Attorney Robert L. Freed is facing two serious cases in the Virginia Courts which he is accused of extrinsic fraud upon the court in conspiring with his clients to attempt a $1.3 million fraud and an ethics complaint to have his law license revoked for numerous ethical misconduct and criminal violations.
Richmond Circuit Court Case No. CL21-4150 Spanos v. Freed et al. is an ethics complaint filed against Robert L. Freed and Emily E. Kokie, who committed extrinsic fraud upon the court by obtaining a default judgment without serving the defendant. They hid the default judgment from the defendant, who only discovered it after 18 years, after the death of his mother and the default judgment was to be paid through her will.
Robert Freed is represented by his counsel Julie S. Palmer and Michael Harman, who have entangled themselves in Freed's corruption. The prima facie evidence is strong against them so the only path to getting a decision in their favor was to have Freed's close friend and associate retired judge Daniel T. Balfour preside over the case and rule in Freed's favor.
The problem with that is that Daniel T. Balfour usurped the authority of the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCV) and the Virginia legislature, as retired Judge Balfour had not been designated by court order to preside over and enter orders in CL21-4150. The SCV confirmed in emails that they had no records of a designation order for Daniel T. Balfour to preside over CL21-4150.
Retired judge Balfour entered an order on February 17, 2022, dismissing the ethics complaint against his close friend Robert Freed and Spanos appealed the case to the Court of Appeals of Virginia (CAV) Rec. No. 0706-22.
Spanos filed numerous pleading giving undeniable evidence of Freed's fraud upon the court and Motion for Sanctions against Freed and his Counsel Julie Palmer and Michael Harman for violating the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC), SCV rules and most importantly Virginia Codes for bribery.
The strongest evidence was a October 31, 2022, email by Robert Freed to the trustee and accountant to the Spanos Trust and Freed's legal assistance boasting that he was "I have been assured that his petition for appeal will be denied".
Robert Freed's admission violates VCPC Rule 8.4, 4. state or imply an ability to influence improperly or upon irrelevant grounds any tribunal, legislative body, or public official.
Despite the prima facie evidence of corruption against Robert Freed and his close personal friend retired judge Daniel T. Balfour, the CAV Justices Daniel Ortiz, Lisa Lorish, and Richard AtLee ignored Spanos' pleadings and failed to rule or address them in their January 18, 2024 Order dismissing the ethics complaint against Robert Freed.
Spanos affirmatively showed to the CAV that a miscarriage of justice had occurred by retired Judge Balfour’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction to preside and enter orders in CL21-4150, rendering the Trial Court’s Final Order void ab initio.
The Order entered by the CAV Justices Daniel Ortiz, Lisa Lorish, and Richard AtLee is shameless and gives further evidence of the “protection syndicate” in the Virginia Judicial system. The “protection syndicate” operates uncloaked and without fear of reprisals in the Courts, as they have become a hive that operates with ex parte communications to deprive pro se litigants if they dare seek to protect their Constitutional rights to Due Process.
CAV Justices Daniel Ortiz, Lisa Lorish, and Richard AtLee knowingly acted arbitrarily, capriciously, and contrary to case law in deciding the Appellant’s case before this Court.
The problem is that Daniel T. Balfour usurped the authority of the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCV) and the Virginia legislature, as retired Judge Balfour had not been designated by court order to preside over and enter orders in CL21-4150. The SCV confirmed in emails that they had no records of a designation order for Daniel T. Balfour to preside over CL21-4150.
