Giants RB Bradshaw reports to SW Virginia jail
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw has returned to a jail in Virginia to finish serving a 60-day jail sentence for a parole violation, his attorney said.
In a statement released through the Giants, attorney Charles Stacy of Bluefield said Bradshaw reported to the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority in Tazewell County on Sunday to [...]
Tech company files for Chapter 11 under heavy debt
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
MCLEAN—Technology consultant BearingPoint Inc. filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, saying it had negotiated a “prearranged” bankruptcy plan with lenders that could help reduce its debt load.
The company filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, with $2.23 billion in total debt and $1.76 billion in total assets [...]
Man who bilked homeowners pleads in shooting spree
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
FAIRFAX—A businessman who stole $3 million from Northern Virginia homeowner associations has been convicted of going on a drunken shooting spree after his thefts were uncovered.
Jeffrey S. Koger entered Alford pleas last Tuesday in Fairfax County court to charges including attempted capital murder. The plea means Koger does not admit guilt but acknowledges that prosecutors [...]
Immigrants march to protest Prince Wm. County’s policies
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
MANASSAS PARK—More than 100 immigrants and their supporters marched through Prince William County last Monday to protest policies they say have torn apart families, caused racial tension and made them fearful of reporting crimes.
With chants in Spanish of “Justice!” and “Stop police brutality,” the immigrant advocacy group Mexicans Without Borders demanded that county officials rescind [...]
Alexandria looks into building a new Metro station
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
ALEXANDRIA—Alexandria officials plan to move forward with discussions on a new Metrorail station.
Officials say they will meet with the Metrorail Station Feasibility Work Group on Thursday to discuss a possible station at Potomac Yard. The stop would be located between the Braddock Road and Reagan National Airport stations, along the blue and yellow lines.
Planners say [...]
Senate Democrats kill right-to-work amendment
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
Senate Democrats have turned back a Republican attempt to write Virginia’s right-to-work policy into the state Constitution.
The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee rejected Del. Chris Saxman’s proposed constitutional amendment on a 9-5 party-line vote Tuesday.
Saxman, owner of a bottled water company in Staunton, said Virginia’s right-to-work law – a ban on compulsory union membership – [...]
House subcommittee kills felon voting bill
By News in Brief
Published: February 23, 2009
A House of Delegates subcommittee has killed a proposal to amend the state Constitution to make it easier for convicted felons to have their voting rights restored.
The House Privileges and Elections subcommittee last Monday voted 3-2 along party lines to defeat the measure, which would have allowed the General Assembly to restore voting rights for [...]
VSB Disciplinary Actions
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 23, 2009
On Dec. 15, 2008, a three-judge panel of the Dickenson County Circuit Court suspended the law license of Wade T. Compton of Lebanon for five years with terms for violating professional rules that govern conflicts of interest and misconduct that involves a criminal or deliberately wrongful act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, [...]
Contract – Parol Evidence – Corporation Liability 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 23, 2009
A Roanoke County Circuit Court will hear parol evidence to decide whether a contract bound a couple and its insurance agency to pay a promissory note to another couple and their business.
David Lemons, his wife Sheree and Lemons Enterprises Inc., sued Thomas Hufford, his wife Ada Hufford and Hufford Insurance and Investment Agency Inc., jointly [...]
Criminal – Malicious Wounding – Attempted Murder
By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 23, 2009
Because appellant did not lay an adequate foundation on cross-examination for the introduction of extrinsic evidence of prior inconsistent statements by two speakers who allegedly made statements following the shooting that contradicted their testimony at trial, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to admit testimony from a third party, and the [...]
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