practice
law for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the Bar.
View AkinDeko Order
November 13, 2020
William Franklin Burton, Burton Law LLC, Suite 600, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy
Chase, MD 20815
VSB Docket No. 21-000-121116
Effective November 12, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
William Franklin Burton’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia. This was an agreed disposition for a reciprocal revocation, based on
his October 13, 2020, disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of
Appeals of Maryland.
View Burton Order
November 12, 2020
Jacob Leon Parrott , Law Office of J. Leon Parrott, 360 McKendree Lane, Myrtle
Beach, SC 29579
VSB Docket No. 21-000-120967
Effective November 12, 2020, pursuant to Rules of the Supreme Court Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended Jacob Leon Parrott ’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia based on his disbarment by the Supreme Court of the
State of South Carolina on August 12, 2020. He was ordered to appear before
the board on December 11, 2020, to show cause why the same discipline that was
imposed in South Carolina should not be imposed in Virginia.
View Parrott Order
November 6, 2020
Ronnie Lee Clay, Spigle, Massey & Clay, PLC, PO Box 529, Fincastle, VA
24090
VSB Docket No. 20-080-117080
Effective November 5, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a
public reprimand without terms to Ronnie Lee Clay for violating professional
rules that govern scope of representation, diligence, and communication. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Clay Order
November 5, 2020
Jeffrey Brian Bailey, 1418 Huntland Road, Richmond, VA 23225
VSB Docket No. 19-032-111221
By Order entered and effective on November 4, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Jeffrey Brian Bailey’s license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of six months with terms for
violating professional rules that govern competence, diligence, communication,
safekeeping property, declining or terminating representation, and bar
admission and disciplinary matters. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Bailey Order
October 30, 2020
Michael Dana Ephraim, Virginia Divorce Center, PLLC, 7301 Ivycrest Place,
Annandale, VA 22003
VSB Docket No. 19-042-114420
By Order entered October 27, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Michael Dana Ephraim’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for a period of 90 days with terms effective November 20, 2020,
for violating professional rules that govern competence, safekeeping property,
conflict of interest: prohibited transactions, and responsibilities regarding
nonlawyer assistants. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Ephraim Order
October 30, 2020
Chung Suk Oh, Shin Law Group, 7600 Leesburg Pike, Suite 350 East, Falls
Church, VA 22043
VSB Docket No. 20-052-116520
By Order entered October 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Chung Suk Oh’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for a period of 90 days effective October 28, 2020, for violating
professional rules that govern competence, diligence, communication, and
declining or terminating representation. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Oh Order
October 30, 2020
William Franklin Burton, Burton Law, LLC, Suite 600, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
VSB Docket No. 21-000-121116
Effective October 30, 2020, pursuant to Rules of the Supreme Court Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended William Franklin Burton’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia based on his disbarment by the Court of Appeals of
Maryland on October 13, 2020. He was ordered to appear before the board on
November 20, 2020, to show cause why the same discipline that was imposed in
Maryland should not be imposed in Virginia.
View Burton Order
October 28, 2020
Jan C. Smith, 1751 Windmill Point Rd, White Stone, VA 22578
VSB Docket No. 19-060-115989
By Order entered October 22, 2020, a three-judge panel in the Circuit Court of
the County of Lancaster suspended Jan C. Smith’s license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of one year and one day for
violating professional rules that govern truthfulness in statements to others
and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Smith Order
October 28, 2020
Benjamin Thomas Bledsoe, The Law Offices of B. Thomas Bledsoe, P.C., 115 N.
1st Street, Richmond, VA 23219
VSB Docket No. 19-090-115345
Effective October 23, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Benjamin Thomas Bledsoe’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia based on violations of rules of professional conduct governing
conflicts of interest and misconduct.
View Bledsoe Order
October 27, 2020
Jonathan Christian Dailey, Law Office of Jonathan Christian Dailey, 12400 Park
Potomac Avenue, Suite 511, Potomac, Maryland 20854
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118485
Effective October 23, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Jonathan Christian Dailey’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia. This was a reciprocal revocation, based on his March 18, 2020,
disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
View Dailey Order
October 27, 2020
Michael Denis Kmetz, Esq.. PO Box 64547, Virginia Beach, VA 23467-4547
VSB Docket No. 19-000-116040
By Order entered and effective October 23, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Michael Denis Kmetz’s license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for two years for failure to fulfill terms set in
a previous nine-month suspension. Kmetz failed to comply with Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-18.O of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Kmetz’s nine-month suspension was for violations of his duties of competence,
diligence, communication, and safekeeping property.
View Kmetz Order
October 27, 2020
Jon Edward Shields, P.O. Box 10007, Manassas, VA 20108
VSB Docket No. 19-053-114105
Effective October 22, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Jon Edward Shields’ license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on his affidavit consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent
to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct are pending, Shields
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct
are predicated are true.
View Shields Order
October 27, 2020
Stephen A. Strickler, Inman & Strickler, P.L.C., 575 Lynnhaven Parkway,
Suite 200, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
VSB Docket No. 17-022-108407
By Order entered October 21, 2020, a three-judge panel sitting in the Circuit
Court for the City of Virginia Beach suspended Stephen A. Strickler’s license
to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of six months
effective November 27, 2020, for two violations of professional rules that
govern conflicts of interest.
October 19, 2020
James McMurray Johnson, Johnson Law Firm, PC, 13478 Minnieville Road, Suite
204, Woodbridge, VA 22192
VSB Docket No. 19-060-115650
By Order entered October 16, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended James McMurray Johnson’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for a period of 90 days effective October 8, 2020, for violating
professional rules that govern competence, scope of representation, diligence,
communication, conflict of interest, bar admission and disciplinary matters,
and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Johnson Order
October 8, 2020
Barry Ray Taylor, Taylor, Bayona Law Group, P.C., 1401 Kempsville Road, Suite
A, Chesapeake VA 23320
VSB Docket No. 20-022-118980
On October 7, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Barry Ray Taylor’s license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the Bar.
View Taylor Order
October 8, 2020
Jeffrey Marc Sherman, 8870 Rixlew Lane Ste. 201, Manassas, VA 20109
VSB Docket No. 18-041-111137
Effective October 7, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Jeffrey Marc Sherman’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on his affidavit consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent
to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct are pending, Sherman
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct
are predicated are true.
View Sherman Order
October 6, 2020
Mary G. Commander, Commander Law, 5442 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, VA 23509
VSB Docket No. 18-022-110553
Effective October 5, 2020, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court for the
City of Norfolk issued a public reprimand to Mary G. Commander for violating
professional rules that concern conflict of interest; declining or terminating
representation; fairness to opposing party and counsel; bar admission and
disciplinary matters; and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Commander Order
October 5, 2020
Evelyn Ann Miller, 12112 Vale Road, Oakton, VA 22124
VSB Docket Nos. 19-052-115354 and 19-052-115749
Effective October 2, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Evelyn Ann Miller’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on her affidavit consenting to the revocation. By tendering her consent
to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct are pending, Miller
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct
are predicated are true.
View Miller Order
October 1, 2020
Jonathan Christian Dailey, Law Office of Jonathan C. Dailey, 12400 Park
Potomac Avenue, Suite 511, Potomac, Maryland 20854
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118485
Effective October 1, 2020, pursuant to Rules of the Supreme Court Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended Jonathan Christian Dailey’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia based on his disbarment by the Maryland Court of
Appeals on March 18, 2020. He was ordered to appear before the board on
October 23, 2020, to show cause why the same discipline that was imposed in
Maryland should not be imposed in Virginia.
View Dailey Order
September 30, 2020
Frank Gerald Fina, 4800 Salem Road, Middleburg, PA 17842
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118449
On August 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a Rule to
Show Cause and Order of Summary Suspension and Notice of Hearing in which it
ordered Frank Gerald Fina to show cause why the same or equivalent discipline
imposed on him in Pennsylvania should not be imposed by the Board. By Order
entered September 25, 2020, the Board found that Fina had shown cause why the
same or equivalent discipline that was imposed in Pennsylvania should not be
imposed in Virginia, and summarily dismissed the matter.
View Fina Order
September 29, 2020
Paul Christopher Galanides, 1561 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23218-1998
VSB Docket No. 20-031-118030
Effective September 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued
a public reprimand with terms to Paul Christopher Galanides for violating
professional rules that concern competence, scope of representation,
diligence, communication, conflict of interest, declining or terminating
representation, and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View Galanides Order
September 29, 2020
Richard Thomas Robol, 433 West Sixth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201
VSB Docket No. VSB 19-021-114994
By Order entered and effective September 25, 2020, the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board suspended Richard Thomas Robol’s license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for four years based on his breaches of the Ohio
Rules of Professional Conduct governing candor to the tribunal, fairness to
opposing party and counsel, truthfulness in statements to others, and
misconduct.
View Robol Order
September 8, 2020
Nancy Theresa Lord, 1970 North Leslie Road #220, Parhump, NV 89060
VSB Docket No. VSB #20-000-118890
Effective September 4, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Nancy Theresa Lord’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for six months and one day. This was an imposition of reciprocal
discipline, based on disciplinary action by the Supreme Court of Nevada, and
an agreed disposition of charges. Lord is ordered to comply with all
additional terms and conditions imposed by the State Bar of Nevada in its
suspension order dated December 20, 2017.
View Lord Order
September 8, 2020
John B. Russell, Jr., 9017 Forest Hill Ave., Ste A, Bon Air, Virginia 23235
VSB Docket No. 20-032-117715
On September 4, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
administratively suspended John B. Russell, Jr.’s license to practice law for
failing to comply with two subpoenas duces tecum issued by the Bar.
View Russell Order
September 8, 2020 *
Frank Gerald Fina, 4800 Salem Road, Middleburg, PA 17842
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118449
By Order entered August 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended Frank Gerald Fina’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, effective September 4, 2020, based on his one year
and one day suspension by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was ordered to
appear before the board on September 25, 2020, to show cause why the same
discipline that was imposed in Pennsylvania should not be imposed in Virginia.
View Fina Order
*On September 25, 2020 the Disciplinary Board dismissed the matter.
September 8, 2020
Nancy Theresa Lord, 1970 North Leslie Road #220, Parhump, NV 89060
VSB Docket No. VSB #20-000-118890
By Order entered August 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended Nancy Theresa Lord’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, effective September 4, 2020, based on her six month
and one day suspension by the Supreme Court of Nevada. She was ordered to
appear before the board on September 25, 2020, to show cause why the same
discipline that was imposed in Nevada should not be imposed in Virginia.
View Lord Order
September 3, 2020
John B. Russell Jr., 9017 Forest Hill Avenue, Suite A, Bon Air, VA 23235
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117794
Effective August 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
John B. Russell Jr.’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for three years for failing to comply with Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph
13-29 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The three-year suspension
begins November 1, 2021, the date his two-year suspension expires.
View Russell Order
September 3, 2020
William Franklin Burton, Burton Law, LLC, Suite 600, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
VSB Docket No. 21-051-119322
On September 3, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
administratively suspended William Franklin Burton’s license to practice law
for failing to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the Bar.
View Burton Order
September 2, 2020
John Dillard Hooker Jr., John D. Hooker, Jr. & Associates, P.C., P.O. Box
968, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-0968
VSB Docket No. 20-022-116310
Effective September 2, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Second District, Section
II Subcommittee issued a public reprimand without terms to John Dillard Hooker
Jr. for violating professional rules that govern competence, communication
with persons represented by counsel, and misconduct. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Hooker Order
August 31, 2020
Jin-Ho Cynn, Kim & Cynn Law PLLC, 4200 Evergreen Lane, Suite 312,
Annandale, Virginia 22003
VSB Docket No. 19-053-115676
By Order entered August 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Jin-Ho Cynn’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for a period of 90 days, with terms, for violating professional rules
that govern candor toward the tribunal, unauthorized practice of law, and
misconduct.
View Cynn Order
August 24, 2020
Anna Hughes Myers, 4009 Flowerfield Road, Apt. A, Norfolk, VA 23518
VSB Docket Nos. 19-021-112027; 19-021-113670; 19-021-115847
By Order entered August 19, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended, with terms, Anna Hughes Myers’ license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of two years for violating professional
rules that govern diligence, conflict of interest, safekeeping property,
declining or terminating representation, truthfulness in statements to others,
and misconduct effective August 28, 2020. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Myers Order
August 19, 2020
Sameena Sabir, 4120 Leonard Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
VSB Docket No. 19-053-114466
Effective August 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Fifth District, Section III,
Committee issued a public reprimand with terms to Sameena Sabir for violating
the Rules of Professional Conduct governing competence and diligence.
View Sabir Order
August 12, 2020
Timothy Andrew Litzenburg, Roundup Cancer Firm plc, 307 Westminster Rd,
Charlottesville, VA 22901
VSB Docket No. 20-070-117650
Effective August 11, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Timothy Andrew Litzenburg’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia based on his affidavit consenting to the revocation. By tendering his
consent to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct are pending,
Litzenburg acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of
misconduct are predicated are true.
View Litzenburg Order
August 10, 2020
Rachael Anne Hammer, Hammer Legal, PLLC, 14331 Papilion Way, Centreville,
Virginia 20121
VSB Docket No. 19-052-115487
By Order entered August 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended, with terms, Rachael Anne Hammer’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of 60 days for violating professional
rules that govern safekeeping property, declining or terminating
representation, and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View Hammer Order
August 10, 2020
David Brooks Hundley, P.O. Box 13187, Richmond, Virginia 23225
VSB Docket No. 19-010-114365
Effective August 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
David Brooks Hundley’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
based on his affidavit consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent
to revocation at a time when allegations of misconduct are pending, Hundley
acknowledges that the material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct
are predicated are true.
View Hundley Order
August 6, 2020
Craig Edward Baumann, Craig Edward Baumann, P.C., 8770 Richmond Highway,
Alexandria, Virginia 22309-4204
VSB Docket No. 19-051-108422
On July 30, 2020, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed a public admonition
with terms issued to Craig Edward Baumann by the Fifth District Committee,
Section I. On January 11, 2019, the Virginia State Bar Fifth District
Committee, Section I, issued a public admonition with terms to Mr. Baumann for
violating professional rules that govern scope of representation,
communication, and fees. Mr. Baumann appealed to the Virginia State Bar
Disciplinary Board, which affirmed the decision on October 9, 2019. Mr.
Baumann then appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which affirmed the
Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board’s decision.
View Baumann Order
July 30, 2020
Larry Lynn Miller, Jordan Building, 485 Hillsdale Drive, Suite 341,
Charlottesville, VA 22901
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118603
Effective July 28, 2020, pursuant to Rules of the Supreme Court Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-24, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily issued a reciprocal three-year suspension to Larry Lynn Miller for
violating the rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of
Virginia. The suspension shall remain in effect until April 20, 2023.
View Miller Order
July 28, 2020
Jonathan Michael O’Connor, The O’Connor Law Firm, P.C., 1518 Willow Lawn Drive
2nd Fl, Richmond, VA 23230-3419
VSB Docket No. 19-032-115505
Effective July 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Third District, Section II
Subcommittee issued a public reprimand without terms to Jonathan Michael
O’Connor for violating the Rules of Professional Conduct governing
communication, declining or terminating representation, and bar admission and
disciplinary matters. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View O’Connor Order
July 15, 2020
Vincent Mark Amberly, Amberly Law, 129 Harrison Street NE, Leesburg, VA 20176
VSB Docket No. 20-053-118687
Effective July 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board accepted as
an agreed disposition an additional 30-day suspension of Vincent Mark
Amberly’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia as sanction
for violating the terms of a public reprimand issued to Amberly by the Fifth
District Section III Subcommittee on February 21, 2017. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Amberly Order
July 7, 2020
Daniel Matthias Kincheloe, 5513 Holman Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059
VSB Docket No. 20-000-119103
Effective July 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Daniel Matthias Kincheloe’s license to practice law based on his affidavit
consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, Kincheloe acknowledges that the
material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are
true.
View Kincheloe Order
July 6, 2020
Gordon Bradford Jones, Gordon Jones Legal, 7946 Yancey Drive, Falls Church, VA
22042
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118987
Effective July 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended Gordon Bradford Jones’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia pursuant to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-22.A of the Rules
of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
View Jones Order
Jones Continuance Order
June 24, 2020
David B. Parks Sr., 104 Mallard Drive, Duck, North Carolina 27949-4481
VSB Docket No. 20-010-116823
Effective June 24, 2020, the Virginia State Bar First District Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand without terms to David B. Parks Sr. for violating
professional rules that govern diligence and communication. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Parks Order
June 18, 2020
Todd Russell Lewis, Lewis Law LC, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Ste.102-50, Arlington, VA
22201
VSB Docket No. 17-041-109047
Effective June 17, 2020, pursuant to Virginia Rule of Professional Conduct
8.5(a) and (b), the Virginia State Bar Fourth District, Section I Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand without terms to Todd Russell Lewis for violating
Maryland’s professional rules that govern competence, diligence, and
safekeeping property. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Lewis Order
May 21, 2020
William Franklin Burton, Burton Law LLC, Suite 600, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
VSB Docket No. 19-051-115210
By Order entered May 20, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended William Franklin Burton’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of one year and one day for violating
professional rules that govern competence, diligence, communication,
truthfulness in statements to others, and bar admission and disciplinary
matters. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Burton Order
May 20, 2020
Raymond Lewis Palmer, The Law Offices of Raymond L. Palmer Sr., 100 N. 5th
Street, Richmond, VA 23219
VSB Docket No. 19-033-115044
By Order entered May 15, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended, with terms, Raymond Lewis Palmer’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of one year for violating professional
rules that govern diligence and safekeeping property. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges. The suspension is effective September 15,
2020.
View Palmer Order
May 13, 2020
Ellen Mary Lynch, 3709 North Nelson Street, Arlington, VA 22207
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118465
On May 12, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Ellen
Mary Lynch’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant
to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-23 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of
Virginia.
View Lynch Order
May 13, 2020
Kathryn Suzanne Pennington, 678 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia
23457
VSB Docket Nos. 18-021-110430, 18-021-110932, 18-021-112103, 19-021-113686,
19-021-114516, 19-021-114656
Effective May 11, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Kathryn Suzanne Pennington’s license to practice law based on her affidavit
consenting to the revocation. By tendering her consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, Pennington acknowledges that the
material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are
true.
View Pennington Order
May 4, 2020
Cheryl Schroeder Thomas, 1060 Laskin Road, Suite 14B, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
20-000-117149
On April 29, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily
suspended Cheryl Schroeder Thomas’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 13-23.D
of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
View Thomas Order
April 29, 2020
Timothy Scott Carnes, 713 Colonial Avenue. Norfolk, VA 23507
VSB Docket No. 20-000-118442
Effective April 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Timothy Scott Carnes’s license to practice law based on his affidavit
consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, Carnes acknowledges that the
material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are
true.
View Carnes Order
April 24, 2020
Babak Bagheri, North Law, 4710 Falstone Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117931
Effective April 24, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Babak Bagheri’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This
was a reciprocal revocation, based on his January 9, 2020, disbarment from the
practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
View Bagheri Order
April 20, 2020
Babak Bagheri, North Law, 4710 Falstone Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117931
Effective April 20, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Babak Bagheri’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The
suspension was based on his disbarment from the practice of law by the Court
of Appeals of Maryland. The board ordered Bagheri to appear before the board
(via teleconference) on May 15, 2020, to show cause why the same discipline
imposed in the other jurisdiction should not be imposed by the board.
View Bagheri Order
April 10, 2020
Daniel Francis Izzo, 6800 Signature Circle, Alexandria, VA 22310
VSB Docket No. 19-053-116012
Effective April 8, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended,
with terms, Daniel Francis Izzo’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for one year and one day for violating professional rules that
govern scope of representation, diligence, communication, and misconduct. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Izzo Order
April 8, 2020
Janice Lynn Redinger, Janice L. Redinger, P.L.C., 435 Park Street,
Charlottesville, VA 22902
VSB Docket No. 19-070-116058
Effective April 7, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Seventh District Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand without terms to Janice Lynn Redinger for violating
professional rules that govern fairness to opposing party and counsel. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Redinger Order
April 6, 2020
Rose Ann Palmer, Law Office of Rose A. Palmer PLLC, 8005-C Creighton Pkwy
#814, Mechanicsville, VA 23111
VSB Docket Nos. 20-000-117391 and 20-000-117563
On March 10, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Sixth District Subcommittee issued
an admonition with terms to Rose Ann Palmer for violating professional rules
that govern diligence, communication, and safekeeping property.
View Palmer Order
March 20, 2020
Charles Edwin Taylor, Charles E. Taylor, P.C., Suite 3-D, 1311-A Dolley
Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22101-3925
VSB Docket No. 19-052-114176
Effective March 19, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a
public reprimand with terms to Charles Edwin Taylor for violating professional
rules that govern diligence and bar admission and disciplinary matters. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Taylor Order
March 20, 2020
George Ed Barker Jr., 28548 Hawthorne Drive, Meadowview, VA 24361
VSB Docket No. 18-102-111159
Effective March 17, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a
public reprimand with terms to George Ed Barker Jr. for violating professional
rules that concern the commission of a criminal or deliberately wrongful act
that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to
practice law. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Barker Order
March 17, 2020
Ellis Charles Baggs, Baggs Law Group, PLC, 3016 Garland Ave, Richmond, VA
23222
VSB Docket Nos. 20-033-116902 and 20-033-118338
Effective March 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Ellis Charles Baggs’s license to practice law based on his affidavit
consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, Baggs acknowledges that the
material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are
true.
View Baggs Order
March 17, 2020
Kathryn Suzanne Pennington, 678 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia
23457
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117585
Effective March 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Kathryn Suzanne Pennington’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
View Pennington Order
March 10, 2020
Azadeh Sophia Kokabi, 3619 Evergreen Point Road, Medina, WA 98039
VSB Docket No. 18-041-112425
Effective March 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended
Azadeh Sophia Kokabi’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for four years for violating a professional rule that governs misconduct. This
was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Kokabi Order
March 6, 2020
David Barney Wilks, Legacy Law Group of Northern Virginia, PLLC, 8567-D Sudley
Road, Manassas, VA 20110
VSB Docket No. 19-053-114898
Effective February 27, 2020, the Circuit Court of the County of Prince William
suspended David Barney Wilks’ license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for two years for violating professional rules that govern
safekeeping property and misconduct.
View Wilks Order
February 28, 2020
David Harris Miller, 4551 Forest Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117085
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
David Harris Miller’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
following his conviction on October 4, 2019, by a jury of ten counts of a
felony in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
View Miller Order
February 28, 2020
Traci Leigh Bransford Marquis, 8010 Ashley Circle Drive N, Houston, Texas
77071
VSB Docket No. 19-010-115084
Effective February 26, 2020, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court for the
City of Chesapeake suspended Traci Leigh Bransford Marquis’ license to
practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for 30 days for violating
professional rules that govern diligence, communication, safekeeping property,
declining or terminating representation, communication concerning a lawyer’s
services, and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct
charges.
View Marquis Order
February 27, 2020
Michael Anthony Cole, 4122 Virgie Cole Road, South Boston, VA 24592
VSB Docket Nos. 19-090-114614 and 20-090-117131
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Michael Anthony Cole’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia
for violating professional rules that govern safekeeping property,
truthfulness in statements to others, bar admission and disciplinary matters,
and misconduct.
View Cole Order
February 27, 2020
Michael Anthony Cole, 4122 Virgie Cole Road, South Boston, VA 24592
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117811
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Michael Anthony Cole’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Virginia for one year and one month for failing to comply with Part Six,
Section IV, Paragraph 13-29 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
View Cole Order
February 21, 2020
Kenneth Steven Kaufman, 7862 Oracle Place, Potomac, MD 20854
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117428
Effective February 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Kenneth Steven Kaufman’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia. This was a reciprocal revocation, based on his November 22, 2019,
disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
View Kaufman Order
February 19, 2020
Jason Michael Breneman, COTULaw, P.O. Box 405, Ashland, VA 23005
VSB Docket Nos. 18-032-111093, 19-032-114090, 19-032-114975, 19-000-114710,
19-000-114711
Effective February 14, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended, with terms, Jason Michael Breneman’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia for three months for violating professional rules
that govern competence, diligence, communication, the unauthorized practice of
law, bar admission and disciplinary matters, and misconduct. Breneman also
failed to comply with rules governing two interim suspension orders. This was
an agreed disposition of misconduct charges.
View Breneman Order
February 19, 2020
Craig Edward Baumann, Craig E. Baumann, P.C., 8770 Richmond Highway,
Alexandria.VA 22309-4204
VSB Docket No. 18-042-110663
Effective February 18, 2020, a Virginia State Bar Fourth District Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand with terms to Craig Edward Baumann for violating
professional rules that govern safekeeping property, meritorious claims and
contentions, and fairness to opposing party and counsel. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Baumann Order
February 11, 2020
Sterling Harrisbe Weaver Sr., Weaver Law Practice, PLLC, P.O. Box 543,
Portsmouth, VA 23705-0543
VSB Docket No. 18-010-112743
On February 6, 2020, the Virginia State Bar First District Committee issued an
admonition with terms to Sterling Harrisbe Weaver Sr. for violating a
professional rule that governs safekeeping property.
View Weaver Order
February 10, 2020
James Anthony Rivera
The Law Office of James A. Rivera, PLLC
209 Elden Street, Suite 101
Herndon, VA 20170
VSB Docket No. 19-051-114354
Effective February 7, 2020, a Virginia State Bar Fifth District Subcommittee
issued a public reprimand with terms to James Anthony Rivera for violating a
professional rule that governs safekeeping property. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Rivera Order
February 10, 2020
Paul Granville Watson IV
P.O. Box 600
Eastville, VA 23347
VSB Docket No. 19-022-115618
Effective February 10, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Paul Granville Watson IV’s license to practice law based on his affidavit
consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, Watson acknowledges that the
material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are
true.
View Watson Order
February 10, 2020
Clifford John Shoemaker
Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein
9711 Meadlowlark Road
Vienna, VA 22182
VSB Docket No. 20-051-117628
Effective February 7, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked
Clifford John Shoemaker’s license to practice law based on his affidavit
consenting to the revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time
when allegations of misconduct are pending, Shoemaker acknowledges that the
material facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are
true.
View Shoemaker Order
January 29, 2020
Kenneth Steven Kaufman, 7862 Oracle Place, Potomac, MD 20854
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117428
Effective January 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
summarily suspended Kenneth Steven Kaufman’s license to practice law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. The suspension was based on his November 22, 2019,
disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. The
board ordered Kaufman to appear before the board on February 21, 2020, to show
cause why the same discipline imposed in the other jurisdiction should not be
imposed by the board.
View Kaufman Order
January 27, 2020 * **
Randall Sousa, The Law Offices of Randall Sousa, P.C., 3007 Williams Drive,
Fairfax, VA 22031
VSB Docket No. 20-000-117517
Effective January 24, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended Randall Sousa’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for three years for failing to comply with Part Six, Section IV,
Paragraph 13-29 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
View Sousa Order
*On April 3, 2020, Mr. Sousa filed a notice of appeal.
**On June 25, 2020 the Virginia Supreme Court dismissed the appeal.
January 24, 2020
Philip R. Farthing, 7320 Glenroie Ave Unit 4-F, Norfolk, Virginia 23505-3061
VSB Docket No. 18-010-110420; Circuit Court Case No. CL19-5110
Effective January 21, 2020, the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk revoked
Philip R. Farthing’s license to practice law based on his affidavit consenting
to the revocation. By tendering his consent to revocation at a time when
allegations of misconduct are pending, Farthing acknowledges that the material
facts upon which the allegations of misconduct are predicated are true.
View Farthing Order
January 22, 2020
David Colin Jones Jr., 10617 Jones Street, Suite 301-A, Fairfax, VA 22030
VSB Docket No. 19-051-114067
Effective January 21, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a
public reprimand with terms to David Colin Jones Jr. for violating
professional rules that govern diligence and communication. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Jones Order
January 22, 2020
Vaughan Christopher Jones, Johnson Jones LLP, 1622 W. Main St., Richmond, VA
23220
VSB Docket No. 19-032-113123
Circuit Court Case No. CL19-4597-8
Effective January 16, 2020, the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond issued
a public reprimand with terms to Vaughan Christopher Jones for violating
professional rules that govern competence and diligence. This was an agreed
disposition of misconduct charges.
View Jones Order
January 14, 2020
Danielle Madison Holt Lewis, 1105 Ironington Road, Richmond, VA 23227
VSB Docket No. 19-031-115415
Effective January 13, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board
suspended, with terms, Danielle Madison Holt Lewis’ license to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia for 90 days for violating professional rules that
govern safekeeping property and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of
misconduct charges.
View Lewis Order
January 2, 2020
Michael Anthony Cole, Michael A. Cole, PC, 4122 Virgie Cole Rd., South Boston,
VA 24592
VSB Docket No. 20-090-117131
On January 2, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board administratively
suspended Michael Anthony Cole’s license to practice law for failing to comply
with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the Bar.
View Cole Order