Virginia Lawyers Weekly

The VLW Quick 10: Things we will miss about Alan Cooper 

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: September 12, 2011
Tags: VLW Quick 10

Our colleague and friend Alan Cooper retired on Sept. 2. After 30-some years as a reporter for the Richmond News-Leader, then the Richmond Times-Dispatch, he joined us as our News Editor in 2005. Here are the top 10 things we will miss:
1. Great depth of knowledge about Virginia law & procedure. He can cite chapter, [...]

The VLW Quick 10: VSB Scenes 

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: Virginia State Bar

Virginia Lawyers Weekly has been making the scene at the beach and on the boardwalk since 1986. Here’s a Quick10 recap of memorable moments from our “Scenes” coverage of past annual meetings.
1. Then, now and later. In 1995, a UVa law prof bemoaned the high cost of a legal education, when the average law student [...]

The VLW Quick 10: Nonlawyer name law firms 

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 17, 2010
Tags: VLW Quick 10

Your name’s your brand, right?
Not if you come up with something better.
Lots of lawyers in Virginia have moved away from a firm name that’s a succession of partners, past and present. They’re practicing under firm names that promote their practice area, or the region in which they practice. Some of the names are [...]

The VLW Quick 10: Still the “Rocket Docket” 

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 9, 2010
Tags: Federal Courts, VLW Quick 10

Can Virginia’s Eastern District still lay claim to being the “rocket docket”?
Check out our Quick10 list of which federal district courts are the fastest to move ‘em in and move ‘em out, according to the Judicial Business 2009 Report from the U.S. Courts website.
Strictly speaking, we’re still at the top of the heap, with [...]

The VLW Quick 10: New Lawyer law firms 

The people who passed the February 2010 Virginia bar exam were sworn in last Monday in a special ceremony held in Richmond. We offer our congratulations once again.
Here’s some good news: We’ve seen some slight improvement in the job market in the last few months. But in the event the job gods haven’t been [...]

Quick 10: Memorable litigants   

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 8, 2010

Here at Virginia Lawyers Weekly, we occasionally are entertained by some of the more memorable names we see, in case captions or press releases. Whether these are given names, or names fashioned by the particular litigant in question, we can’t say, but they show interesting names are not just for pop stars.
1. D’AlCapone AlPacino Morris. With [...]

The VLW Quick 10: Christmas Carols for Lawyers

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 22, 2009

Christmastime is here, and that’s not just a Charlie Brown song. Regardless of which holiday you celebrate, if any, you can’t escape Christmas music. Here’s a list of 10 popular carols for 10 different groups of lawyers. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
1. For Personal Injury lawyers: “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”
2. For Admiralty [...]

The VLW Quick 10: Circuit Court ‘Quickest 10′ 

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 16, 2009

The Supreme Court of Virginia has released its latest statistical abstract on the commonwealth’s courts. One focal point for evaluating how business gets done is Virginia circuit courts’ rate of compliance with a voluntary guideline to conclude civil cases within 12 months of filing.
Under the voluntary case processing time guidelines, which do not count divorce [...]

The VLW Quick 10: Taking License

By Paul Fletcher
Published: October 6, 2009

Have you ever thought about getting a law-related vanity license plate for your car? If you have, you’re not alone, there apparently are a lot of lawyer vanity plates out there. We haven’t seen them all, but we have seen the handy Department of Motor Vehicles Web site that tells you which personalized license plates [...]

The VLW Quick 10: Judges’ Nicknames 

By Alan Cooper
Published: September 4, 2009

Nicknames that sounded good when you were 15 may not work as well when you’re 25 and may well be used by only your oldest and closest friends when other folks more often address you as, “Your honor.”
Match this list of 10 current or former Virginia judges with their nicknames. There are only nine nicknames [...]