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State bar suspends Henrico defense attorney's license to practice law, found guilty of sex crime involving intern

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A local defense attorney who was found guilty of a sex crime will now have his law license suspended for one year by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board.

Matt Pinsker’s hearing before the Virginia State Bar’s Disciplinary Board started Monday, and the board ruled Tuesday that Pinsker did engage in professional misconduct, suspending his license.

In May of 2021, CBS6 reported that defense attorney and former prosecutor Matt Pinsker had been indicted in Henrico on three felony charges, including rape after he was accused by a VCU student of sexual assault.

At the time, Pinsker was an adjunct professor at the University.

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