A Va. State Bar $9.7 million Client Protection slush fund.

Who is the VSB protecting? Not the public!

November 03, 2017

Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board Awarded $38,168.33

The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board awarded $38,168.33 in reimbursement to former clients of eleven Virginia attorneys at its most recent meeting on September 15, 2017.

Docket Number	Respondent’s Name	Address of Record	Amount Paid	Type of Case
16-555-003052	Stephen Joseph Fisher (Deceased)	Leesburg, VA	$1,800.00	Unearned fees/ Bankruptcy
17-555-003092	Tony Michael Hutchinson	Norton, VA	$   500.00	Unearned fees/ Bankruptcy
17-555-003097	John Arthur Sutherland, Jr.	Fairfax, VA	$7,333.33	Conversion-Theft/Personal Injury, Property Damage
17-555-003099	Jean Jerome Dandy Ngando Ekwalla	Woodbridge, VA	$1,600.00	Unearned fees/Bankruptcy
17-555-003107	Nnika Evangeline White	Richmond, VA	$   500.00	Unearned fees/Family Law
17-555-003112	Nnika Evangeline White	Richmond, VA	$1,150.00	Unearned fees/Bankruptcy
17-555-003113	John Fredrick McGarvey	Glen Allen, VA	$2,550.00	Unearned fees/Criminal Law
17-555-003115	Jean Jerome Dandy Ngando Ekwalla	Woodbridge, VA	$2,850.00	Unearned fees/Consumer Credit
17-555-003116	John Fredrick McGarvey	Glen Allen, VA	$2,900.00	Unearned fees/Criminal Law
17-555-003117	Kimberly Lisa Marshall	Poolesville, MD	$6,500.00	Unearned fees/Family Law
17-555-003118	Sara Elizabeth Chase	Henrico, VA	$1,000.00	Unearned fees/Family Law
17-555-003119	Michael Alan Bishop (Deceased)	Meadowview, VA	$7,500.00	Unearned fees/ Real Estate
17-555-003120	Michael Alan Ward	Fairfax, VA	$1,985.00	Unearned fees/Family Law

The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund was created by the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1976 to reimburse persons who suffer a financial loss because of dishonest conduct by a Virginia lawyer.  Awards from the Clients’ Protection Fund are discretionary and are not a matter of right.  The fund is not taxpayer funded, but is funded by Virginia lawyers who are assessed an annual fee of up to $25. For more information on the fund, go to https://www.vsb.org/site/public/clients-protection-fund.

If you have any questions, you may contact Vivian R. Byrd, Administrator to Clients’ Protection Fund, at (804) 775-0572 or e-mail cpf@vsb.org

Updated: Nov 03, 2017

COMMENTS:

$9.7 Million Dollar Surplus in VSB Client Protection Fund

This post by the Virginia State Bar is deliberately misleading & intended to convince the Public & Virginia attorneys that the VSB is protecting the Public by paying out $38,168.33 to clients of eleven (11) attorneys.

Do the math:  

This is an average of $3,470.00 per client.

The VSB has a $9.7 Million+ Surplus (Slush Fund) under the control of the Virginia State Bar Clients' Protection Fund Board.

The VSB is not protecting the Public through the VSB Clients' Protection Fund any more than the VSB peotects the Public through its skewed VSB Disciplinary System.

The VSB is also continuing to collect $25 from every lawyer every year who pays dues to build up this Slush Fund for the VSB while  denying the majority of claims filed by clients who have suffered financial losses.

So much for the VSB Client Protection Fund protecting the Public & the Bar's dues paying members.

In 1995, the Virginia General Assembly (JLARC) Instructed the VSB to lower its dues.

http://jlarc.virginia.gov/reports.asp

The VSB has defied the Virginia General Assembly for 22 years.

Will the VSB explain this $9 Million Dollar Surplus to the Public & all Virginia dues paying attorneys?

No.

COMMENT

Verification of Virginia State Bar Client Protection Fund Data for Comments Posted Above:

http://m.vsb.org/site/about/the_clients_protection_fund_board_2017/