Virginia’s U.S. Senators, Mark Warner and Jim Webb, this afternoon sent a letter to President Obama recommending Richmond lawyer John A. Gibney Jr. for a federal judgeship. The Associated Press reports that the senators cited Gibney’s more than 30 years of experience in making the endorsement.
Gov. Tim Kaine, who practiced law in Richmond for [...]
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Gibney backed for federal judgeship
September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Eastern District, JUDGESHIPS, Jim Webb, Mark Warner
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Webb pushes criminal justice reforms
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Criminal Law, Jim Webb
Seeking reform of the entire criminal justice system, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., testified yesterday that the current system is a national disgrace, reports The Virginian-Pilot.
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Senators recommend Justice Keenan
June 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · 4th Circuit, Jim Webb, Supreme Court of Virginia
Virginia’s U.S. senators, Jim Webb and Mark Warner, recommended today that President Obama nominate Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“Senator Warner and I jointly recommended Justice Barbara Keenan to serve on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals based on her exceptional qualifications and comprehensive legal experience [...]
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VBA, VTLA make federal court endorsements
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · 4th Circuit, Federal judges, Jim Webb, John Warner
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 that [...]
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Education opportunities
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Jim Webb, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington and Lee
Feeling the urge to get out of the office? Want to expand your legal knowledge base? We have just the ticket.
If you’re near Lexington on Tuesday, take in the annual Supreme Court Preview at the Washington and Lee law school. Highlights will include Prof. Brian Murchison addressing fleeting expletives and Prof. Adam Scales discussing FDA [...]
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4th Circuit nominee bows out
January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 4th Circuit, Jim Webb, John Warner, Judges
Richmond lawyer E. Duncan Getchell Jr. has acknowledged the obvious and asked President George W. Bush to withdraw his nomination to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bush nominated Getchell in September to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge H. Emory Widener Jr., but he was not among candidates recommended jointly for [...]
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Naming the new Richmond courthouse, round two
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Courthouses, Jim Webb, John Warner, Richmond
The idea of naming the new federal courthouse in downtown Richmond after Judges Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige Jr. has been circulating for about two years, with a push from local bar groups.
Last October, Sens. John Warner and George Allen introduced legislation to secure the name, but it went nowhere.
Allen [...]
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