Petition seeks removal of Albemarle supervisor

Virginia audit says half of court fines, fees go unpaid

By The Associated Press
Published: May 6, 2013

(AP) Nearly half of the fines and fees levied by Virginia courts for traffic tickets and in criminal cases went unpaid over the past five years, according to a state audit. The state Auditor of Public Accounts report found circuit and district courts assessed an average of $357 million in fines and costs from 2008 [...]

VSU student president says hazing plea was coerced

By The Associated Press
Published: May 6, 2013

(AP) The president of Virginia State University’s student government association is asking a judge to set aside his hazing conviction, arguing that he only pleaded guilty because the prosecutor said he wouldn’t graduate if he refused. Brandon Randleman, 22, and three others pleaded guilty April 8 to an August hazing incident involving a student. All [...]

Rule of Law Awards to honor Janus, Mathews

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 29, 2013

The Virginia Law Foundation will present its 2013 Rule of Law Award to the memories of Murray J. Janus and Roderick B. Mathews. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to promoting the rule of law as the foundation of peaceful, stable, and prosperous nation states. Both Janus and [...]

Stephenson joins VLW

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 22, 2013

A veteran lawyer-journalist has joined the editorial team at Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Correy E. Stephenson is the new Associate Editor at VLW. Stephenson earned her law degree from Northeastern University law school in 2003, after receiving her undergraduate degree from Fairfield University in Connecticut. For the past 10 years she has been Associate Editor at [...]

Lawsuit demands Trump return Albemarle land

By The Associated Press
Published: April 15, 2013

(AP) A former Virginia socialite’s son who sold the sprawling front yard of his family’s 45-room mansion to the Donald Trump real estate empire says he’s been cheated and wants the land back. The John W. Kluge Jr. Trust has filed a lawsuit demanding the return of 217 acres fronting Albemarle House, which Trump bought [...]

VSB to host solo, small firm conference in Abingdon

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 15, 2013

The Virginia State Bar will be hosting a “Solo & Small-Firm Practitioner Forum and Regional Bench Bar Conference” in Abingdon at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center April 26. The day-long program is free to members of the Virginia bar and includes lunch. It offer six hours of CLE credit, including three hours in ethics [...]

Judge will determine Renoir painting’s owner

By The Associated Press
Published: April 15, 2013
Tags: Federal Courts, Judge Leonie Brinkema

ALEXANDRIA (AP) A federal judge will seek to unravel an art mystery and determine the rightful owner of a napkin-sized painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that a Virginia woman says she bought at a flea market for $7. The ownership is in dispute after documents were uncovered showing a Baltimore museum reported the painting [...]

State won’t appeal ruling nixing murder conviction

By The Associated Press
Published: April 9, 2013

(AP) The state will not appeal a federal judge’s decision tossing out a 1991 Newport News capital murder conviction. U.S. District Judge James Spencer last month cited withheld evidence in vacating David W. Boyce’s murder and robbery convictions and two life sentences. He gave the state 120 days to retry Boyce or set him free. [...]

May trial set on Albemarle County removal petition

By The Associated Press
Published: April 8, 2013

CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) A May 20 trial is set on a petition seeking the removal of an Albemarle County official who pleaded guilty to sexual battery. Earl Smith of Keene submitted the petition to the circuit clerk’s office last week. Smith contends that Supervisor Christopher Dumler’s conviction on the misdemeanor charge is hampering his ability to [...]