Fraternity member at Radford pleads guilty in hazing 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 19, 2011
RADFORD — A fraternity member at Radford University will spend two months in jail for his role in a hazing that led to the death of a student.
Dustin Lee Moore, 21, pleaded guilty Dec. 9 in Radford Circuit Court to hazing and buying alcohol for an underage person.
Circuit Judge Joey Showalter sentenced Moore to two [...]
Judge denies family motion in lax slaying case
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 12, 2011
CHARLOTTESVILLE — A Charlottesville judge says a former University of Virginia lacrosse player’s family can’t testify at any sentencing proceedings if they’re in the courtroom for his trial on murder charges.
Lawyers for George Huguely had sought to lift a ban on such testimony. If Huguely is convicted, his lawyers argued that the trial and sentencing [...]
Former law firm bookkeeper sentenced for forgery
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 12, 2011
NORFOLK—A Virginia Beach woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for forging checks totaling more than half a million dollars from the account of a law firm where she worked as a bookkeeper.
Diana Farmer-Forston pleaded guilty to a single forgery count in July. She was sentenced in federal court in Norfolk last [...]
Virginia man surrenders in Vermont lesbian custody case
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 12, 2011
MONTPELIER, Vt.—A Virginia man who federal prosecutors say helped a woman leave the country with her daughter so she wouldn’t have to turn custody of the girl over to her former lesbian partner surrendered last week to face charges he aided in international parental kidnapping.
A complaint unsealed Tuesday said Kenneth L. Miller, 46, of Stuarts [...]
Ten Commandments suit survives challenge for now
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 5, 2011
ROANOKE—A federal judge says he will not dismiss a lawsuit challenging the display of the Ten Commandments in a rural Virginia school.
U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski ruled Monday in Roanoke on a request by the Giles County School Board, the southwest Virginia school panel that is defending the religious display in Narrows High School.
Urbanski said [...]
Obsolete addresses hinder Lynchburg jury searches
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 5, 2011
LYNCHBURG—Obsolete addresses are making it difficult for Lynchburg officials to find enough people for the city’s jury pool.
The addresses come from voter rolls. About 8,000 new voter cards mailed out over the summer were returned because the voter had moved without leaving a forwarding address.
Clerk of Court Eugene Winfield said that the courts need a [...]
Settlement reached in Virginia Tech student’s suicide
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 5, 2011
BLACKSBURG—A wrongful death lawsuit brought against Virginia Tech by the family of a student who committed suicide has been settled.
The family of Daniel Sun Kim had sought $43 million after he was found Dec. 9, 2007, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a car in a Christiansburg parking lot.
According to a court order, the state [...]
Kranich named new exec at LINC
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 5, 2011
Denise Kranich is the the new executive director of LINC, Legal Information Network for Cancer.
As executive director, Kranich is responsible for the day to day operation of the organization and together with the Board of Directors will provide leadership to achieve the goals and further the mission of LINC, which is to ease the burden [...]
Legal aiders meet, with help from the VLF
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 28, 2011
Virginia’s civil legal aid community gathered last month for its 2011 Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference.
Lawyers earned their continuing legal education credits for the year. Advocates discussed remedies to recurring obstacles faced by the poor. Legal aid providers and clients celebrated recent successes. And all pondered how they will address low-income Virginians’ need for civil [...]
Defendant in $670M scam enters guilty plea
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 28, 2011
A man who cooked the books for a $670 million insurance industry scam pleaded guilty Monday to charges he helped mislead thousands of investors worldwide.
Jorge Luis Castillo, 56, Hackettstown, N.J., entered pleas in Richmond federal court to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud. He is scheduled for sentencing May 22 and could receive up [...]
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