High Profile Richmond Attorneys Face Serious Sanctions for Fraud and Misconduct

 Prominent Attorneys and their Counsel Face Harsh Sanctions in White Nationalism Case in the Virginia Court of Appeals.

On April 28, 2023, eight prominent attorneys through their counsel in the Richmond area filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss Appeal in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. What started as a normal motion has turned into a nightmare for the eight attorneys facing ethics complaints for conspiring together to promote and support a "white nationalism" syndicate which protected white affluent professionals from being investigated and prosecuted for their role in a 600-kilo cocaine organization that operated in the Richmond area for over ten years.

The Appellant immediately filed a Motion for Sanctions against the nineteen attorneys for fraud on the court and violating the rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct(VCPC), specifically Rule 8.4 Misconduct. The attorneys are listed below.

APPELLEE	APPELLEE COUNSEL
Richard Cullen and Wade Kizer	Irving Blank
Judge Lee A. Harris Jr.	Brittany McGill, Amy Hensley
Shannon L. Taylor	Theodore Brenner
James B. Comey, Howard C. Vick Jr.	Brandon Santos, Garret Hooe
Michael Y. Feinmel	William Tunner, John O’Herron
Todd Stone	S. Keith Barker
George Manoli Loupassi	Bradley Marrs

The most prominent Attorney facing sanctions is Richard Cullen, the chief legal advisor to Governor Glenn Youngkin, Cullen is listed as the organizer of the "white nationalism" syndicate which operated in the Virginia Courts for over two decades.

Other prominent attorneys include James B. Comey, Judge Lee A. Harris Jr., Shannon Taylor, Howard Vick, and numerous McGuireWoods law firm attorneys. Richard Cullen, James Comey, and Howard Vick worked together at McGuireWoods. Richard Cullen is the Godfather of James Comey's daughters.

The Motion for Sanctions states that the nineteen attorneys conspired together to commit numerous violations of Virginia Codes, Fraud on The Court, and Misconduct. A copy of the Motion for Sanctions can be viewed: Motion for Sanctions in the Court of Appeals

The violations are listed as:

VCPC Rule 3.3 Candor Toward The Tribunal

(a) A lawyer shall not knowingly:

(1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal;

(2) fail to disclose a fact to a tribunal when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a criminal or fraudulent act by the client;

(3) fail to disclose to the tribunal controlling legal authority in the subject jurisdiction known to the lawyer to be adverse to the position of the client and not disclosed by opposing counsel; or

(4) offer evidence that the lawyer knows to be false. If a lawyer has offered material evidence and comes to know of its falsity, the lawyer shall take reasonable remedial measures.

(b) A lawyer may refuse to offer evidence that the lawyer reasonably believes is false.

(c) In an ex parte proceeding, a lawyer shall inform the tribunal of all material facts known to the lawyer, which will enable the tribunal to make an informed decision whether or not the facts are adverse.

(d) A lawyer who receives information clearly establishing that a person other than a client has perpetrated fraud upon the tribunal in a proceeding in which the lawyer is representing a client shall promptly reveal the fraud to the tribunal.

(e) The duties stated in paragraphs (a) and (d) continue until the conclusion of the proceeding and apply even if compliance requires disclosure of information protected by Rule 1.6.

VCPC Rule 8.4 Misconduct

It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:

(a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;

(b) commit a criminal or deliberately wrongful act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to practice law;

(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation which reflects adversely on the lawyer’s fitness to practice law;

Va. Code § 8.01-271.1. Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; oral motions; sanctions.

B. The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him that (i) he has read the pleading, motion, or other paper, (ii) to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry, it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and (iii) it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.

F. Signature defects in appellate filings, including the notice of appeal, shall be raised in the appellate court where the appeal is taken. Failure to timely raise the issue of a defective signature in an appellate pleading, motion, or other paper while the case is pending before the appellate court waives any challenge to that pleading, motion, or other paper based on such a defect.

G. If a signature defect is not timely and properly cured after it is brought to the attention of the pleader or movant, the pleading, motion, or other paper is invalid and shall be stricken. A signature defect shall be cured within 21 days after it is brought to the attention of the pleader or movant. If a signature defect is timely and properly cured, the pleading, motion, or other paper shall be valid and relate back to the date it was originally served or filed.

It is questionable if the Appellees even mailed their February 27, 2023, and October 17, 2023, “Notice” to the Appellant and should be ordered to produce a certified U.S. Postal receipt or commercial delivery receipt evidencing of completing the service process on the Appellant. The Appellees recognize that the Appellant resides in a foreign country and should have taken reasonable care to assure that the Appellant received the “Notice,” as certified in their Joint Motion submitted to this Court.

Rule 1:12. Service of Papers after the Initial Process: 

All pleadings, motions, and other papers served after the initial process in an action and not required to be served otherwise, and requests for subpoenas duces tecum must be served by delivering, dispatching by commercial delivery service for same-day or next day delivery, transmitting by facsimile, transmitting by electronic mail when Rule 1:17 so provides or when consented to in writing signed by the person to be served, or by mailing, a copy to each counsel of record on or before the day of filing.

Chapter 1. EVIDENCE OF MCGUIREWOODS SHADOW GOVERNMENT IN VIRGINIA COURTS

 Judges' Orders Further Exposes the McGuireWoods Shadow Government Corruption

January 22, 2023. Author- Brace Impact

     After 14 months, decisions were issued concerning four complaints filed in the Henrico County Circuit Court against 10 high-profile attorneys consisting of judges, prosecutors, and high profile attorneys including Richard Cullen, the Chief Legal Advisor for Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.

    As alleged in the complaints filed, Judge Joseph Ellis's Memorandum Opinion and Order issued on January 13, 2023, gave further evidence that McGuireWoods Shadow Government, headed by Richard Cullen, controls the Judicial system in the Virginia Courts. No matter the crimes committed by Virginia Shadow Government lawyers and the legal arguments presented by Plaintiffs, the judges will disregard the U.S. Constitution and Rules of Court and always rule in favor of McGuireWoods Shadow Government.

    The highly controversial case forced the recusal of five Henrico County Circuit Court judges and three other judges designated by the Virginia Supreme Court.  Judge Wilford Taylor had recused himself after evidence filed in the cases proved he had ex parte communications with third parties which he reversed a previous order allowing Spanos to give testimony by two-way audio-video communications. Judge Joseph Ellis denied Spanos's Motions to appear by two-way audio-video and give testimony.

     The defendants listed in the ethics complaints are:

• Richard Cullen
• James B. Comey
• Howard Vick
• Judge Lee A. Harris
• Shannon Taylor
• Michael Feinmel
• Heidi Barshinger
• George Manoli Loupassi
• Wade Kizer
• Todd Stone
• William Birch Douglass III
• William Hutchins

    

    The Defendants filed Demurrers and Pleas of Immunity stating that their unethical misconduct and crimes were protected by judicial and prosecutorial immunity. The Defendants did not deny the allegations of bribery, obstruction of justice, destroying evidence, forgery and several constitutional violations in the complaints.  

     

     Evidence filed in the complaints depicted that McGuireWoods law firm operates the Virginia Shadow Government, headed by Richard Cullen, which controls the three branches, Judicial, Legislative, and Executive, of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The complaints further stated that McGuireWoods law firm has infiltrated the DOJ and FBI by placing McGuireWoods attorneys in key positions and controlling the manner of which the FBI and DOJ is operated.

    

     The complaints gave hundreds of pages of evidence that the 10 high profile attorneys promoted and supported a "white nationalism doctrine" which gave special legal treatment and protection to over 30 white affluent professionals consisting of lawyers, doctors and businessmen who were involved in a 600 kilo cocaine organization that operated in the Richmond area for over 10 years. Many of the white affluent professionals were clients of McGuireWoods law firm and connected to Richard Cullen. 

    The complaints filed by Nickolas Spanos, who had been accused of being the "hub" of the 600-kilo cocaine organization, gave evidence of bribery, political favors, and a criminal syndicate that operated in the Henrico County Circuit Court. Spanos who has been protected by the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's office and kept in exile, so that he could not testify against the affluent white professionals who were involved in the 600-kilo cocaine organization. Despite having 13 indictments for the distribution of cocaine, the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's office has refused to extradite Spanos to Henrico County.

    The complaints gave evidence, which included FBI reports and court documents that Richard Cullen obstructed justice and bribed Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys to protect Spanos from being arrested and extradited to Henrico County to face the 13 indictments for distribution of cocaine amounting to 600 kilos. Court documents stated that Cullen, managing partner for McGuireWoods law firm, did not want Spanos prosecuted for the 13 indictments as it would lead to Spanos testifying against the affluent white professionals who were attorneys employed by McGuireWoods or clients of McGuireWoods.

     Spanos and his family were clients of McGuireWoods, under Richard Cullen's management, with estate holdings in the millions of dollars. Richard Cullen bribed Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney Howard Vick with a partners position with McGuireWoods law firm in exchange for his refusal to file an extradition request for Spanos while he was in Greece. The USA and Greece have had an extradition treaty since 1937 and Spanos had no protection from being extradited.

    On January 13, 2023, Judge Joseph Ellis issued orders for:

Case No. CL21005758 Spanos v. Vick, 

Case No. CL21005759 Spanos v. Douglass et al., 

Case No. CL21006572 Spanos v. Vick et al.

Case No. CL22002250 Spanos v. Harris et al.

   The orders dismissed Spanos's complaints stating that Spanos did not have standing and the Court did not have jurisdiction to discipline attorneys accused of violating the Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC).

    Spanos gave evidence that Virginia Codes, Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Virginia Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court cases and the Virginia State Bar dictated that only Virginia Courts have the authority and jurisdiction to discipline attorneys who violate the rules of the VCPC. Judge Joseph Ellis ignored the Virginia Legislature, Virginia Supreme Court rules, Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court opinions and Virginia State Bar letters which all supported Spanos's assertions that Virginia Courts have jurisdiction in attorney disciplinary hearings.

    Spanos filed motions for Judge Joseph Ellis to recuse himself because he violated the Virginia Judicial Canons by having a conflict of interest concerning the defendants, specifically Richard Cullen and other McGuireWoods defendants. Judge Joseph Ellis refused to address the motion to recuse himself and neglected to issue an order.

    Spanos also filed an Objection to a Pre-Filing Injunction submitted by McGuireWoods which sought to prohibit Spanos from filing ethics complaints in the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. Spanos based his objection that McGuireWoods attorneys violated Va. Code § 8.01-271.1. which contained signature defects and gave notice that they were required to be remedied within 21 days of notice by Spanos. McGuireWoods attorneys Brandon Santos, Garret Hooe, and Ellen Hubbard, had unethically signed the Pre-Filing Injunction without being authorized to represent the other 7 defendants who had their own counsel of record.

    Judge Joseph Ellis unethically neglected to rule on Spanos's Motions and issued his Memorandum Opinion and Order without addressing the two important motions filed by Spanos.

    Despite the dismissal of the ethics complaints, Judge Joseph Ellis' Memorandum Opinion and Order undeniably proves that Virginia Judges are controlled by McGuireWoods Shadow Government headed by Richard Cullen and despite the hundreds of pages of evidence proving that a criminal syndicate exists in the Henrico County Circuit Court which supported and promoted "white nationalism", Virginia's citizens are left unprotected and have no constitutional rights to file complaints in the Virginia Courts.

   

   

COURT FILING LINKS HENRICO COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY SHANNON TAYLOR TO BRIBES GIVEN IN INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVES CASE

 An August 09, 2019 court filing in the Henrico County Circuit Court gives evidence of unexplained funds being transferred to Shannon Taylor's re-election campaign, as well as numerous other felonious actions involving a known con artist witness who has a history of suicide attempts.

In a desperate attempt to cover up the unexplained actions of the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor, more evidence of illegal actions surface.

In a recent article, VCL exposed a con artist witness, who the HCCA was using as their main source in an international fugitives case. The con artist witness is identified as Sierra Elaina Cooke, whose grand jury testimony was a fabricated story in order to vindicate her failed relationship and extort money from her ex-boyfriend. 

The Henrico County Police and the Commonwealth Attorney's office were well aware that their main witness was lying under oath and had a serious mental condition which included suicide attempts which had her committed in a mental ward for suicide observation. 

None of this exculpatory evidence was ever presented to co-defendant's defense attorneys, in which three men were sentenced to prison, even one who spent 15 years in prison. If this obligatory evidence was presented to their defense, it would have changed the outcome of their guilt.

The August 09, 2019 court filing presented evidence, which included emails from Sierra E. Cooke over the past 10 years, that the Henrico County witness was stalking the international fugitive, pleading for him to meet her in foreign countries, emailing him her flight itinerary, stalking his relationships in order to sabotage them , racial slurs towards his children and attempting to extort him and his family for money.

Despite the HPD and HCCA knowledge of the deceitful witness, who had committed insurance fraud, narcotics distribution, perjury, filing false police reports and extortion, Shannon Taylor continues to cover up the unjust actions of her predecessors and has allegedly taken more than $12,000 in bribes in order to prevent the international fugitives extradition.

The alleged bribes were given through the international fugitives family friend, who is a local attorney specialising in real estate. It makes no sense that a real estate attorney would be contributing large amounts to Shannon Taylor's re-election campaign. See previous article HCCA Shannon Taylor refuses to bring international fugitive to trial

A whistle blower in the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorneys office had filed a complaint to the DOJ-FBI about the illegal actions committed by Shannon Taylor, who is currently under investigation by the FBI. The whistle blower sent evidence to VCL, in which we published previously, see article A whistleblower in the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney's office has presented more evidence of alleged bribes

The whistle blower has stated that the HPD and the HCCA had continued to use their deceitful witness in other cases involving narcotics distributions in which they had no material evidence and that the witness continued to commit felonies, which the HPD and HCCA kept a blind eye to.

The whistle blower is cooperating with the Richmond FBI in other bribery cases involving the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's office. If the allegations are substantiated, it could affect hundreds of cases in the Henrico County Circuit Court.

Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor under investigation

Another suspicious campaign contribution linked to Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor

A whistleblower in the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney's office has presented more evidence of alleged bribes, amounting to $10,000, paid through campaign contributions.

In a recent complaint filed with the U.S. DOJ, the whistleblower stated that the alleged bribes, which were paid in 2015 & 2018, are linked to a drug case inherited by HCCA Shannon Taylor. The alleged bribes are connected to a international fugitive, in which Shannon Taylor intentionally avoided to extradite the fugitive despite being arrested and detained for extradition in the Philippines. 

FBI officials in the Philippines had demanded that the international fugitive be extradited to Virginia for thirteen grand jury indictments alleging the conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Despite the grand jury indictments being unsealed by court order and arrest warrants issued for the fugitive's extradition, Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor refused to file an extradition request with the U.S. DOJ to have the fugitive extradited to Virginia.

Taylor's refusal led to the fugitive's release and deportation back to his safe haven of Greece, in which he was protected by his foreign nationality status. Greek DOJ officials denied the extradition request by Henrico County which was submitted twenty-one (21) months after his initial arrest in the Philippines.

Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Michael Y. Feinmel, who the fugitives case was assigned to, and Shannon Taylor have yet to explain of their refusal to extradite the fugitive. The whistleblower stated that the fugitive had recently offered several times to be voluntarily extradited back to Virginia but Shannon Taylor has refused.

The whistleblower sent a copy of the complaint filed to VCL, stating that the alleged bribes are possibly linked to known legal associates and family members of the fugitive, it is unclear if the fugitive had knowledge of the alleged bribes.

In a phone call to VCL, the whistleblower stated that the HCCA has intentionally sabotaged their case against the fugitive and that other aspects of the case are being investigated, which is tied to a certain Henrico County Circuit court judge, who may have been involved. They added that U.S. DOJ officials are currently investigating the complaint and conducting interviews with HCCA personnel associated with the fugitive's case. 

The whistleblower added that "when these allegations of corruption towards our office are not addressed and our leader refuses to give an explanation to such a controversial issue, it affects our entire office. The moral in our office is at its lowest point ever and this affects our other cases, as we are distracted by the suspicious behaviour."

HCCA Shannon Taylor is a member of the Virginia State Bar's 2018-2019 Standing Committee on Legal Ethics. 

The controversy of this latest investigation by U.S. DOJ officials casts a dark cloud over Shannon Taylor's 3rd election bid, representing the democratic party, for the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorneys Office. This latest scandal could force the incumbent to withdraw her election bid.

More corruption hits Henrico County Shannon Taylor's office

Henrico County CA Shannon Taylor corruption stacking up prior to 2019 elections

In a request sent to Google llc. to obtain confidential information about the news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia, the Henrico Police by request of HCCA Shannon Taylor has illegally represented itself as the FBI conducting the investigations. A copy of the email request to Google states:

" ---BEGIN PRESERVATION REQUEST---
Dear Word Press,

I am attempting to obtain information related to a Blog (exposingcorruptioninvirginia.home.blog) which is believed to be run by the suspect of a witness tampering/intimidation investigation wherein similar information is being posted on a separate blog.

Can you please confirm whether or not Word Press is the appropriate entity which would possess records such as subscriber/registration information for the blogger(s) and IP history from which articles are posted? If so, I would ask that any information related to the aforementioned blog be preserved until the appropriate legal process can be obtained.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

TFO - FBI Richmond Cyber Task Force 
Henrico County Police Division 
---END PRESERVATION REQUEST---"

A Henrico Circuit Court Motion/Order dated March 05, 2019, requested to Google llc. give all information pertaining to the news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia, in order to identify the confidential reporters and news sources. A Henrico Police Department Detective Stuart T. Voncanon was listed as the investigator in the subject court order. The Henrico County Circuit Court Judge who signed the order is Gary A. Hicks. CLICK TO VIEW THE COURT ORDER

In addition to falsely representing themselves as the FBI, the Henrico County Police department and Henrico County CA Shannon Taylor are violating the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which protects the Freedom of the Press.

Shannon Taylor is a member of the Virginia State Bar's 2018-2019 Standing Committee on Legal Ethics. 

The news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia has responded to Google llc with a March 19, 2019 email stating:

"Hi Google

I thank you for this information and must formally object to this request for information.

The request is not been made by the FBI Richmond division and Henrico Police Department Detective S.T. VonCanon is not part of the FBI. The FBI only files its legal process through the Federal courts not local county courts. 
 Henrico Police Department Detective S.T. VonCanon is falsely representing himself as FBI.

The request by the HPD  is an inquiry for a motion/order, there is no legal case attached to this motion/order.

This request by Henrico Police Department Detective S.T. VonCanon is a violation of the U.S. Constitution First Amendment right to Freedom of the Press.

Our organization is a news media exposing corruption inside the Virginia Justice system, our blog series VASTATEBARCORRUPTION has exposed illegal corruption and violations of the Virginia criminal code, which criminal complaints have been filed against corrupt Virginia government officials which include Henrico County Court officials. Our blogs have attached the evidence of corruption, thus our news reporting is accurate and defended.

The request that GOOGLE LLC has received is a fishing expedition, in order to persecute the reporters and news informants, which is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Our news reporting operates under the blanket protection of the Freedom of the Press.

 “The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.” The freedom of the press, protected by the First Amendment, is critical to a democracy in which the government is accountable to the people. A free media functions as a watchdog that can investigate and report on government wrongdoing.

We are formally requesting that you deny the inquiry request of the Henrico County Court/police department."

It is unclear if news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia will retain a lawyer to object to the Henrico Court order submitted to Google llc.