Virginia Lawyer Register DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES The following are summaries of disciplinary actions for viola-tions of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) or another of the Supreme Court Rules. Copies of disciplinary orders are available at the link pro-vided with each summary or by contacting the Virginia State Bar Clerk’s Office at (804) 775-0539 or clerk@vsb.org. VSB docket numbers are provided. RPC 1.1; 1.3(a-c); 1.4 (a)(b); 1.15(a)(1),(b)(3,4); 1.16 (a)(1) (3),(d); 8.1(a-d) www.vsb.org/docs/Bailey-110520.pdf Ronnie Lee Clay Fincastle, VA 24090 20-080-117080 Effective November 5, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand without terms to Ronnie Lee Clay for violating professional rules that govern scope of rep-resentation, diligence, and communication. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges. RPC 1.2(a); 1.3(a); 1.4(b) www.vsb.org/docs/Clay-110620.pdf Jonathan Christian Dailey Potomac, Maryland 20854 20-000-118485 Effective October 23, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Jonathan Christian Dailey’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This was a reciprocal revocation, based on his March 18, 2020, disbarment from the practice of law by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Rules of Court, Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13-24 www.vsb.org/docs/Dailey-110520.pdf Michael Dana Ephraim Annandale, VA 22003 19-042-114420 By Order entered October 27, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Michael Dana Ephraim’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of 90 days effective November 20, 2020, for violating professional rules that govern competence, safekeeping property, conflict of interest: prohibited transactions, and responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants. This was an agreed disposition of miscon-duct charges. RPC 1.1; 1.15(a)(1)(b-1, 3)(c-1, 2i,ii, 4)(d-2, 3i-iv, 4); 1.8(f-1); 5.3(a)(b)(c-1,2) www.vsb.org/docs/Ephraim-102720.pdf Paul Christopher Galanides Richmond, VA 23218-1998 20-031-118030 Effective September 28, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand with terms to Paul Christopher Galanides for violating professional rules that concern com-petence, scope of representation, diligence, communication, conflict of interest, declining or terminating representation, and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges. RPC 1.1; 1.2(a); 1.3(a)(b); 1.4(a-c); 1.7 (a, 2) (b, 1-4); 1.16(a,1) (d); 8.4(b) www.vsb.org/docs/Galanides-092920.pdf www.vsb.org CIRCUIT COURT Mary G. Commander Norfolk, VA 23509 18-022-110553 Effective October 5, 2020, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk issued a public reprimand to Mary G. Commander for violating professional rules that concern conflict of interest; declining or terminating representation; fairness to opposing party and counsel; bar admission and disci-plinary matters; and misconduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges. RPC 1.7; 1.16; 3.4; 8.1; 8.4 www.vsb.org/docs/Commander-100520.pdf Jan C. Smith White Stone, VA 22578 19-060-115989 By Order entered October 22, 2020, a three-judge panel in the Circuit Court of the County of Lancaster suspended Jan C. Smith’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of one year and one day for violating professional rules that govern truthfulness in statements to others and mis-conduct. This was an agreed disposition of misconduct charges. RPC 4.1(a); 8.4(c) www.vsb.org/docs/Smith-102820.pdf DISCIPLINARY BOARD Jeffrey Brian Bailey Richmond, VA 23225 19-032-111221 By Order entered and effective on November 4, 2020, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended Jeffrey Brian Bailey’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of six months for violating professional rules that govern competence, diligence, communication, safekeeping property, declining or terminating representation, and bar admission and disciplinary matters. This was an agreed disposi-tion of misconduct charges. 50 VIRGINIA LAWYER | DECEMBER 2020 | VOL. 69
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