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Facilitation of fraud by an Agency of the Virginia Supreme Court

The fraud lies in the claim that when one retains a certified member of the Bar this member will execute an effective strategy, that the member will zealously and diligently represent the client. What the Bar does to ensure this effective representation is address failed attendance, not turning in the appropriate papers and billing problems - basically it addresses issues that the Better Business Bureau could. The Bar dismisses Strategy by telling a party questioning their representation that they can hire another member to address the failed strategy of the first. The Bar expects a damaged client to take a risk, expend resources to provide oversight of its members. This is not functional, the client gives up and the member realizes that it is not necessary to expend their resources researching just one client when they can handle multiple clients with minimal investment of time, this is profitable. As a result there is no incentive for the member to "zealously" and "diligently" represent a client. The Bar has no knowledge of its members diligence or integrity because feedback from the one element that knows the situation, the client is not maintained. Referrals are made, members researched and performance information is missing, another desperate client is then processed and conned into believing that they were represented. According to the dictionary "fraud" is defined as "a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur". The Virginia State Bar claims that its members are diligent.

If this industry addressed "strategy" or "performance" it would risk the same issues that other professions have when services are provided to a population, the "complaints". Someone does not feel that they got value for the rendered services.

*)Maybe a client is unjustly upset and the professional performed the best that they could. This could fall under poor customer service, the professional did not communicate to the client why their case did not result in the outcome that the client expected. Communication is a professional responsibility in the service industry.
*)Maybe the individual had a problem that could not be resolved with the assets available. An example being financial, the ability to obtain investigators or items that never came to light during the case.
*)Maybe the professional made a mistake.
*)Maybe the professional realizes that they really do not have to execute diligent service because there is

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