Disbarment For First Degree Murder

From the web page of the Texas Sate Bar:

On December 23, 2008 the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed a final judgment disbarring Troy, Virginia attorney Piper A. Rountree, 48, State Bar of Texas Card No. 17323050.On July 13, 2007, the Board signed an Interlocutory Order suspendingRountree from the practice of law pending the appeal of her criminalconviction for First Degree Murder/F in violation of § 18.2-32 of theCode of Virginia (Cause No. CR04-5364-00) and Use of a Firearm duringthe Commission of a Felony/F in violation of § 18.2-53.1 of the Code ofVirginia (Cause No. CR04-5365-00), Intentional Crimes as defined in theTexas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure , in styled, Commonwealth of Virginia v. Piper Ann Rountree.Rountree was sentenced to life in prison in Cause No. CR04-5364-00 andsentenced to three years in prison in Cause No. CR04-5365-00. Inaddition, she was ordered to pay $3545.00 in costs. On July 24, 2007,the Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed Rountree’s conviction. On orabout October 6, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States deniedRountree’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court ofVirginia and the conviction is final.

The underlying criminal case has received a good deal of publicity. (Mike Frisch)