Greedy Attorney Bruce Matson was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison related to his theft of $4 million of bankruptcy trust funds.
Lawyers for Bruce Matson asked Monday for a 37-month prison sentence for the former chief legal officer at now defunct law firm LeClairRyan.
Bruce Matson was charged via the criminal information process, which does not require a grand jury indictment.
I disbursed the $2.5 million as discretionary bonuses and that I preserved (an additional) $341,000 in an escrow account which was in my name, admitted Bruce...
Virginia lawyer Scott Lehman is facing state bar complaint he tried to get a jailed client to have a threesome with him and another client.
The Burkes finally obtain a reply from the Virginia State Bar, after sending an open letter to the Senate Committee but the reply offers no answers.
An attorney who fails to observe his obligation of undivided loyalty to his client injures his profession and demeans it in the eyes of the public.
The VSB’s disciplinary process is not a substitute forum to address concerns that were the subject of court proceedings. So says James Bodie of VSB.