Judge Daniel Balfour and lawyers have history of Treason by usurpation of authority

Criminal complaint to be filed with law enforcement authorities and the Supreme Court of Virginia for Judge Daniel Balfour, Judge Jacqueline McClenney, Robert L. Freed, Julie S. Palmer, and Michael Harman for violating Va. Code § 18.2-481. Treason. 

The accused conspired together to usurp the authority of the Supreme Court of Virginia and form their own "kangaroo" court to obtain favorable court decisions for their clients.

Richmond Circuit Court records for case no. CL21-4150 and CL23-2383, attorney Robert L. Freed is a Defendant for an ethics complaint and committing fraud on the court for conspiring with his clients to extort $100,000, from a defendant based on defective service. 

Attorney Julie S. Palmer and Michael Harman represented Robert Freed in the ethics complaint filed on September 17, 2021, which was dismissed on February 17, 2022, and is pending appeal in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Retired Judge Daniel Balfour presided over the case but had no legal authority to do so, as the Richmond Circuit court judges never recused themselves from the case. SCV Chief Justice Goodwyn never entered a designation order giving authority to Judge Daniel Balfour to preside over the case.

Only the Chief Justice of the SCV has the authority under Va. Code § 17.1-105. to designate Judges if the current circuit court judges cannot preside. Va. Code § 17.1-105 states:

B. If all the judges of any court of record are so situated in respect to any case, civil or criminal, pending in their court as to render it improper, in their opinion, for them to preside at the trial, unless the cause or proceeding is removed, as provided by law, they shall enter the fact of record and the clerk of the court shall at once certify the same to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who shall designate a judge of some other court of record or a retired judge of any such court to preside at the trial of such case.

On July 24, 2023, Richmond Circuit Court records for CL23-2383 indicate Robert Freed is a co-defendant with his clients, conspiring together to extort $100,000 from a family member who was a foreign resident. They failed to serve him according to the Hague Service Treaty and obtained a default judgment without notifying him of any pending legal action.

Robert Freed, Julie S. Palmer, and Michael Harman, conspired with Judge Daniel T. Balfour and Judge Jacqueline McClenney to conduct a hearing without the Richmond Circuit court judges recusing themselves from the case and SCV Chief Justice Goodwyn not issuing an order designating Judge Balfour to preside over the case.

Richmond Circuit Court Judge Jacqueline McClenney was presiding over case no. CL23-2383 and had issued two orders, suddenly without any notice or recusal order, Judge McClenney failed to show up for the July 24, 2023 hearing, instead Judge Balfour unexpectedly and without authority usurped the Chief Justice's authority and presided over the case and dismissed the case against Robert Freed and his clients.

Court records show that the Petitioner filed a letter of recusal on July 17, 2023, and a Motion for Recusal of Judge McClenney for serious conflict of interest on July 21, 2023. Judge McClenney shocked by the Motion for Recusal hid from her judicial duties and failed to issue an order.

See: https://virginiastatebarcorruption.blogspot.com/2023/08/rva-judges-and-high-profile-lawyers.html

The complaint gives evidence of Robert Freed's close personal relationship with Judge Daniel Balfour spanning over a period of over thirty years. Robert Freed and Judge McClenney are also connected by a close personal relationship over twenty years. Freed, Balfour, and McClenney failed to disclose of their personal relations to the Court, violating Judicial Canon III, Canon 1. D. Recusal or Disqualification.

Virginia Senators Continues to Reappoint Corrupt Judges

 Va. Senators Reappoints Corrupt Judge Despite Hard Evidence of Bribery and Political Gain

     Virginia's Judicial system is rotten with corruption, judges ignore their sworn oath to honor the Virginia Judicial Canons and violate the Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct. Virginia Senators are responsible for the appointment of Judges in Virginia for a six year term.

     In December 2021, the Virginia General Assembly received hundreds of pages of evidence exposing a criminal syndicate, headed by Judge Lee A. Harris Jr., operating in the Henrico County Circuit Court for over 24 years.

       Live testimony in a video provided to the Judicial sub-committee by a witness, who Judge Harris had protected in a 600-kilo cocaine organization, gave additional evidence of Henrico County Court documents being tampered by Judge Harris, Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor and Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Michael Feinmel, The evidence showed that the three conspired to destroy hundreds of pages of exhibits of evidence to protect an international fugitive from being extradited to Henrico County and be prosecuted for thirteen indictments for distribution of cocaine.

      Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. obstructed justice in the 600-kilo cocaine case by issuing orders denying the transport of the 600-kilo cocaine fugitive from Greece to Henrico County as to stand trial for the thirteen indictments. Despite the Fugitive asking to be voluntarily extradited to Henrico County, Judge Harris refused to issue an order to provide transportation and escorted by U.S. Marshals.

       The Virginia Senate recognizing the evidence of corruption which included bribery, obstruction of justice, destroying evidence, and making false statements to the Court, the 2022 Virginia Senators voted unanimously to reappoint Judge Lee A. Harris to a six year term so that he would reach retirement status.

 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0093SR0009+SR0009

       It is evident that the only issue that Republicans and Democrats can unanimously agree on is to continue to keep the Virginia Justice system corrupt.

The Senators who voted 40-0 to reappoint Judge Lee Harris were:

                              DISTRICT      PARTY 

George L. Barker	39	Democrat
John J. Bell	13	Democrat
Jennifer B. Boysko	33	Democrat
Amanda F. Chase	11	Republican
John A. Cosgrove, Jr.	14	Republican
R. Creigh Deeds	25	Democrat
Bill DeSteph	8	Republican
Siobhan S. Dunnavant	12	Republican
Adam P. Ebbin	30	Democrat
John S. Edwards	21	Democrat
Barbara A. Favola	31	Democrat
T. Travis Hackworth	38	Republican
Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	24	Republican
Ghazala F. Hashmi	10	Democrat
Janet D. Howell	32	Democrat
Jen A. Kiggans	7	Republican
Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	6	Democrat
Mamie E. Locke	2	Democrat
L. Louise Lucas	18	Democrat
David W. Marsden	37	Democrat
T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason	1	Democrat
Jennifer L. McClellan	9	Democrat
Ryan T. McDougle	4	Republican
Jeremy S. McPike	29	Democrat
Joseph D. Morrissey	16	Democrat
Stephen D. Newman	23	Republican
Thomas K. Norment, Jr.	3	Republican
Mark D. Obenshain	26	Republican
Mark J. Peake	22	Republican
J. Chapman Petersen	34	Democrat
Todd E. Pillion	40	Republican
Bryce E. Reeves	17	Republican
Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	15	Republican
Richard L. Saslaw	35	Democrat
Lionell Spruill, Sr.	5	Democrat
William M. Stanley, Jr.	20	Republican
Richard H. Stuart	28	Republican
David R. Suetterlein	19	Republican
Scott A. Surovell	36	Democrat
Jill Holtzman Vogel	27	Republican

Thousands of Virginia Court orders could be null and void.

Thousands of Virginia Circuit Court Orders could be defective and illegal

A Circuit Court Deputy Clerk, who wished to remain anonymous, has disclosed that hundreds to thousands of court orders have not been recorded, have gone missing or the judge who signed them has not officially taken their oath as per the Virginia Code. The Circuit Court Clerk is not issuing a public statement in attempt to cover up the clerical errors which could overturn thousands of cases.

All defendants in Virginia who have had orders issued against them are urged to go to the Circuit Court Clerks Office to verify if court orders issued against them are recorded in the Circuit Clerks Order book. If the orders have not been recorded, the orders are illegal and can not be enforced.

They are also urged to verify if the Judge that signed their order had taken their oath before the Clerk of the Court of record and recorded. Numerous judges who had either been transferred to another jurisdiction or their term had been appointed, have failed to take their oath before the clerk, thus any order they have signed is null and void.

If the Circuit Court Clerk can not provide a record of either a court order being recorded or a judge that has issued an order, who has not taken their oath, then the affected party should contact their attorney or seek legal advise from legal services to have the order dismissed.

The Code of Virginia that address these issue are below with the links to view.

§ 17.1-123. How orders are recorded and signed.

A. All orders that make up each day's proceedings of every circuit court shall be recorded by the clerk in a book known as the order book. Orders that make up each day's proceedings that have been recorded in the order book shall be deemed the official record pursuant to § 8.01-389 when (i) the judge's signature is shown in the order, (ii) the judge's signature is shown in the order book, or (iii) an order is recorded in the order book on the last day of each term showing the signature of each judge presiding during the term.

B. If a judge dies, retires or resigns before orders recorded in the order book have been authenticated, the orders shall have the same force and effect and shall be deemed authenticated when the signature of another judge of the same circuit court or the signature of the judge appointed to fill the vacancy or to preside over the court until the vacancy is filled is authenticated as provided in subsection A.    Click to Code of Virginia Orders Recorded

§ 16.1-69.17. Oath of office of judges, clerks and others. . .

Every judge, substitute judge, clerk, deputy clerk, and juvenile and domestic relations probation officer of a juvenile and domestic relations district court shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath required by law. The oath of the judge and substitute judge shall be taken before a clerk of a court of record to which appeals from his court lie or any judge, and the oath of the clerk and other officers of the court shall be taken before the judge of the court he serves. Any oath taken before a judge or clerk prior to July 1, 1992, and otherwise conforming with this section is valid.

Click to Code of Virginia Oath of Office

Virginia Attorney E. Grier Ferguson, abusing the elderly and Financial Exploitation!

The "Good old boy" system is not so good!

There is a pending case (15-254) in the Suffolk Circuit Court which involves attorney E. Grier Ferguson as the former Fiduciary for Jones AIF estate and the current Fiduciary for the Jones Revocable Trust and one of the Jones' Estates. (Mary Margaret Jones and her son Francesco Bruno Bossio are the Beneficiaries.)

Mary Jones played for many years with the Richmond Symphony

The judges in the case are sitting Judge John F. Daffron Jr. (Chesterfield, retired) and Judge Randolph West as the Judicial Settlement Conference Judge. The local Judges refused to preside over this case for conflict of interest. The Suffolk Commonwealths Attorney is Carl Phillip Ferguson, brother of E. Grier Ferguson.

Ferguson, Rawls and Raines P.C.

Randolph Alexander Raines, Jr. (seated left), Frank M. Rawls (standing) and E. Grier Ferguson (seated right), 

The main issue in this case claims that E. Grier Ferguson, Fiduciary, committed Elder Abuse & Financial Exploitation.

http://www.napsa-now.org/get-informed/what-is-financial-exploitation/

Other alleged violations include:

1. Commingling clients' funds for 7+ years and alleged misappropriation of funds:

2. Excessive Fees ($450,000.00+): Legal, "maintenance" & advanced Fiduciary fees,  "real estate commission" paid from owner's personal funds & high real estate  commission paid to another client for "behind the back" sale of family property owned since 1711 at far below fair market value & no appraisal;

3. Federal tax fraud; 

4. Insurance fraud;

5. Postal and/or wire fraud;

6. Non-waivable conflicts of interests;

7. 10+ year's neglect of 2007 fire/water/toxic mold insurance claim;

8.  Failure to repair & maintain elderly's home & property;

9. Failing to re-mediate toxic mold in elderly's home, walls, cellar & crawl space;

10. Failure to purchase correct home/property insurance for 10+ years;

11. Paying insurance premiums for 10+ years for no coverage on home,  property or for                    liability coverage;

12.  Withholding or making late monthly allowance payments for living expenses;

13.  Allowing raw sewage to flood backyard, crawl spaces & bathrooms of tje Jones' Residence,        etc. without any actions to sanitize the flooded areas;

14. Incurable procedural defects in the Defendant's the case before it was consolidated with the        Plaintiff's case; 

15. The suspension by the Court of the Plaintiff's Subpoenas for the records of Mr. Ferguson,          Ferguson Rawls & Raines, PC, the corresponding bank records, even though the Court                stated on the Record at the last Hearing that the Plaintiff was entitled to have the Court              enforce, but the Court refused again to enforce for the Plaintiff;

16.  The ongoing breaches of Fiduciary Duties by Mr. Ferguson, including his attorneys'                     advising Mr. Ferguson that he should not correct any of the huge number of egregious                 Fiduciary Duties by their client, E. Grier Ferguson;

17.  The Defendant's daily abuse of the Beneficiaries by:

       a. Failing to repair the Jones' Residence to comply with Lloyds of London's current                          requirements before their insurance policy will cover any losses;

      b.  Failing to provide college tuition to Francesco Bruno-Bossio for the current university                 academic year;

      c.  Failing to provide any support to Francesco Bruno-Bossio;

      d. Failing to have the toxic mold throughout the Jones' Residence re-mediated for 10+ years            and failing to disclose the infestation of the toxic mold to Lloyd's of London;

     e.  Waste of valuable assets of the Jones' AIF estate, the Jones' Trust and the Jones' Estate #            1
     f.  Many other related and unrelated matters and issues;

18.  The immediate removal of E. Grier Ferguson as the Fiduciary and that he must be held               fully responsible financially to fully reimburse the Jones' Estate # 2 for all financial losses           to the Jones AIF estate, the Jones Revocable Trust and both Jones' Estates;  and/or his               attorneys to fully reimburse the Jones' Estate # 2 for all financial losses to the Jones AIF             estate, the Jones Revocable Trust and both Jones' Estates; 

19.  Numerous procedural and other issues directly involving Judge Daffron's conduct in these         consolidated case which has allowed the Defendant and his attorneys to drain the Jones'             assets and funds by $450,000.00+/- in legal fees and costs, plus the value of the Jones' assets         through mismanagement, waste, breaches of fiduciary duties, neglect, alleged                               misappropriation of Jones' funds, tax fraud, insurance fraud, physical damage to the                   Jones' Residence and the Jones' vehicle ; etc.


Incomplete financial disclosure received from E. Grier Ferguson from June 2006 through the date of the Judicial Settlement Conference on November 21, 2017, is a breach of fiduciary duty and harms the Beneficiaries.

This past week, the Suffolk Circuit Court Clerk refused to record the original revocation of the Jones Trust.

See below link for all documents to support the claims:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vqcxsoj5oi4s5cp/AACC5GGtLmw4O-F0PcHvH1LCa?dl=0

Inside sources at the Suffolk Circuit Court have verified this information, but have chosen to remain anonymous. The sources stated that they are sickened by this type of "good old boy" cover up and that thus litigation is draining Mary Margaret Jones trust with such high legal fees going directly to E. Grier Ferguson and his attorneys and that this type of illegal behavior and abuse must be stopped!


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