The VLW Blog

The Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association have both recommended Sen. John S. Edwards and Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan for a vacancy on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck for a judgeship in the Eastern District of Virginia. Although the lists share [...]

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February 19 and 20 are going to be loooong days for judicial nominating committees. The committees of several bar groups plan to interview candidates those days for vacancies on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court in Richmond, and twenty-six people have asked to be considered for one seat or the [...]

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Former Virginia Supreme Court Justice John Charles Thomas is among those who have told the Virginia State Bar that they are interested in a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A current member of the Supreme Court, Justice Barbara Milano Keenan, also has told the bar that she wants to be considered [...]

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Another year-end report on the federal judiciary from U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., another request for more money for judges. Roberts notes that Congress came close last year to restoring cost-of-living salary adjustments that judges have not received in past years. But not only did that effort fail, Roberts notes, “Congress failed, once [...]

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Richmond federal judges have some observations about the new courthouse at Seventh and Broad streets on the Richmond Bar Association’s Web site. The judges think the new courtrooms are more lawyer and juror friendly, with better acoustics and technology. They encouraged attorneys to visit the courtrooms and familiarize themselves with that technology before trying to [...]

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The New York Times has an analysis of the appointments by President George W. Bush to the federal appellate courts. During Bush’s tenure, the percentage of appellate judges appointed by Republican presidents has gone from 50 percent to 62 percent, and 10 of the 13 federal appellate courts now have majorities appointed by Republicans, The [...]

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The Senate has confirmed Alexandria attorney Anthony Trenga’s nomination to a federal judgeship in the Eastern District of Virginia, reports the Associated Press. Trenga was one of five lawyers Senators Jim Webb and John Warner recommended for the federal bench in a letter to President Bush  in June 2007. In a joint statement Friday, Warner [...]

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Senior U.S. District Judge Glen M. Williams now can add “interpreter and host” to his lengthy resume. Steve Minor directed our attention to a travelogue by New York writer Thomas Beller in Travel + Leisure magazine that features conversations with Williams. Over breakfast in Abingdon, the judge regales the writer with tales of Daniel Boone. [...]

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President Bush has nominated Washington commercial litigation attorney Anthony J. Trenga to the U.S. District Court judgeship vacated by the resignation of Walter D. Kelley. Trenga is a partner in DC’s Miller & Chevalier. An Alexandria resident, he has served on the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board and has been a member of the VSB [...]

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The US Senate has confirmed Portsmouth chief circuit Judge Mark Davis for a federal district judgeship in Alexandria, according to the AP via WVEC. According to the report, Davis once worked as a lawyer for RMS Titanic Incorporated, the firm that salvaged artifacts from the wreck of the ill-fated cruise ship and is still fighting [...]

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