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A traffic judge was lenient in the jaywalking case of a man who tried to help geese cross the Fairfax County Parkway.
According to The Washington Post, Jozsef Vamosi pulled his car to the side of the busy road during morning rush hour, and stepped out into the road to steer the geese to safety. No [...]

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Yesterday in Fairfax, a trial expected to last two weeks got under way that could determine control of the property of 11 churches that voted to leave the Episcopal Diocese. Millions of dollars are at stake.
At issue is an 1867 law, Virginia Code § 57-9, that governs when a congregation can realign its allegiance and [...]

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It looks so easy when they do it on Antiques Roadshow.
Experts on the popular public television series who examine stuff brought down from the attic appear to take their cues from certain elements of a painting or an objet d’art, and then fill in the blanks to come up with an estimated value.
But unfortunately for [...]

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The lead story in this week’s issue of Virginia Lawyers Weekly presents a case with a first-impression issue of corporate law.
In WAKA LLC v. Humphrey, a case involving an adult kickball league, Fairfax Circuit Judge Leslie M. Alden found that members of an LLC owe no fiduciary duty to one other.

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The official investiture of Fairfax Circuit Judge Charles J. Maxfield is set for this Friday, May 18. The ceremony will be held at 4:00 p.m. in Courtroom 5E of the courts building.
The Fairfax Bar Association will hold a reception in Maxfield’s honor following the investiture.
The judge actually went on the Fairfax circuit bench in [...]

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Ray Morrogh, the longtime deputy prosecutor in Fairfax who hopes to succeed his retiring boss, Bob Horan, filed as expected for the local Democratic nomination for commonwealth’s attorney. But he’ll have an opponent this fall: Arlington assistant commonwealth’s attorney Patrick McDade will seek the GOP nod for Fairfax commonwealth’s attorney, reports the Washington Post.
With [...]

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Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Bob Horan announced yesterday that he will call it quits after 40 years on the job. The Washington Post reports that Horan, 74, had been concerned that a gradual hearing loss would affect his performance in the courtroom. Both parties will be scrambling to field candidates before Friday’s filing deadline, although [...]

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Longtime Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Bob Horan may retire. Horan, 74, told the Washington Post that he is considering not running for reelection. He has a Friday deadline to decide whether to stand as the Democratic candidate for the position. The local GOP has put up candidates against Horan only twice since 1975. If Horan [...]

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