PAPPAS v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Record No. 052136.

628 S.E.2d 534 (2006)

271 Va. 580

Nicholas Astor PAPPAS v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Rigsby (Carrell, Rice & Rigsby, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Peter R. Messitt, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General, Bernard L. McNamee, II, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Maureen Riley Matsen, Deputy Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and COMPTON, S.J.


LEMONS, Justice.

In this appeal of right, Nicholas Astor Pappas ("Pappas") challenges the rulings of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board ("Board") in a proceeding in which the Board suspended Pappas' license to practice law for a period of six months.

I. Background

On August 15, 1999, Rochelle McCarl ("McCarl") was injured in an automobile accident. Soon thereafter, McCarl employed Pappas to represent her concerning a personal injury claim...

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