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Update: The Virginia State Bar revoked the license of a Williamsburg attorney convicted of federal fraud and related charges.
In an Oct. 24 news release, the state licensing agency said Deborah Michelle Wagner’s consent to have her license to practice law revoked.
By agreeing to the revocation, bar officials said Wagner acknowledges that the charges against her are true and that she can’t successfully defend herself against them.
Oct. 6 – The state agency that regulates attorneys statewide has suspended — and plans to revoke — the law license of a Williamsburg lawyer who was recently convicted in a federal timeshare fraud case.
The Virginia State Bar “summarily suspended” Deborah M. Wagner’s license to practice law in Virginia effective Thursday, according to a news release from Barbara Lanier, the clerk of the bar’s disciplinary system. Moreover, Lanier added, “Wagner was ordered to appear before the board on October 28 to show cause why her license should not be further suspended or revoked.”
Wagner, 44, of James City County, has held a law license in Virginia for 20 years, recently practicing out of an office on Jamestown Road in Williamsburg. After getting a law degree from the University of Illinois’ law school in 1996, she’s been been admitted to practice in both state and federal courts, according to the Martindale attorney database.
In early September, Wagner pleaded guilty to taking part in a conspiracy in which “straw purchasers” — people with no interest in buying time shares — became new “owners” of timeshare properties.
Several conspirators profited from the property transfer fees. Three others in the scheme — including those who spearheaded finding the fake buyers for more than 1,000 time shares — pleaded guilty last year and are now in federal prison.
Wagner, who was the last of the group to admit her role, admitted to drawing up the deeds and paperwork for many of the transfers between 2011 and 2013, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Court documents didn’t indicate how many transfers she handled or how much profit she made, but indicate that her fee was $250 per transaction.
She will be sentenced on Jan. 10.
Peter Dujardin can be reached at 757-247-4749