Craig E. Buck, a Fredericksburg-area attorney and principal of The Buck Law Firm, PC (Virginia SCC Entity 02041051, formerly Buck Anderson & Somerville, Buck Anderson & Associates, Craig E. Buck & Associates), operates a multi-layered private real estate lending and foreclosure network in Caroline County that raises documented concerns under Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.7 (concurrent conflicts of interest) and Virginia Code §55.1-321 (trustee duties in deeds of trust). THE ENTITY WEB (all confirmed Virginia SCC): • The Buck Law Firm, PC (SCC 02041051) — ACTIVE. Primary legal practice. Address: 1109 Heatherstone Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407. • Alliance Title & Escrow, Inc. (SCC 04133765) — ACTIVE. Formerly 'Settlement Services Corporation.' Title insurance, closing, and escrow services. • Buying Virginia LLC (SCC 11578830) — ACTIVE. Formed August 9, 2023. Principal office: 1109 Heatherstone Dr (Craig Buck's own address). Registered Agent: The Buck Law Firm, PC. This LLC has appeared as a LENDER (grantee) on Caroline County Deed of Trust instruments — meaning Craig Buck's own LLC is lending money while Craig Buck personally acts as the foreclosure trustee on the same instrument. THE FOUR SIMULTANEOUS ROLES (on transactions where Buying Virginia LLC is the lender): 1. Lender — Buying Virginia LLC (Buck's own company) 2. Attorney — The Buck Law Firm, PC (Buck's law firm) 3. Trustee — Craig E. Buck TR (Buck personally holds foreclosure authority) 4. Title/Escrow Agent — Alliance Title & Escrow, Inc. (Buck's title company) Four concurrent financial interests in a single real estate transaction. All revenue streams flow to the same family. THE SCALE — 29 DOTs IN ONE FILE: A single Caroline County Circuit Court name-search file for Buck's trustee variants contains 29 Deeds of Trust (DOTs), 19 Certificates of Satisfaction (loans paid off), 1 Deed, and 1 Release. With 19 of 29 paid off, approximately 10 DOTs remain OPEN — meaning Craig Buck currently holds active foreclosure authority over approximately 10 or more Caroline County properties. This is from ONE name variant. Multiple additional name variants (BUCK CRAIG TR, BUCK CRAIG E TR, C E BUCK TR, CRAIG BUCK TRUSTEE) each carry their own separate clusters of instruments. Total exposure across all variants and all years is estimated at 100+ DOTs across the region. KNOWN LENDER ENTITIES (all appearing on Caroline County DOT instruments with Buck as trustee): • Buying Virginia LLC — Buck's own LLC as lender • Pine Meadow Resort, LLC — Craig Buck AND Teri Anderson Buck as personal direct lenders (grantees); instrument dated December 9, 2025; includes chattel lien covering furniture and fixtures valued at $4,999 (DTCL instrument type — secures both real and personal property) • Antioch Road LLC — private investment LLC, members not yet identified • Union Land Trust / Guy Prudhomme TR — anonymous trust structure, beneficial owner concealed • B&K Property Investors LLC — co-lender, members not yet identified • White Pine Land and Trust — co-lender, members not yet identified • Twenty Three Thirteen, LLC (SCC 11692494) — formed May 5, 2024; RA: Jason Manns, 117 Milford St, Bowling Green VA; Jason Manns is a Caroline County-area music producer, recording artist, and former Bowling Green mayoral candidate (lost November 2024, 249-331). Status pending inactive as of June 2026. TERI ANDERSON BUCK CONNECTION: Teri Anderson Buck (Teri A. Buck) appears as co-lender with Craig Buck on the Pine Meadow Resort DOT (December 9, 2025). 'Anderson' also appears in the firm's name history ('Buck, Anderson & Somerville'). Both have previously operated nonprofit entities out of 1109 Heatherstone Dr: The Joseph Project, Inc. (SCC 06166086, inactive) and The King's Roundtable, Inc. (SCC 07863517, inactive). Alliance Title & Escrow, Inc. (the title company) was formerly named 'Settlement Services Corporation.' OPEN QUESTIONS (not yet confirmed): • Who are the members of Antioch Road LLC, B&K Property Investors LLC, and White Pine Land and Trust? • Does any Caroline County official, developer, or data-center-connected person appear as a member of any of these lender LLCs? • Has Alliance Title & Escrow closed any data center land transactions in Caroline County? • Does Buying Virginia LLC hold or have held any real property in Caroline County? SOURCES: Virginia SCC CIS records (SCC 02041051, 04133765, 11578830, 11692494 — all pulled June 2026); Caroline County Circuit Court deed of trust index (carolinevacocc.org); Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.7; Virginia Code §55.1-321.
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