Henrico County CA Shannon Taylor's Legal Fees will cost Henrico Taxpayers over $250,000

 HENRICO COUNTY FOIA OFFICER "HENRICO CITIZENS WILL PAY OVER $250,000 TO DEFEND SHANNON TAYLOR'S UNETHICAL MISCONDUCT"

Henrico County FOIA Officer Stephen Robinson has stated that the legal fees to defend Shannon Taylor, Michael Feinmel, and two previous Commonwealth Attorneys in two complaints filed with the Henrico County Circuit Court have exceeded $250,000. in less than two years and expects it to reach $400,000. 

The two ethics complaints are still in the Court of Appeals of Virginia (CAV) and have not been set for oral arguments. The legal fees could cost Henrico County citizens $400,000 by the time the CAV issues its legal opinions in the two pending cases.

Overwhelmed by Taylor and Feinmel's legal expenses, Henrico FOIA Officer Stephen Robinson stated in an email that "it is not practically possible to provide the requested records within the five-day work period due to the volume of records" and needed additional seven (7) days to complete the FOIA request.

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Michael Feinmel requested that the Henrico Circuit Court grant an order to the Henrico County Treasurer to pay the legal expenses in the two (2) cases filed against them.

The two ethics complaints filed against Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel state that they conspired with other attorneys who violated the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct, Judicial Canons of Virginia, and Virginia Codes. 

Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel are accused of accepting financial and political bribes to keep a 600-kilo cocaine fugitive distributor in exile and to prevent him from being extradited for 13 felony cocaine distribution indictments. 

Henrico Circuit Court documents in Case Nos. CL22-2250 and CL21-6572 state that Shannon Taylor, Michael Feinmel, Judge Lee Harris, and Henrico Clerk Heidi Barshinger conspired to destroy evidence in the fugitive's case. 

Part 3. Hirschler law firm risks losing license in Virginia

 Hirschler Law Firm Habitual Violations in the Courts

Hirschler law firm has a long history of violating the Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC). Hirschler appears to be addicted to violating one of the most unethical violation Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interests:

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest.     

     A. concurrent conflict of interest exists if:

    (1) the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client; or

    (2) there is a significant risk that the representation of one or more clients will be materially limited by the lawyer’s responsibilities to another client, a former client, or a third person or by a personal interest of the lawyer.

Hirschler is under investigation from a complaint filed in the City of Richmond Circuit Court for habitually violating Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest. The Complaint (CL23002875) was filed on June 14, 2023, under Va. Code 54.1-3937 Procedure for revocation of certificate of registration of professional law corporations or professional limited liability companies.

On June 23, 2023, motions filed in three separate cases (CL23002736, CL23002496, & CL23002620) in the Henrico Circuit Court to disqualify Hirschler from representing clients which Hirschler is named as Defendants. Hirschler conspired with its clients to to financially exploit a client who owned 20% of a Henrico land partnership by filing a frivolous Partition suit to force a sale of 52 acres of prime industrial real estate located at Monahan Road valued at over $6,000,000. https://henricocountycorruption.blogspot.com/2023/04/part-2-hirschler-law-firm-intentionally.html

Hirschler and their clients were forced to Non-Suit their fraudulent law suit (CL22004708) after Petitions were filed in the Henrico Court exposing the $6,000,000 fraud by Hirschler and their clients. As a result of the Petitions filed, three more cases were filed against Hirschler and their clients who attempted to foreclose on a property that was not in default or in foreclosure. The property owner is a foreign resident and was never served with court documents, yet Hirschler and their clients attempted to steal the valuable property from the foreign resident.

In the three cases before the Henrico Circuit Court, Hirschler, named as a co-Defendant with their clients, unethically has put themselves and their clients in a situation where testimony or pleadings would be detrimental to the clients as the filings allege Virginia and Federal code violations which are felonies and punishable by sentencing to prison or jail.

A complaint was filed with the FBI which is currently investigating the attempted $6,000,000 financial exploitation of an elderly person and tax fraud by Hirschler and their clients.

Virginia State Bar records indicate that Hirschler has been reprimanded several times for violating Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest and is considered a habitual violator. 

Part 2. Hirschler law firm intentionally committed fraud by filing a Partition suit in a $6,000,000 property scam

 Hirschler Law firm Conspired to Commit Fraud and Financial Exploitation of their Client

April 15, 2023. Author- Brace Impact

     Henrico Circuit Court records show that the Hirschler law firm conspired to financially exploit a client who owned 20% of a Henrico land partnership by filing a frivolous Partition suit to force a sale of 52 acres of prime industrial real estate located at Monahan Road valued at over $6,000,000.

   Hirschler partner Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd filed the Partition case (CL22004708) on July 29, 2022, conspiring with ENOSIS partners to have the Circuit Court order the sale of the 52 acres to Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners without the knowledge or permission of a partner who owns 20%. 

See: Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners website

   The 20% partner is Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos, who resides in Athens, Greece. The Partition Suit states that the ENOSIS partners are closely related and live in Richmond, Virginia, except for the Drizos partners, who reside in Athens, Greece.

  Hirschler and ENOSIS partners recognized the address of the Drizos partners in Greece yet intentionally schemed to have a defective service process on them and then obtained a default judgment allowing the forced sale of the property. Additionally, Hirschler conspired to have the Drizos 20% share distributed amongst the remaining ENOSIS partners without the Drizos' knowledge.

  Diamiantis Drizos passed away on August 4, 2022, and his wife, Georgia Drizos, inherited his share. Despite the ENOSIS partners and Hirschler recognizing the death of Diamiantis Drizos, they intentionally avoided informing the Henrico Circuit Court and amended their Partition Suit. 

  The Hirschler fraud and exploitation scheme unravelled when a 10% share owner became aware of the Partition Suit and filed pleadings to impose injunctions and intervene by standing. Court records indicate that the 10% share owner is listed as the Nickolas G. Spanos Trust. The sole beneficiary, Nickolas G. Spanos, filed the Petition to Intervene and Injunction. 

  The Spanos pleadings were filed on August 26, 2022, and served on the ENOSIS partners. The pleadings gave evidence of IRS tax fraud and the financial exploitation of the Drizos, who suffer from dementia and health complications. 

  Spanos filed a subpoena duces tecum for Ryan Lingerfelt of Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners to produce the sales contract and feasibility studies that were being withheld from him and the Drizos. Lingerfelt attorneys filed a motion to quash the subpoena duces tecum on September 7, 2022. The motion to quash had not been heard as Hirschler withdrew the Partition suit.

  Hirschler and the ENOSIS partners did not respond to the Petition to Intervene, and Injunction, which forced Hirschler to file a Non-Suit on November 15, 2022, and the Henrico Circuit Court ordered the Partition Suit to be dismissed on December 22, 2022.

  The Injunction pleading stated that the Drizos must be correctly served according to Virginia Code and the Hague Service Convention, which require foreign residents to be served according to specific regulations. Residents of Greece must be served after the court pleadings are translated into Greek and served by the prosecutor of the municipality where the foreign residents reside.

  Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners terminated the ENOSIS sales contract in March 2023 because the Monahan property was encumbered with IRS tax liens and the unethical and illegal fraud committed on Drizos. 

  In a previous article, complaints were filed with the FBI against Hirschler attorneys Franklin R. Cragle, III, Partner, and Alexander P. M. Boyd, Associate, who are under investigation by the FBI for:

U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and Swindles

U.S. Code § 1343 - Fraud by wire

U.S. Code § 875 - Interstate communications

U.S. Code § 21002 - Civil Financial Exploitation

See:

Part 1. Hirschler Attorneys are Subject of FBI Investigations for Fraud and Exploitation in $6,000,000. Property

  The Hirschler law firm had been representing all the owners of a Henrico land partnership called "ENOSIS" since 1998 upon the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) initiated a condemnation take of 21 acres for the construction of I-895 in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. In 2000, VDOT settled with ENOSIS and paid the partners for taking 21 acres; the Hirschler law firm handled the payment distribution.

  By filing the Partition Suit, Hirschler law firm violated numerous rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC), the first and foremost being Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest, which prohibits the representation of clients in cases in which they are opposing parties.

Part 1. Hirschler Attorneys are Subject of FBI Investigations for Fraud and Exploitation in $6,000,000. Property

 Hirschler Law Firm Under Investigation for Federal Code Violations of Fraud and Exploitation of an Elderly and Disabled Person

March 28, 2023. Author-Brace Impact

Criminal complaints filed with the FBI have sparked investigations into the Hirschler law firm in Richmond, Virginia, for numerous federal code violations in an attempt to financially exploit an elderly and disabled person who owns 20% of a $6,000,000 property.

Hirschler attorneys Franklin R. Cragle, III, Partner,  and Alexander P. M. Boyd, Associate, are under investigation by the FBI for:

U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and swindles

U.S. Code § 1343 - Fraud by wire

U.S. Code § 875 - Interstate communications

U.S. Code § 21002 - Civil Financial Exploitation 

The criminal complaint filed with the FBI alleges that Hirschler attorneys assisted their clients in committing fraud and financial exploitation of their real estate partner in a Henrico County land partnership consisting of 52 acres of planned industrial land worth over $6,000,000.

The victim is listed as Georgia Drizos, 84, a resident of Greece. Georgia Drizos and her recently deceased husband, Diamiantis Drizos, owned a 20% share of 52 acres close to the RVA Airport, planned for light industrial by Henrico County.

 

The Drizos own the property with other family members who purchased the property in 1998 for $4000 per acre; the property had been zoned for agricultural use. As a result, the property significantly increased in value to approximately $135,000 per acre as development rocketed in Henrico County and was upgraded to light industrial by the Henrico County Planning Commission.

The criminal complaint states that the partners entered into a contract with Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners in March 2022 for an undisclosed amount. The partners should have informed Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos of the contract agreement. In addition, the Drizos did not sign the real estate contract, and none of the partners had a power of attorney for Drizos.

Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners conducted feasibility studies on the property and notified the partners that they would proceed with a sale. However, instead of informing the Drizos of the pending contract of sale, the partners retained Hirschler law firm to file a Complaint for  Partition of Allotment (Partition case) to have the Henrico County Circuit Court approve the sale of the 52 acres. 

Hirschler partner Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd filed the Partition case (CL22004708) on July 29, 2022, naming Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos, the U.S. Attorney for Virginia, and the U.S. Attorney General as defendants. 

The U.S. Attorney for Virginia and the U.S. Attorney General are listed as defendants because of an IRS tax lien encumbering the property; court pleadings state that the Hirschler law firm distributed IRS tax funds held in escrow to some of the partners. The IRS funds held in escrow were meant to pay the capital gains tax of the Drizos’ share of a partial land sale in 2000 and a Henrico County condemnation settlement in 2002. 

Hirschler committed tax fraud by violating the IRS FIRPTA Withholding Act by distributing the IRS funds to their clients instead of paying the IRS. Drizos filed their foreign resident tax returns with an approximate capital gains tax of $23,000. The IRS placed a tax lien on the property in 2002, which encumbered the property.

On August 4, 2022, Diamiantis Drizos passed away at his residence in Athens, Greece, leaving his 10% share to Georgia Drizos. Diamiantis Drizos and Georgia Drizos suffer from dementia and have caretakers 24 hours a day.

Hirschler  Attorneys Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd committed fraud on the court by intentionally failing to serve the Drizos through the mandatory Hague Service Process for foreign residents. Instead, they served the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, which only applies to residents of the United States. Articles of the Hague service process state that the court documents are required to be translated into the foreign country's language and personally served by a municipality prosecutor at the defendant’s address. 

Hirschler’s attorneys intentionally did not have the pleadings translated and sent to the Hague authority in Greece for the personal service process. The Partition case would have been heard without the Drizos knowing there was a pending hearing for their land.

Hirschler schemed to obtain a default judgment on Drizos by defective service and have the court issue an order to grant the Partition suit. Georgia Drizos, suffering from dementia, would not know that her 20% share had been sold, and the partners would have divided the property sales proceeds amongst themselves with the assistance of the Hirschler attorneys.

 

Part 3. Henrico Police Chief Eric English exclusive interview about 27 Day delayed arrest of privileged Child Molester

 White "Affluent Upper-class" Child Molester Given Special Legal Treatment and Protection by Henrico CA Shannon Taylor

February 28, 2023-Author Brace Impact

   Henrico CA Shannon Taylor provided David R. Gibbs a separate justice system because of his white, affluent upper-class status. As a result, David Gibbs, an aspiring actor, was treated differently than a black, Hispanic, Asian, or any other race would have been if they were charged with the same felonies.

      A grand jury indicted David Randolph Gibbs on May 16, 2022, on two counts of forcible sodomy on a child less than 13 years old, violating Va. Code §18.2-67.1, and two counts of carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 years old violating Va. Code §18.2-63.

     Henrico County property records indicate that David R. Gibbs owns two homes at 204 Dryden Lane, Henrico County, an upscale community in the Sleepy Hollow/Mooreland Farms area 11232 Fanwood Court, Henrico County, in the Short Pump area of the ritzy west end. Both homes have a combined tax assessment value of more than $1,500,000.

   Despite the four felony indictments, capias, and a judge's order for Gibbs' immediate arrest for the felony sexual assaults, CA Shannon Taylor gave special legal treatment and protection to David R. Gibbs so he could attend social events outside Virginia and voluntarily turn himself in after 27 days because of his upper-class white privilege status. 

    Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) dictates that once a capias and orders are issued for the suspect’s arrest, the HPD will immediately take action to arrest the suspect. Still, the SOP was not followed in the David R. Gibbs case. In an exclusive interview with HPD Chief Eric English, see below; Chief English stated, "I was not aware of any deal, and there was no discussion of this case with me." 

    If HPD Chief English and his agency were unaware of any deal made for David Gibbs to turn himself in after 27 days, then CA Shannon Taylor hid the capias and judge's order for Gibbs’s arrest from the HPD. Normal SOP is when the Henrico Clerk's office records a capias and order for arrest; they are sent to the HPD to arrest the suspect.

    Further research details that the May 16, 2022, capias issued for David R. Gibbs was not assigned to an HPD officer to arrest Gibbs immediately. Instead, it was filed in the Henrico Clerk's file and hidden from the public and the HPD. 

   Virginia Code § 19.2-80. Duty of arresting officer; bail states: 

Duty of arresting officer; bail.

In any case in which an officer does not issue a summons pursuant to § 19.2-74 or § 46.2-936, a law-enforcement officer making an arrest under a warrant or capias shall bring the arrested person without unnecessary delay before a judicial officer. 

   David R. Gibbs was not arrested and arraigned until June 13, 2022, 27 days after a capias and judge’s order was issued for his immediate arrest, and only by David Gibbs voluntarily turning himself into the HPD.

   David Gibbs was casually allowed to attend the Maryland Preakness on May 20, 2022, 4 days after the 4 felony indictments, capias, and judge's order for his arrest were issued. Gibbs was also allowed to attend his daughter's kindergarten graduation on June 10, 2022, while the capias and judges’ order for his arrest was still active. Gibbs voluntarily turned himself in on June 13, 2022, when he was arraigned and released on a low $20,000. bond on June 14, 2022.

 

   HPD Chief Eric English agreed to an exclusive interview with us, about the delayed arrest of David Gibbs;

Brace Impact:  

1. Were you aware that David Gibbs' delayed arrest was so that he could attend the May 21, 2022,  Preakness at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland?

2. Were you aware that David Gibbs' delayed arrest was so that he could attend his daughter's kindergarten graduation on June 10, 2022? 

3. Were you aware that David Gibbs' delayed arrest was so that he could travel across the U.S to Los Angeles, CA., so that he could attend his wife's reconstructive surgery on her nose?

4. Is this standard operating procedure for the HPD to violate Court orders and delay the arrest of a suspect that has been indicted for two counts of forcible sodomy on a child less than 13 years old, violating Va. Code §18.2-67.1 and two counts of carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 years old violating Va. Code §18.2-63., Two of these felonies carry a life sentence.?

HPD Chief English: Our Detectives investigated this case thoroughly and presented this case for prosecution.  As you are aware there are several entities involved in this case.  I can only speak on what my staff did and that was conducted a thorough investigation.

Brace Impact: Our investigative reporting is about the delay from the May 16, 2022, indictments and capias issued for his arrest and Judge Marshall's order to have David Gibbs arrested and arraigned. There is a twenty-seven day delay and some kind of deal was made with the Commonwealth Attorney to have him turn himself in on June 13, 2022.

Were you aware of this deal?

If so, were you in agreement with this deal?

Considering the seriousness and violent nature of the felonies, was it prudent to allow the suspect to go about his daily life for twenty-seven days, without having been arrested and arraigned?

Isn't the arrest of the suspect under the HPD's jurisdiction, a capias and order were issued for his arrest and the HC Clerk's office recorded the indictments, capias and the arrest order by Judge Marshall?

Is this normal SOP to allow a suspect to be free and roam around like nothing happened for twenty-seven days?

HPD Chief English: I am not going to speak for others. Our agency did what was required of us and that has nothing to do with any SOP. I was not aware of any deal and there was no discussion of this case with me.

   A Henrico County prosecutor who wished to remain anonymous stated that "a deal was made for David Gibbs to voluntarily turn himself in after he attended certain social functions". 

   Whether HPD Chief English was aware of any deal or not, and there was no discussion of the case with him, the HPD has the jurisdiction and authority to arrest a suspect without delay when a capias and/or judge's order has been issued for their arrest.

   

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor's blunders takes Richmond woman's life

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's release of known violent predator, who raped and killed a Richmond woman, has been sentenced to life in prison

 

Thomas Clark, a Henrico County man and Richmond-area contractor, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the abduction, rape, and murder of Suzanne Fairman. 

Fairman, 53, was found dead in the bathtub of her Tanglewood Road home in Richmond on May 9, 2019. A knife, bandanna, glove, and iPhone cord that had been knotted and cut were found on the sink.

The Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor had agreed to have an electronic monitoring device removed from a known convicted felon who had a long criminal record of rape and violence towards women.

Just seven days later, VCU administrator Suzanne Fairman was killed, after an electronic monitoring device was removed from her killer’s ankle. 

The suspect, 59-year-old Thomas Clark of Henrico, had been out on a $2500 bond on several unrelated charges when Fairman was killed.

Police arrested Clark, 59, on unrelated charges about a week after Fairman was killed.

Clark was found guilty of the murder, rape, and abduction in November 2021.

Fairman hired Clark to work on the deck of her home, but had problems with the workmanship, according to court testimony.

Officers went to Fairman's home in May 2019 when the VCU administrator failed to show up for a Mother's Day trip out of state.

She was found face down inside the tub of the main bathroom with water running and a bloody knife visible on the counter in the same bathroom, according to court documents.

Prosecutors said Clark held Fairman at knifepoint, raped and strangled her. His DNA was found on a bloody knife and the victim, they said.

"There is a huge amount of relief," Fairman's son Scott after the guilty verdict was read in November 2021. "I know these last two-and-a-half-years have been dreadful for my family and my friends and everybody in our life. With this verdict, I just feel like everybody can begin to heal."

Fairman was supportive of the life prison sentence for his mom's killer.

Henrico Officers die in the line of duty, HPD Chief covers up corruption

 HPD Chief covers up Commonwealth Attorney Corruption while Burying "one of his own"

       While Henrico County police officers risk their lives and die in the line of duty, HPD top brass continue to cover up the corruption of Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor and Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Michael Feinmel in a case involving an international fugitive accused of distributing more than 600 kilos of cocaine in the Richmond area.

      A complaint filed in the Henrico County Circuit Court on October 6, 2021, gives evidence of HCA Taylor and DCA Feinmel accepting bribes in exchange for refusing to extradite the fugitive wanted in Henrico County for allegedly distributing 600-kilos of cocaine in the Richmond area for over 10 years.

       A complaint providing the same evidence was sent to HPD Chief Eric English and Deputy Chief Christopher Eley on January 21, 2021 and February 3, 2021, which Chief Eric English and Deputy Chief Eley refused to investigate the evidence of bribery involving HCA Taylor and DCA Feinmel.

     While Henrico's Commonwealth Attorneys are accepting bribes in exchange for protecting an international cocaine fugitive, HPD police officers are dying in the line of duty. Just recently HPD Officer Trey Marshall Sutton was killed on March 30, 2022.

     The October 6, 2021 complaint (CL21006572) filed in the Henrico Circuit Court lists 9 defendants and gives evidence that 3 generations of Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys, prosecutors and a judge have protected international fugitive Nickolas Spanos from being extradited to Virginia despite foreign authorities arresting and detaining Spanos for extradition.

    The basis of the complaint states that the fugitive, if brought back to Henrico to stand trial, could testify against "white affluent lawyers, doctors and businessmen" that were involved in the 600-kilo cocaine organization.

    Former HCA Howard C. Vick Jr. was the original prosecutor in the fugitives case and had instructed the fugitive to "leave for Greece". Howard Vick never filed an extradition request to Greece and made no attempt to have him arrested in Greece. Howard Vick resigned from the HCA office to join the fugitive's law firm McGuireWoods, who represented the fugitives family in estate holdings worth millions of dollars. Howard Vick headed McGuireWoods white collar crime division for almost 20 years until being forced to retire for his illegal actions concerning the fugitive's case.

     CA Shannon Taylor refused to extradite Spanos several times, despite the FBI demanding his extradition and assistance in the transport of the fugitive.

     Not only did 3 generations of Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys refuse to extradite Spanos, they dismissed federal UFAP and INTERPOL arrest warrants so that Spanos could renew his U.S. passport 3 times in past 20 years, the last renewal is listed on May 5, 2019.

    Also listed in the October 6, 2021 complaint is Judge Lee A. Harris Jr., the presiding judge in the Henrico County Circuit Court. The complaint gives evidence that Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. 2 issued orders denying the transport of the fugitive Spanos from Greece, despite Spanos having 13 indictments for distribution of cocaine. 

   FBI and U.S. Marshals cannot transport an international fugitive without a court order issued for his transport and travel arrangements.

    

The highly controversial complaint has had 6 Circuit Court judges recuse themselves from hearing the complaint for reason of conflict of interest.

   While HPD Chief Eric English sheds crocodile tears in the media about "one of his own" being killed in the line of duty, English has no problem sleeping at night knowing Henrico Commonwealth's Attorneys and judges are being bribed in order to protect international fugitives accused of distributing hundreds of kilos of cocaine.

     

Court Complaints show McGuire-Woods partners defrauded their clients

 Ethics Complaints Filed Against Richmond McGuire-Woods Partners for Criminal Activity

Complaints were filed, on August 27, 2021, in Henrico County Circuit Court against three McGuire-Woods partners who conspired in criminal activity and to defraud their client of over $500,000. not including damages.

See complaints filed:

Henrico Circuit Court case no. CL21005759

Henrico Circuit Court Case no. CL21005758

The Complaints state that the three defendants, during their employment with McGuire-Woods law firm, conspired together unethically to have their client illegally removed as trustee & executor of a family trust. The Complaints list several state and federal code violations which entangled them with a fugitive wanted in a 600 kilo cocaine organization.

William Birch Douglass and William Hutchins filed in Henrico County Circuit Court a Petition to Remove Trustee, while the trustee was in Greece. The Trustee named Nickolas Spanos was named as defendant while family members were plaintiffs, who were also McGuire-Woods clients. 

McGuire-Woods partners initiated a lawsuit in which they represented both the plaintiff and defendant. The McGuire-Woods partners knew the exact location of the trustee in Greece, as they communicated with him through conference calls and postal service, but did not serve him through the Hague Service Process but instead served him at his mothers house, who was the plaintiff.

Greece's protocols to the Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, states that foreign service can only be processed through the Greek DOJ and served by only a certified service processor/court official.

The documents intended to be served must also be translated into the Greek language and certified by the Greek Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Trust had no provision for removal and the petition for removal listed no financial irregularities to justify the petition. 

The Defendants filed a Defense Pleading on September 27, 2021, which they did not deny the allegations, only that the statute of limitations had expired for the criminal violations. Yet, there is no statute of limitations for unethical misconduct and violation of the Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct.

The McGuireWoods partners responded in their defense pleadings that Nickolas Spanos was never a client of McGuireWoods despite evidence showing that Spanos was a client from 1992 and had issued several checks signed by Spanos to McGuireWoods law firm for over 7 years. The checks are listed in Estate reports to the Henrico County Commissioner of Accounts. 

Henrico County Circuit Court records give evidence that several estate documents were recorded with Nickolas Spanos and William Birch Douglass's signatures.

Court filings give evidence that William Birch Douglass, who represented Nickolas Spanos, advised Spanos on numerous legal matters while he was residing in Virginia and Greece. 

Spanos had requested his client files several times yet McGuireWoods unethically refuses to return his client file to him.

At the time of filing the Petition for Removal, Howard "Toby" Vick was the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney was negotiating with McGuire-Woods law firm Manager Richard Cullen for a partnership but was prosecuting the Trustee Nickolas Spanos for thirteen indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

An October 6, 2021 Complaint (Case Number: CL21006572) filed in the Henrico County Circuit Court gives evidence that McGuireWoods Partner Richard Cullen bribed Commonwealth Attorney Howard Vick with a partners position at McGuireWoods in exchange to not have Nickolas Spanos extradited from Greece. 

Nickolas Spanos was accused by Howard Vick as being the "hub of a 600 kilo cocaine organization that operated in Richmond for over 10 years".

                                      

Henrico Court filings show that Howard Vick used his influence to have the FBI remove Spanos from the National Crime Database and have the UFAP warrant dismissed by former McGuire-Woods partner James B. Comey, who was a Richmond U.S. Attorney at that time. The dismissed UFAP warrant allowed Spanos to renew his U.S. passport and remain off criminal databases despite having thirteen outstanding indictments against him.

Knowing that Spanos was a McGuire-Woods client, HCCA Howard Vick had sealed the thirteen indictments and refused to file an extradition request for Spanos. If Howard Vick had prosecuted Spanos, it would have ended his golden partnership with McGuire-Woods law firm.

The Complaints filed give evidence of present Henrico County Circuit Court officials who were also involved in protecting the cocaine fugitive from being arrested and extradited from foreign countries, despite the fugitive being held for extradition. Present Henrico County prosecutors refused to file extradition requests.

The Ethics Complaints list "fraud on the court" as one of the several ethics violations, which has no statute of limitation. The Complaints also list: 

§ 18.2-439. Acceptance of bribe by officer or candidate.

§ 18.2-447. When person guilty of bribery

§ 18.2-460. Obstructing justice; 

18 U.S. Code § 1071 - Concealing person from arrest

18, U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of Constitutional Rights

McGuireWoods Partners Implicated in a White Nationalism Syndicate

Complaint Filed Exposes a "White Nationalism" Syndicate that Protected White Affluent Clients of McGuireWoods Law Firm who were part of a 600-Kilo Cocaine organization

     An October 6, 2021 complaint filed in the Henrico County Circuit Court (CL21006572) against 9 high profile attorneys gives evidence of a "White Nationalism" syndicate operating in the Henrico County Courts for over twenty-three (23) years. The syndicate protected "affluent white, middle to upper class businessmen, lawyers and doctors" from being charged and prosecuted in a 600-kilo cocaine organization that operated in Richmond for over ten years. See Complaint filed: https://www.dropbox.com/WhiteNationalism

         The highly controversial complaint has shaken the Richmond legal community, as this could overturn hundreds of convictions that were tainted with racial discrimination in the Henrico County Circuit Court.

           On December 1, 2021, all 5 Henrico County Circuit Court Judges recused themselves from hearing the Complaint filed. 

 

     On January 11, 2022, the Virginia Supreme Court assigned the Honorable Cheryl V. Higgins, a circuit court judge for the 16th Circuit in Virginia to preside over the ethics complaint. 

McGuireWoods Richard Cullen was recently selected by Governor Elect Youngskin to be his senior legal advisor. Richard Cullen is well known for his secret dealings as the "head of the Virginia Shadow Government". https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/richard-cullen-to-leave-mcguirewoods-to-serve-as-counselor-to-youngkin/article_603f60ae-da00-5b32-9ccf-c81d7559585c.html

        As of December 16, 2021, all Defendants have filed Demurrers and Special Plea in Bar. The Plaintiff has filed responses to most of the Defendants which contains FBI documents, HC Court records and emails, giving undeniable evidence of a “white nationalism doctrine”.

          A chart indicates the 9 high profile Defendants listed in the October 6, 2021 complaint filed.

     Some of the high-profile attorneys associated with McGuireWoods Law firm in Richmond, Virginia is listed in the complaint as Richard Cullen, Esquire, Howard C. Vick Jr., Esquire and James B. Comey, Esquire. McGuireWoods Richard Cullen is known as the head of Virginia’s Shadow Government because of his strategically placed connections in the high ranks of government. 

       Defendant George Manoli Loupassi was the Special Counsel to the Grand Jury and later was an elected Virginia Delegate. Manoli Loupassi never disclosed his conflict of interest and proceeded as Special Counsel, which decides who will be charged and prosecuted, depending on the investigation and testimony of witnesses involved. 

         Despite having the confession of several “white affluent professionals” for the Class 5 distribution of cocaine, Special Counsel Loupassi stopped the investigations of the white affluent professionals.

        Defendant Judge Lee A. Harris is accused of supporting and promoting the “white nationalism doctrine” in his court for over 23 years and despite recognizing the white nationalism was being promoted, he failed to report this to law enforcement officials.

        The Complaint alleges that the 9 Defendants established a separate justice system giving preferred special treatment and protection to an estimated forty (40) white “affluent middle to upper class professionals, lawyers, physicians and businessmen” in the Richmond area. 

        The evidence in this complaint states that the Defendants recognized that the 40 white affluent professionals, admitted to law enforcement officials that they violated Virginia Code § 18.2-248, a Class 5 felony possession with intent to distribute a scheduled II (cocaine). Which for a first offense conviction, the penalty is between 5 and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000.

        The Defendants recognized that several of the white affluent professionals were McGuireWoods clients, which the Defendants conspired with each other to shield the white affluent professionals from investigation and prosecution, yet prosecuted three men of color for the same Class 5 felony violations. 

          The Defendants violated Federal and State laws assuring that the Plaintiff (Nickolas Spanos) remained in exile from the United States and was protected from being deported or extradited back to Henrico County, Virginia, as not be prosecuted for the thirteen (13) felony indictments to distribute cocaine. If Spanos was prosecuted, the white affluent professionals would be required to testify and their names would be revealed.

         The Complaint alleges that Henrico County Prosecutors only prosecuted 3 people of color for distribution of cocaine, while protecting the estimated 40 white affluent professionals from investigation and prosecution, despite having their confessions to the same felony offenses.

          The Complaint states that McGuireWoods Partner Richard Cullen offered Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Howard Vick a partner’s position with McGuireWoods Law firm, if Howard Vick refused to deport or extradite Nickolas Spanos from Greece.

           Howard Vick resigned early from the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's Office to join Richard Cullen at McGuireWoods law firm in June 2000. https://richmond.com/news-18988/article_511631a5-9b51-5583-b112-6b944498564b.html

         The birth of the white nationalism syndicate began in December 1998, upon the first indictments for distributing cocaine were issued for Nickolas Spanos, Randolph Cooper Kendall, Hugh Williams and Edmond Deeb, Kendall, Williams and Deeb are people of Color.

        Shortly before the multijurisdictional grand jury indictments, HCA Howard Vick warned Spanos and told him to leave for Greece and never come back.

         Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney (HCA) Howard C. Vick Jr. proudly announced to the Richmond Times Dispatch that an investigation by Henrico County Police led to a 600-kilo cocaine organization that operated in the Richmond area for over ten years. The 600-kilo cocaine organization involved "affluent middle to upper class professionals which included businessmen, lawyers and doctors" that were buying and selling cocaine, which named Nickolas Spanos as the "Hub" of the organization. HCA Vick stated to the RTD that Spanos had a "black book and computer files" that kept a list of all his cocaine connections and clients. 

 

        Randolph Cooper Kendall, Hugh Williams and Edmond Deeb were arrested by Henrico police and charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to distribute a Schedule II Controlled Substance (cocaine). Nickolas Spanos had fled to Greece a few weeks prior to the multijurisdictional grand jury after being warned by HCA Howard Vick.

         On December 10, 1998, HCA Howard Vick had a Federal UFAP warrant issued for Spanos, the first step in having a fugitive deported or extradited from a foreign country. Spanos had traveled to Greece on a U.S. passport and was allowed a tourist visa for sixty (60) days. 

          With the Federal UFAP warrant issued for Spanos, HCA Vick could have informed the U.S. State Department that Spanos had fled to Greece, which his passport could have been cancelled; the U.S. Embassy Athens, Greece would have informed Greek DOJ officials and Spanos would have been arrested and deported as an "undocumented alien" back to the USA. HCA Vick never took these measures to have Spanos deported and prosecuted.

            The Richmond Times Dispatch began running articles which contained details of the 600-kilo cocaine organization and a media battle started between HCA Vick and Spanos who was contacting RTD reporters, Spanos taunted HCA Vick as stating it was a "witch hunt" with no evidence and dared Vick to bring him back. Vick responded that the "DEA had an office at the U.S. Embassy Athens and that Spanos would stand trial in Henrico County."

           The October 6, 2021 complaint alleges that:

• After the RTD ran the first articles in December 1998, numerous " white affluent professionals" ran to McGuireWoods law firm seeking advice and protection from being exposed in the 600-kilo cocaine organization. McGuireWoods Richard Cullen approached HCA Howard Vick to stop the investigation at the three "people of color" and not to implicate the "affluent professionals" as they were "middle to upper class businessmen, lawyers and doctors", whose careers and families would be ruined.
• In exchange to stop the investigation, McGuireWoods Richard Cullen offered HCA Howard Vick a prestigious partners position with McGuireWoods law firm eventually to become the head of the white-collar crime department.
• Allegedly Richard Cullen and/or Howard Vick had the Special Counsel to the multijurisdictional grand jury replaced with Manoli Loupassi, who had close family ties to Nickolas Spanos and his family, which created a serious conflict of interest.
• Manoli Loupassi never disclosed his conflict of interest and proceeded as Special Counsel, which decides who will be charged and prosecuted, depending on the investigation and testimony of witnesses involved. 
• Despite having the confession of several “white affluent professionals” for the Class 5 distribution of cocaine, Special Counsel Loupassi stopped the investigations of the white affluent professionals.

         On April 15, 1999, a multijurisdictional grand jury issued twelve indictments charging Spanos for distributing cocaine after numerous witnesses testified. Some of Spanos's co-conspirators had pleaded guilty for reduced sentences and had testified against Spanos. Despite several suspects admitting to distributing large amounts of cocaine, Special Counsel Manoli Loupassi never recommended any other suspects to be charged and prosecuted.

          Assistant HCA Todd Stone stated in the RTD that:

• "it's unclear whether other professional people with ties to Spanos would be indicted.
• "This thing has branched out in so many different directions that I don't know if I'd use the word 'likely,' " Stone said when asked if others were likely to be charged. "But it's always possible."
• "We tried to draw the line [on charging people] based on quantity and volume" of drugs, he added. "So that's part of the reason why a lot of those people haven't been charged."

           HCA Howard Vick stated to the RTD that "he is continuing efforts to bring Spanos back to Henrico County from Greece to face trial." 

            The October 6, 2021 complaint gives evidence that HCA Howard Vick never contacted the U.S. State Department to have Spanos's U.S. passport cancelled or did he file an Affidavit for Extradition, which is filed with the U.S. DOJ Office of International Affairs and is sent through diplomatic channels to the Greek DOJ in order to have Spanos arrested and extradited.

           The October 6, 2021 complaint states that HCA Howard Vick offered to Assistant HCA Wade Kizer the position of Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney on the condition that Wade Kizer would never extradite Nickolas Spanos from Greece so that Spanos could not be debriefed by Henrico police or the FBI. On June 08, 2000, Wade Kizer became the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney.

 

      The October 6, 2021 complaint facts are:

• Between December 1998 to May 22, 2001, the FBI was reporting to NCIC various updates concerning Spanos and his fugitive status, giving his exact location in Greece.

• On May 22, 2001, FBI Agent Donald Thompson falsely reports that USA and Greece currently do not have an extradition treaty and that Spanos is a Greek citizen, therefore Spanos cannot be extradited from Greece.

• On July 6, 2001, U.S. Attorney (Richmond) James B. Comey voluntarily dismissed the Federal UFAP warrant issued for Spanos.
• On January 22, 2002, FBI Agent Donald Thompson falsely reported that USA and Greece currently do not have an extradition treaty and that Spanos is a Greek citizen, therefore Spanos cannot be extradited from Greece and that Spanos should be removed from NCIC.
• On February 10, 2002, Spanos was removed from NCIC.
• On September 15, 2006, Spanos renewed his U.S. passport in the U.S. Embassy Greece.
• On February 8, 2007, FBI and HPD officials discovered that Spanos renewed his U.S. passport and requested that HCA Kizer file an Affidavit for Extradition for Spanos.
• On February 20, 2007, FBI and HPD Officials had a Federal UFAP warrant issued for Spanos.
• Between 2007 through 2011, HCA Wade Kizer refused to file an extradition request for Spanos or cancel his U.S. passport.
• On October 18, 2012, Spanos was arrested in the Philippines and detained for extradition to the United States.
• On November 02, 2012, the thirteen felony indictments for distribution of cocaine were unsealed.
• Between October 18, 2012 through June 1, 2014, Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor refuses to file an extradition request to the Philippines DOJ for Nickolas Spanos.
• On June 1, 2014, Spanos was deported back to his safe haven of Greece.
• On June 1, 2014, the FBI had an INTERPOL Red Warrant issued for Spanos.
• On June 2, 2014, Greek DOJ officials provisionally arrested Spanos upon arriving in Athens, Greece.
• On July 30, 2014, HCA Shannon Taylor filed an extradition request for Spanos to the Greek DOJ, knowing it would fail.
• On September 24, 2014, a Greek Tribunal denied the extradition request.
• Between April 2018 through May 2018, Nickolas Spanos voluntarily turned himself into the U.S. Embassy FBI and requested to be extradited to Virginia.
• HCA Shannon Taylor refuses to transport Spanos from Greece to Virginia to be prosecuted for the 13 felony indictments.
• On November 4, 2018, Nickolas Spanos filed a Motion for Transportation from Greece to Virginia,
• On November 4, 2018, Henrico Circuit Court Judge Lee A. Harris dismissed the Motion for Transportation.
• On February 15, 2019, the HCA and FBI dismissed the 2007 Federal UFAP Warrant and INTERPOL Red Warrant.