Focus turns now to unfilled judgeships
By Peter Vieth
Published: May 25, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judge Teresa M. Chafin, Judgeships
As the dust settled from the 2012 General Assembly, the empty seat on Richmond’s general district bench was not the only funded judgeship left unfilled.
While the House of Delegates’ vote to block the election of Richmond prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland to a judgeship made headlines around the country, there were other vacancies left unfilled and nominees [...]
Forgiving felons? Something new in the GOP playbook 
By The Associated Press
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: Criminal, Gov. Bob McDonnell
(AP) This is not in your grandfather’s Republican playbook: forgiveness toward felons.
But Gov. Bob McDonnell is on pace to restore the civil rights of more people who’ve done their time than any governor in modern Virginia history.
Republicans would scald a Democrat who did that as being soft on crime. But for McDonnell, a former attorney [...]
Bill creates ‘new class of plaintiffs’
By Peter Vieth
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Legislation approved by the General Assembly – but not yet signed by the governor – would create a new class of plaintiffs in Virginia civil litigation: representatives of the unborn.
Some observers warn the bill creating a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus would give birth to a new coterie of litigation [...]
House budget would ‘defrost’ 33 judgeships
By Peter Vieth
Published: February 27, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Judgeships
House budget planners appear to want to turn up the heat the highest when it comes to unfreezing Virginia judgeships.
A House Appropriations subcommittee last week recommended filling 33 trial court judgeships that would otherwise be left unfilled under the current freeze. The House plan would fill approximately two-thirds of the now-frozen judgeships, according to the [...]
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 [...]
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