When high court justices hide from being served with court filings.
Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons, Supreme Court of Virginia dodges service of a civil Ethics Complaint and a Petition for a Declaratory Judgment filed in the Circuit Court of the County of Louisa, Virginia.
Chief Justice Lemons refused three times to allow his office staff to accept substitute business service.
In a separate Ethics Complaint filed in Orange County, Virginia, Chief Justice Donald Lemons again refused service at his office and was served at his home at 1340 N. Ivanhoe street, Alexandria, VA, 22301.
Karen Gould, Executive Director of the Virginia State Bar accepted service and is represented by the Virginia Attorney General.
How does Chief Justice Lemons think that running from service is going to help him?
Rhetta M. Daniel filed an Ethics Complaint against Chief Justice Lemons and eleven other defendants, who are listed as:
Karen Gould, Executive Director of the VSB
Chief Justice Lemons of the Supreme Court of Virginia
E. Grier Ferguson, Esq., Executor and Trustee of Judge William Wellington Jones (deceased)
Alison R. Zizzo, Esq., Ferguson's attorney
Vanessa Stillman, Esq., Ferguson's attorney
Nathan Olansen, Esq., Ferguson's attorney
Glen M. Robertson, Esq., Ferguson's attorney
Judge John F. Daffron, Jr. (ret. Chesterfield), sitting specially in the City of Suffolk Circuit Court - Appointed by the VA Supreme Court
Judge H. Thomas Padrick, Jr. (ret. Virginia Beach), sitting specially in the City of Suffolk Circuit Court. Appointed by the VA Supreme Court
W. Randolph Carter, Jr. L, Clerk of the City of Suffolk Circuit Court
Elizabeth K. Shoenfeld, Esq., Asst. Bar Counsel
Prescott L. Prince, Esq., Asst. Bar Counsel
The Ethics Complaint filed on June 09, 2021 can be viewed at the below link:
The Ethics Complaint filed lists the following offences:
Case # CL 21-209
Ethics allegations: Failing to report other attorneys and judges unethical and criminal actions for prosecution.
Knowing violating Virginia laws since he became a Justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia.
CL 21-221
Declaratory Judgment:
Seeking a decision from the Louisa Circuit Court that since 1976, the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia State Bar have disregarded Virginia Statutes and knowingly broken the law.
Ethics & Declaratory Judgments Cases:
Both deal with:
The collusion of the VSB and the Supreme Court of Virginia has caused thousands of Complaints to be dismissed without investigation and thousands of lawyers to be disciplined without the VSB having the statutory authority to impose any discipline.
It's a criminal act (accessory after the fact) to fail to report evidence of a crime to the appropriate federal or state authorities. The VSB & the VA Sup Ct rarely report evidence of a crime even though they are mandated to do so by the VSB Code of Professional Conduct and the Virginia Supreme Court Rules of Procedure for the VSB.
Va Sup Ct Procedural Rule 13-30
G. Disclosure of Criminal Activity. If Bar Counsel or a Chair of the Board or a Chair of a District Committee discovers evidence of criminal activity by an Attorney, Bar Counsel, the Chair of the Board or a Chair of a District Committee shall forward such evidence to the appropriate Commonwealth’s Attorney, United States Attorney or other law enforcement agency. The Attorney concerned shall be notified whenever this information is transmitted pursuant to this subparagraph 13-30 unless Bar Counsel decides that giving such notice will prejudice a disciplinary investigation.