The VLW Blog

That seems to be a key question for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro as he seeks to make sense of Michael Vick’s financial affairs. As reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Santoro has ordered a hearing on Sept. 5 to explore the quarterback’s finances.  Questions have arisen about the reliability of both Vick’s “trusted advisor” and [...]

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A decision this week from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rips the lid off of a saga that begs for treatment on one of those breathless television crime dramas. A Maryland woman is exposed as possibly the most perilous domestic partner in history. Nancy Jean Siegel (left) apparently devoted much of her life [...]

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Salem (Mass.) State College must have thought it had a pretty good pair of guest speakers lined up for September. It announced plans to host “A Conversation with John & Elizabeth Edwards.” In light of the past week, that could be a pretty short talk. Presumably it was supposed to be a discussion of Elizabeth Edwards’s battle [...]

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Williams Mullen partner Robert C. Nusbaum of Norfolk was honored this week for 60 years of service to his clients. As reported by The Virginian-Pilot, his colleagues showered the 84-year-old Nusbaum with accolades. “He’s unwavering,” said Howard Gordon, a partner who has worked with Nusbaum for 35 years. “When he takes a position or gets [...]

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The Virginia Court of Appeals today issued a writ of actual innocence, the first petition to be granted since the law authorizing the procedure was enacted in 2004. The action was expected because Attorney General Robert McDonnell acknowledged in his response to the petition that Darrell Andrew Copeland was improperly convicted of possessing a firearm [...]

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A helicopter pilot giving rides to children during last year’s Suffolk Peanut Fest has pleaded guilty to felony child neglect and reckless operation of an aircraft for flying while drunk. As reported by WVEC, police recorded a BAC of .116 for Florida pilot Ronald Davis. As part of the plea deal, Davis agreed to serve [...]

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This could easily be a leftover question from last month’s bar exam. The topic: Premises liability. The issue: Adequacy of notice. Here are the facts. You’re a shopowner in Marblehead, Mass., a grand old town along the Atlantic, north of Boston. The U.S. Navy was founded here, in fact. You own an old building with [...]

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More from NY.  New Yorkers are different from you and me. Well, some of them. Wander the streets for a coupla hours and you never know what you’ll see. Down in trendy Soho, you can have your fortune read by the Soho Psychic. Need to know how you’ll fare in your next trial? Learn about all [...]

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A few entries from the notebook after a couple of days in New York City, Gotham, The Big Apple… The American Bar Association started its annual meeting in New York on Thursday and they say 10,000 attendees will be here at some point during the week-long do. In the early 1990s, the ABA was roundly [...]

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Wytheville Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Michael Keith Blankenship pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run charge Friday in Powhatan County General District Court. According to The Roanoke Times, Blankenship was fined $200 and must pay restitution for the damage caused when he ran off the road on April 27. Blankenship pleaded guilty May 20 in Smyth [...]

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