The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board has revoked a lawyer’s license for his involvement in a series of loans to a struggling social club in the Washington suburbs. The bar said attorney Dale E. Duncan had a conflict of interest ...
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Ten years after surrendering his Virginia law license amid federal tax charges and a host of bar complaints, Rickey Gene Young, formerly of Martinsville, has won approval for reinstatement to the legal profession. There are some conditions on Young’s being ...
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A Northern Virginia lawyer has given up law practice and accepted a public reprimand from the Virginia State Bar after acknowledging evidence that he paid fees to members of a “Latin Unity” group to get criminal and traffic defense clients. ...
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A panel of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board has rejected again a lawyer’s automatic license suspension based on her suspension by a Maryland federal judge. The five-member discipline panel decided 3-2 in May not to impose reciprocal discipline on ...
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A Fairfax lawyer has agreed to a public reprimand after suggesting a sham summary judgment motion as part of an agreement to resolve a civil lawsuit. Attorney Mike Meier last month admitted to violation of ethics rules that prohibit making ...
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A former lawyer who was revoked seven years ago for failing to repay money from a personal injury settlement is asking the Supreme Court of Virginia to restore her law license. The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board is seeking comments ...
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The Virginia State Bar has dismissed discipline charges against a lawyer for failing to honor a large lien claimed by a pre-settlement funding company. Hampton attorney Stephen M. Smith argued the lender was “using the Virginia State Bar as a ...
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A Richmond lawyer has agreed to a public reprimand to resolve Virginia State Bar charges that he mishandled fee agreements with two prisoners who hired him to investigate injury claims. Leroy W. Allen took on legal work for two state ...
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A Covington lawyer has his license suspended for a year for helping a client get his driving privileges restored without telling the judge about a hearing scheduled later that day on the client’s felony charge of unlicensed driving. Marcus N. ...
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Matthew B. Murray of Charlottesville has accepted a five-year suspension of his law license to resolve discipline charges arising from a contentious trial and a record-breaking verdict in 2010, according to the Virginia State Bar. The misconduct charges focused on ...
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