Part 2. Henrico County tax payers will pay legal bill of Commonwealth Attorneys named in Ethics Complaint

                                Part 2. 

Henrico Tax Payers will pay the Legal Bill of  Commonwealth Attorney's Unethical Conduct

Part 1 of our series focused on the origins of a "white nationalism" justice system that protected white affluent professionals in the Richmond area from investigation and being prosecuted for distribution of cocaine. See Henrico County Circuit court officials protected 600-kilo cocaine organization

An Ethics Complaint,  Case No. CL21006572,  filed in Henrico County Circuit Court on October 6, 2021 named 5 Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys as Defendants for unethical conduct which violated the Supreme Court Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct, as well as Federal and State laws.

The Henrico CA Defendants are listed as Howard C. Vick Jr., Todd Stone, Wade Kizer, Michael Feinmel and Shannon Taylor. 

Shannon Taylor is currently the Commonwealth Attorney and Michael Feinmel is currently the Deputy Commonwealth Attorney.

Motions to appoint attorneys for Todd Stone, Wade Kizer, Michael Feinmel and Shannon Taylor were filed and orders were granted for attorneys of their choosing to represent the Commonwealth Attorneys, which will be paid by Henrico County. See court orders for counsel paid by Henrico

The attorney fees to represent the 4 Commonwealth Attorney's could cost Henrico County tax payers well over $100,000.

Howard C. Vick Jr. will be represented  by McGuireWoods law firm, as they will also represent Richard Cullen and James B. Comey, former FBI Director.

            

The last Defendant to be served on November 29, 2021,was George Manoli Loupassi, who was a former Virginia Delegate from 2008 through 2018. Loupassi's alleged unethical conduct occurred in 1999, which he was appointed as special prosecutor in the grand jury hearings held for Nickolas Spanos, who was accused of being the "hub of a 600-kilo cocaine organization that operated in the Richmond area for over 10 years". Loupassi has not answered the allegations against him and its unclear who will represent him.

• Long standing Henrico Circuit Court Judge Lee A. Harris is represented by the Attorney General's office.
• CA Shannon Taylor is represented by Theodore Bremmer.
• Deputy CA Michael Feinmel is represented by William Tunner.
• Wade Kizer is represented by Irving Blank.
• Todd Stone is represented by Keith Barker.

The Defendants are accused of promoting and supporting a "white nationalism doctrine" which established a separate justice system to provide preferential treatment, and special legal protections to white “middle to upper class, affluent businessmen, lawyers and physicians.” 

Three men of color, connected with the 600-kilo cocaine organization, were charged and prosecuted, while up to 40 white professionals were not investigated or charged for the same narcotics offenses.

In promoting this "white nationalism" justice system, the defendants allegedly violated several Federal and State laws, deprived Constitutional rights, violated the Rules of the VCPC and violated Virginia Judicial Canons.

The Ethics Complaint states that some 40 white “middle to upper class, affluent businessmen, lawyers and physicians.” were involved in the buy-sell of narcotics, specifically cocaine. Several of these white affluent professionals were McGuireWoods clients, who upon the first indictment was issued for Nickolas Spanos, allegedly ran to McGuireWoods for protection. See Ethics Complaint

McGuireWoods Partner Richard Cullen allegedly bribed CA Howard Vick to not have Spanos deported or extradited from Greece, as if he was prosecuted, the names of the white affluent professionals, who were McGuireWoods clients, would be revealed at trial.

Despite 12 more indictments being issued for Spanos, CA Howard Vick refused to file an extradition request to Greece to have Spanos extradited.

The Complaint states that in exchange for not deporting or extraditing Spanos from Greece, McGuireWoods Richard Cullen offered CA Vick a golden partnership position with McGuireWoods law firm. CA Howard Vick accepted Richard Cullen's offer and refused to file an extradition request for Spanos from Greece.

In June 1999, CA Howard Vick resigned early from the Henrico CA to join his long term friend Richard Cullen at McGuireWoods law firm, which led to a highly prosperous twenty year career until Howard Vick had to resign for reasons of the ethics violations reported to McGuireWoods management. See article Howard Vick resigns to join McGuireWoods.