Tidwell v. Virginia State Bar

On September 3, 1999, appellant, Drew Virgil Tidwell, entered a plea of guilty in the state of New York to a class E felony, Leaving the Scene of an Incident without Reporting, New York Vehicle & Traffic Law § 600(2)(a). At the plea hearing, the prosecutor represented to the court that Tidwell “will surrender his license to practice law immediately - immediately upon his entering this plea.” Thereafter, the court accepted the plea and entered an order of conviction. Upon notification of Tidwell’s conviction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial…