VSB Disciplinary Actions
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
July 7, 2008
On March 21, 2008, the Virginia State Bar Third District Committee, Section I, imposed a public admonition on Prince George lawyer Del M. Mauhrine Brown for missing jurisdictional deadlines in three cases before the Virginia Court of Appeals, which resulted in the cases being dismissed. According to the VSB, Brown violated the disciplinary rule that governs diligence and promptness. This discipline was an agreed disposition of a misconduct complaint against Brown.
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On June 3, 2008, the VSB Third District Committee, Section I, imposed a public reprimand on Chesterfield lawyer Denis C. Englisby for violating disciplinary rules that govern confidentiality of information and conflict of interest. Englisby sent information about a former client to the client’s attorney in a different matter. When he sent the information, Englisby was representing a party adverse to the former client. This discipline is an agreed disposition of a misconduct complaint against Englisby.
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