On September 27, 2002 , the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked David Thomas Daulton's license to practice law. The board found that Mr. Daulton, during a five month period, used client trust funds to pay the operating expenses of his law office, that he failed to keep appropriate account records during that time, and that he was untruthful to the bar during its investigation.
September 24, 2002#N#William McLeod Ferguson, III, 2600 Washington Avenue, Suite 204, Post Office Box 253 Newport News, Virginia 23607-0253#N#VSB Docket Nos. 01-010-1409 and 01-010-1795#N#On April 4, 2002, the First District Committee issued two Public Reprimands with Terms to William McLeod Ferguson in the above-referenced matters. Each case involved neglect and failure to communicate in cases, resulting in the losses to the clients of all available remedies. One case was an estate matter in which the client lost her opportunity to claim a share of the estate due to neglect of the case. The other was a personal injury matter in which liability was not an issue, but the statute of limitations ran due to inattention and neglect of the case. Mr. Ferguson appealed the decisions to the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board, which dismissed the appeals and affirmed the sanctions on September 12, 2002.
Bradsher's law license for a period of thirty days, effective November 1, 2002, for unlawful wounding and assault and battery. The suspension was an agreed disposition of disciplinary charges against Mr. Bradsher. His acts violated disciplinary rules prohibiting lawyers from engaging in criminal or deliberately wrongful acts reflecting adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer. In addition to the discipline imposed, Mr. Bradsher served 90 days in jail, and completed substance abuse and anti-domestic violence programs.#N#go to opinion
On September 27, 2002, the Disciplinary Board revoked Terry Lee Van Horn's license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for multiple failures to comply with the terms imposed in connection with his three-year suspension from the practice of law and the notice provisions incorporated in the board's suspension order.
01-101-0653#N#On October 25, 2002, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand with terms to Peter Augustus Theodore, for knowingly making a false statement to a court. This was an agreed disposition of the charges. Mr. Theodore executed an affidavit containing several assertions the bar alleged to be false or misleading. Under the sole term imposed, Mr. Theodore must immediately change his license status to disabled and cannot subsequently change that status without the approval of the bar or the board. The board took Mr. Theodore's medical history into consideration in issuing the public reprimand with terms.
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Khalil Wali Latif's license to practice law in Virginia, effective September 25, 2002. On August 5, 2002, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Lynchburg Division, entered an order holding Mr. Latif in contempt of court for willful actions both in that court and the United States District Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia. The order bars Mr. Latif from practicing law in any federal district court, bankruptcy court or other federal court within the Western District of Virginia for a period of eight months, beginning July 25, 2002.
On October 25, 2002, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board found that Paul Cornelious Bland violated the term of an agreed disposition and imposed the alternate disposition of an 18 month suspension. The board had previously accepted an agreed disposition providing, among other things, that Mr. Bland would not accept any new clients who required more than office consultations or document preparation between April 26, when the board accepted the agreement, and August 16, 2002, when Mr. Bland's four month disciplinary suspension took effect. Contrary to the agreement, Mr. Bland accepted new court appointments to serve as guardian ad litem and appeared in court on numerous occasions during the interim period.