State facing over three dozen judicial vacancies
By Peter Vieth
Published: February 8, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judgeships, Supreme Court of Virginia News
Without extra funding, Virginia courts will be shorthanded by at least 37 judges by the end of this year, with another 12 mandatory retirements coming in 2013, the Supreme Court of Virginia has told state legislators.
The numbers are included in the court’s presentation to members of the General Assembly’s money committees as they consider how [...]
Bolling casts tie-breaking vote on power sharing 
By The Associated Press
Published: January 12, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell
(AP) Virginia Senate Republicans ruled out power sharing with Democrats on Wednesday with Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling casting the vote that broke a partisan 20-20 tie, then used Bolling’s position to take control of the Senate.
That consolidates Republican dominance of the executive and legislative branches of Virginia government for the first time in 11 [...]
Looking back on 2011: The year in legal news
By Paul Fletcher and Peter Vieth
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Charlottesville Circuit Court, General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judge Edward Hogshire, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Justice Cleo E. Powell, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan, Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr., Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr., Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn, Law Schools, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Sanctions, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia State Bar
The reversal of a 20-year-old noncompete case lead the case news from Virginia Lawyers in 2011. Much of the first half of year featured news from the General Assembly.
Officials at the Virginia State Bar sparred with legislators over $5 million that Gov. Bob McDonnell wanted to take. And the Hernandez case – which allowed judges [...]
Ken Cuccinelli to run for governor in 2013
By Paul Fletcher
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Elections, Gov. Bob McDonnell
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced he will run for governor instead of for reelection.
Cuccinelli’s declaration upsets an orderly succession of the GOP ticket that swept all three statewide offices in 2009 and could prompt a nasty intraparty fight.
Gov. Bob McDonnell made it clear he is behind Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling for governor.
McDonnell, [...]
Governor designates a fourth of surplus for rainy day fund
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 23, 2011
Tags: Gov. Bob McDonnell
Gov. Bob McDonnell says Virginia ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $545 million.
In remarks prepared for delivery to Virginia’s legislative money committees on Thursday, McDonnell said state agency savings and agency balances resulted in an increase from the previously announced surplus.
Last month, the governor said Virginia ended the year with a [...]
Powell, McClanahan likely for Supreme Court
By Alan Cooper
Published: July 26, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judge Cleo E. Powell, Judge D. Arthur Kelsey, Judge Elizabeth A. McClanahan, Judicial Selection, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia Court of Appeals News
Virginia Court of Appeals Judges Cleo E. Powell and Elizabeth A. McClanahan appear to be set to move up to the Supreme Court of Virginia under an agreement between House Democrats and Senate Republicans.
The General Assembly will convene Friday to elect the judges, and House Courts Chairman David Albo, R-Fairfax, said the agreement includes the [...]
Governor to appeal denial of FEMA help for tornadoes
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 23, 2011
Tags: Gov. Bob McDonnell
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell isn’t taking no for an answer to his request for federal disaster aid for the tornadoes that devastated the state last month.
Ten people died and 10 times that many were hurt in April during a record outbreak of 30 tornadoes in Virginia. The storms destroyed 212 houses and damaged more than [...]
Judicial elections in Assembly go down to the wire
By Alan Cooper
Published: May 2, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judge Cleo E. Powell, Judge D. Arthur Kelsey, Judge Elizabeth A. McClanahan, Judgeships, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia Court of Appeals News
Members of the House and Senate were still negotiating at press time to settle on candidates to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Virginia, with Court of Appeals Judges Elizabeth A. McClanahan and Cleo E. Powell apparently acceptable to the majority caucuses of each house.
Senate Democrats had been distracted by redistricting, and some [...]
Med-mal cap survives Gov. McDonnell’s veto
By Alan Cooper
Published: April 11, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Medical Malpractice, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
The House of Delegates made quick work of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s veto of legislation that would raise the state’s cap on medical malpractice awards from $2 million to $3 million over 20 years.
After barely 10 minutes of discussion, the House overrode the veto Wednesday on a 93-7 vote, even more one-sided than the 89-7 vote [...]
Assembly to hold fewer interviews after delegations make cuts
By Alan Cooper
Published: April 5, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judgeships
The General Assembly will be interviewing judicial candidates today and local delegations have been making cuts to reduce the number of people who will or won’t become a judge.
The chopped-down list of interviewees suggests that at least 10 delegations have made substantial progress in reaching agreement on a candidate. For several vacancies in circuit and [...]
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