The VLW Blog

Dueling lawyer Web sites were left standing when the dust settled in Alexandria federal district court last week. Two Northern Virginia lawyers with the same surname developed the Web sites to market their separate specialties. H. Jay Spiegel, a Mt. Vernon IP lawyer, is at “SPIEGELAW.COM,” while Alexandria employment lawyer Steven M. Spiegel uses “SPIEGELLAW.COM.” [...]

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This time of year, local bar groups are putting their shoulders to the wheel to help lawyers get their CLE hours. The Fairfax Bar Association is doing its part with a three-day stay at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, set for Oct. 4-7. The FBA flyer touts “Vegas – Not Business as Usual,” with [...]

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Lane R. Gabeler-Millner, a senior partner of Gabeler, Battocchi and Powell in McLean, died Tuesday. She was 72. Ms. Gabeler-Millner was a member of the Collaborative Law Society (now the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia) for several years. According to John Crouch, Past President of the Collaborative Law Society, she reportedly pioneered the use of [...]

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Retired Loudoun County Circuit Judge Carleton Penn II died Aug. 26 from injuries suffered in a traffic crash. He was 86. A graduate of the University of Virginia and its law school, Judge Penn received a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his service in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific in World [...]

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Former Page County Sheriff Danny Presgraves admitted to obstruction of justice and misuse of inmate labor before U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad Friday morning in Harrisonburg. Presgraves faces up to 20 years in prison on the federal racketeering charge, and Conrad told Presgraves he can definitely expect to do some time, according to The Roanoke [...]

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Former Page County Sheriff Danny Presgraves is expected to plead guilty to some of the charges against him in a wide-ranging indictment that included allegations of public corruption and sexual assault. The Roanoke Times reports a plea hearing is set for Friday morning.  Neither side is saying what  crimes Presgraves will admit to at that [...]

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Franklin County General District Judge George Jones is being treated after being involved in a car crash this afternoon in Rocky Mount, reports The Franklin News-Post . A county medical director told the paper that Jones appeared in “critical condition” after the crash.  An eyewitness account suggested Jones may have been stricken while driving his [...]

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Robert J. Grey Jr., a partner at Richmond-based Hunton & Williams LLP and a former president of the American Bar Association, has been named interim executive director of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. The council, formed in May, is composed of corporate general counsel and law firm managing partners and has as its goal [...]

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Saying quarterback Michael Vick has proven incapable of properly managing his money, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro has ordered Vick to hire a personal financial planner to manage his football earnings. The condition is part of a plan approved today by Santoro for Vick to repay $20 million to his creditors , as reported by [...]

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For the first time, a Virginia gas station has refused to settle a claim by the state that it overcharged customers during a hurricane emergency. The attorney general’s office today announced it has filed suit against Main Street Citgo in Salem, claiming prices as high as $5.349 for regular in September 2008 were unconscionable.  At [...]

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