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Bedford County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Oct 20, 2017
News Type: BPR Actions
Bedford County lawyer Christopher P. Westmoreland received a public censure on Oct. 17 from the Board of Professional Responsibility. In one case, Westmoreland was found to have failed to have adequately communicated with a client in a change of custody case. He mailed his client a copy of a court order in the case, but the client did not receive it. Westmoreland did not resend a copy of the order for several months, despite requests from his client. In a separate case from March 2016, Westmoreland was hired to represent a client in a worker's compensation case. A few months later, Westmoreland intended to withdraw from the representation, but did not do so. The court entered orders in July and September of 2016 ordering Mr. Westmoreland’s client to respond to discovery.  The client was not aware of these orders and the discovery was not completed. The case was dismissed as a discovery sanction in Nov. 2016.
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