Put plan for recession survival in place before income slows
By Edward Poll
Published: December 15, 2008
Law firms are no strangers to the boom-and-bust mode of operation, and it’s been apparent for some time that the “bust” phase is here.
Of course, small firms and solo practices face the valley of lean times frequently, sometimes more than once a year. But in an economy-wide downturn, the entire profession must adjust. That adjustment [...]
Obituaries
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 15, 2008
Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
Robert E. Shepherd Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Richmond law school and a tireless advocate for children and the disadvantaged, died Thursday, Dec. 11. He was 71.
A graduate of Washington and Lee University and its law school, Prof. Shepherd entered the Army JAG Corps after law school, spending four years [...]
Lawyers in the News
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: December 15, 2008
Robert B. “Chip” Delano Jr., a shareholder and member of the risk management practice group at Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, received the Defense Research Institute Community Service Award. Delano was recognized by the DRI for having continuously served for over 30 years in various adult leadership positions in the Boy Scouts of America. He [...]
Fairfax board promises help to redevelop Tysons
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
TYSONS CORNER—The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors promised last week to act quickly to help redevelop Tysons Corner, after property owners and local leaders complained that bureaucracy has slowed the sprawling suburb’s transformation to an urban center.
Board members said they would enact new rules for buildings as early as October. They also pledged transparency and [...]
Ex-PD in Lexington to serve 30 days in jail
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
A former assistant public defender in Lexington will serve 30 days in jail after pleading no contest earlier this month to misdemeanor sexual assault. Robert Armstrong was charged with attempting to have a female client perform a sex act during a meeting with him at the Rockbridge Regional Jail.
Robert Armstrong, 70, received a sentence [...]
VCU degree-awarding matter concluded
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
The agency that accredits Virginia Commonwealth University says the university won’t face sanctions or warnings in its handling of the case of the improper awarding of a bachelor’s degree to Richmond’s former police chief.
Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, says the accreditation group for [...]
Commission: Lawyers needed to give notice on DNA evidence
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
The Virginia State Crime Commission is suggesting allowing lawyers to help notify felons whose case files contain newly discovered but decades-old DNA evidence that could exonerate them.
Virginia’s one-of-a-kind DNA testing project began in 2005 when case files from 1973 through 1988 were ordered examined after five men were cleared from biological evidence preserved in their [...]
Judge won’t order election officials to count late ballots
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
A federal judge said last week that he probably won’t order Virginia election officials to count late absentee ballots from overseas military personnel but wants a solution before the next election.
U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams ordered the State Board of Elections and the U.S. Justice Department to work out a procedure to ensure the [...]
Muldoon challenges Bolling for Lt. Gov. nomination
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
Patrick Muldoon, a Northern Virginia patent attorney who grew up in Giles County, already has lost two races for Congress and one for commonwealth’s attorney.
Perhaps that’s why his announcement that he will challenge incumbent Bill Bolling for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor hardly brimmed with confidence.
“I understand the rough and tumble of politics,” he [...]
Bars set schedules for appeals court interviews
By News in Brief
Published: December 15, 2008
The Virginia Women Attorneys Association and the Old Dominion Bar Association will interview candidates for a Virginia Court of Appeals vacancy on Jan. 7 in conjunction with interviews by the Virginia State Bar.
The ODBA requests that candidates submit a resume, a writing sample and a judicial questionnaire available on the VSB Web site to Beverly [...]
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