Virginia State Bar

707 East Main Street
Suite 1500
Richmond, VA 23219
United States

http://www.vsb.org

An administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia State Bar exists to regulate, improve, and advance the legal profession throughout the state. It is mandatory to be in good standing with the VSB to be able to practice law in Virginia. Established in 1938, the Virginia State Bar handles regulatory issues such as attorney disciplinary matters and complaints of unauthorized practice of law. In addition, the bar also publishes pamphlets, handbooks, and other publication aids for members of the profession and of the public, as well as providing educational and professional services for its members.

Virginia State Bar is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

This information has been curated by journalists and private citizens; and, this platform is available as-a-service to all Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs].

Stacey Davenport	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1681666199 - 211003839 Attorney Misconduct Employer: Chesterfield County Commonwealth Attorney Authority: Virginia State Bar
Melissa Dowd	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1666468826 - 1345421646 June 15, 2021 Attorney Misconduct Employer: Highland County Commonwealth Attorney Authority: Virginia State Bar
Devon Jordan Parsons	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1675444098 - 1431893784 September 6, 2022 Cooperative Misconduct Employer: City of Chesapeake Commonwealth Attorney Authority: Virginia State Bar
Christopher Rehak	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1675029610 - 268224964 April 22, 2015 Bias, Coercive Plea Bargaining, Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material, Suborning Perjury Employer: City of Radford Commonwealth Attorney Authority: Virginia State Bar

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In order to provide this service to 20,000+ Organizations, POST Departments, and Prosecutors nationwide. We have standardized the input, date and time stamped the output, incorporated an epistemology of Brady Offenses, Public Complaints, and Use-of-Force Reports.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act

§§ 2.2-3700 - 2.2-3714

The Virginia Freedom of Information Act is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels in Virginia. Public records includes all documents, no matter their physical form, that are "prepared or owned by, or in the possession of a public body or its officers, employees or agents in the transaction of public business."

Any citizen of Virginia may request public records, however Virginia does limit the right of incarcerated felons to request any records whatsoever. The Virginia Freedom of Information Act does not require a statement of purpose, nor are there any restrictions on the use of records. Virginia law requires open records request responses to be made within 5 business days.

We the People

We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.

Police Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments