‘One-minute phone call’ subject of ethics appeal 
High court heard three discipline cases last week
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Published: January 11, 2013
Tags: Justice Donald W. Lemons, Justice William C. Mims, Lawyer Discipline, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia State Bar
Imagine walking around in another person’s skin, in order to understand him.
Atticus Finch gave that advice to his daughter Scout, and it may have been on the minds of Virginia’s Supreme Court justices when they heard a trio of lawyer discipline cases last week.
When a Virginia State Bar complaint comes before the court, said Justice ...
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