The VLW Blog

Washington lawyer Mark I. Levy apparently took his own life this morning at his office at the firm of Kilpatrick Stockton, according to news reports. Mr. Levy was the head of the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate advocacy practice.  Published reports indicate that Levy shot himself. Mr. Levy had served occasionally as an adjunct faculty [...]

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The Richmond law firm of Schettine & Nguyen will receive the Attorney General’s Cup for the second year in a row for raising the most food per capita in the third annual Legal Food Frenzy. The drive generated 1.6 million pounds of food for the state’s food banks. That tops last year’s effort by 300,000 [...]

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The mother of Lynchburg U.S. District Judge Norman Moon was one of the alleged victims of a nurse’s aide accused of using identity theft to steal from residents of nursing homes where she worked, according to a published report. The News & Advance says Judge James Turk – in place of Moon – will handle [...]

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Breaking with the president he supported last year, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Newport News, has joined other leaders who disagree with the president’s reluctance to prosecute overzealous interrogators. The Virginian-Pilot reports Scott and 15 other Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder this week urging appointment of an [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court appears skeptical about the need for federal approval of election changes in Southern states. As The New York Times reports, questions from the justices during oral arguments yesterday suggest the court could strike down “Section 5″ of the Voting Rights Act, which requires certain states to seek federal permission before making [...]

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U.S. District Judge James Turk dismissed 25 money laundering convictions against a couple who ran a major moonshine still in Pittyslvania County. In reversing a jury’s guilty verdicts, Turk cited a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, reports The Roanoke Times. The high court ruled that when revenue from an illegal activity is used to support [...]

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Authorities say a group of employees at a South Hill beverage wholesaler were stealing from the business. One of the defendants is a town council member. The South Hill Enterprise reports that five former employees, including South Hill Town Councilman William R. Gregory, were indicted last week in Mecklenburg County Circuit Court on charges including [...]

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A federal indictment claims that an unidentified police officer helped protect a Chesapeake man accused of running a $10 million drug operation. Federal authorities say the six-year drug operation was based at the former club Encore Lounge and led by the club’s owner, Anthony Gonzalez, reports The Virginian-Pilot. The drug ring spanned nationwide, and also [...]

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Longtime motorsports leader Larry McClure is off to federal prison for dodging taxes. U.S. Western District Judge James P. Jones sentenced McClure to 18 months for filing a false income tax return, obstructing the federal investigation and lying to Internal Revenue Service investigators, reports the Bristol Herald Courier. In addition, he will have to pay [...]

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He’s baaack! Thomas A. Edmonds, the executive director of the Virginia State Bar for 19 years before retiring at the end of 2007, will rejoin the VSB in July, this time as a Bar Council member representing Henrico County. Edmonds and Roger T. Creager are unopposed for the vacancies created by the departure of Daniel [...]

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