THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 25, 1995 TAG: 9501250450
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY JODY SNIDER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
David J. Allmond, a Smithfield lawyer who pleaded guilty last fall to a felony cocaine charge, has lost his law license for three years.
The Virginia State Bar said Monday that the suspension by its Disciplinary Board resulted from Allmond, 41, committing ``a crime or other deliberately wrongful act'' and engaging in ``conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.''
The cocaine charge was filed in March, when an Isle of Wight sheriff's deputy went to arrest Allmond for failing to appear in an Arlington court. A pipe containing cocaine residue was found in a coat pocket.
Allmond also was served a summons for failing to appear in court to represent clients in Newport News and Suffolk.
Allmond's troubles began in October 1993, when the Virginia State Bar reprimanded him for mismanaging funds from a loan closing. As a result of that investigation, Allmond's law license was suspended in March for six months, until Sept. 15.
In May, an Isle of Wight grand jury indicted Allmond on one count of possessing cocaine. Isle of Wight Circuit Court Judge Rodham T. Delk withheld a finding of guilt last October, and sentenced Allmond to two years of supervised probation under first-offender status.
That allows a charge to be dismissed if the offender completes the terms of probation.
Allmond has signed a two-year contract with the William J. Farley Institute for Recovery in Hampton, where he is undergoing drug treatment.
Allmond is also a volunteer at Norfolk Psychiatric Hospital, helping patients with drug problems.
KEYWORDS: DRUG ARREST COCAINE DISBARMENT by CNB