The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board correctly determined that an attorney violated Rule 8.1(a) by making false or misleading statements to a VSB investigator, and Rule 8.1(b) “when he failed to correct any misapprehension arising from his statements.” The board ...

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Two Virginia lawyers have been stripped of their licenses for taking advantage of elderly clients. Each contested a lengthy list of alleged ethics violations, but both lost their battles with the Virginia State Bar. One lawyer was found to have ...

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A state senator says Virginia lawyers deserve a more independent ear when they fight against Virginia State Bar ethics charges. The VSB retorts that the Jan. 12 proposal from Sen. Chap Petersen favors accused lawyers at the expense of protecting ...

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The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board had jurisdiction to discipline a state bar associate member. Further, substantial evidence supports the board’s determination that he violated several provisions of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct. The board’s order that his law ...

Tagged with: Attorney discipline Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia

A former Roanoke judge was not sanctioned after the Virginia State Bar dismissed charges of misconduct following a Dec. 17 hearing. The ruling came after a 14-hour hearing that put former Roanoke Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge John Weber III’s ...

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A Virginia lawyer who continued to practice law even though his license was administratively suspended for nearly two and a half years has agreed to disbarment. The lawyer’s actions caused his Washington-based firm to be disqualified from representing a medical ...

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A Roanoke lawyer is defending collection actions on a six-figure judgment after alleged lapses in a divorce action and a resulting legal malpractice lawsuit, according to his client’s new lawyer and Virginia State Bar allegations. Charles “C.J.” Covati undermined his ...

Tagged with: Attorney discipline Judge Robert M.D. Turk Legal Malpractice Montgomery County Circuit Court

A Virginia attorney who defied judges’ orders and largely ignored his 2019 license suspension has been disbarred and had his practice placed under control of a receiver. After disciplinary actions initiated by the Virginia State Bar and sanctions imposed by ...

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The Virginia State Bar is seeking speedy discipline for a Norfolk lawyer whose handling of client money allegedly creates ongoing harm to the public. Bar prosecutors sought an expedited hearing for ethics charges against attorney Carl C. La Mondue after ...

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A lawyer penalized last year for his alleged connection to a deceptive corporate registration scheme has been released from a sanctions award of $86,697.50 by a ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia. August McCarthy of Warrenton denied participation in ...

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