The VLW Blog

Unhappy with a published report about settlement talks and tawdry comments on a radio show, Richmond’s Williams Mullen law firm had a judge impose a gag order on the parties and their lawyers in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the firm.
The plaintiff’s lawyer agreed to the order in the case of former WM staffer Hahn [...]

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The Pittsburgh-based firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC has conducted its second raid in the last three months on the Richmond operations of major law firms.
The firm announced today three partners and three non-lawyer lobbyists from LeClairRyan will join the firm’s Richmond office – opened in October – on Monday.
The partners are David [...]

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Former Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore, now a lobbyist, is changing jobs, heading to the Richmond office of McGuireWoods LLP.
Kilgore joined the Richmond office of Williams Mullen in 2005, after his unsuccesssful campaign for governor. He has headed that firm’s government-relations department since then.
Joining Kilgore at McGuireWoods will be Christopher R. Nolen, who [...]

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More than a hundred “homeless” dogs can give thanks to a law firm of generous dog lovers this holiday season.  The divorce law firm of Shoun, Bach, Walinsky & Curran in Fairfax decided to sponsor the 132 dogs at a local shelter for three months as a seasonal contribution to the community.
“We are a law [...]

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A former records manager for Williams Mullen has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and national origin and age discrimination.
The complaint was filed earlier this month in federal court in Norfolk by Hanh Nguyen Allgood, a 53-year-old Vietnamese national, who worked for the firm from July 1989 until March 2007.
The suit, first reported by Style [...]

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In a surprise ruling Thursday, a federal district court blocked the Federal Trade Commission from enforcing ‘red flags’ identity fraud regulations against lawyers.
The American Bar Association argued a new identity theft prevention law was not intended to apply to law offices.  U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton agreed in a ruling from the bench yesterday.  He [...]

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McGuireWoods is taking it step-by-step in hiring of this year’s summer associates, according to a report.
The Above The Law blog says it’s received word that 11 of 48 McGuire summer associates have received hiring letters, while the remainder have been told to hang around for possible additional hiring decisions.
A source within the firm told ATL [...]

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Former U.S. Attorney John Brownlee has joined the Northern Virginia and Washington offices of Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s enforcement defense and government contracts practices.
Brownlee was the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 2001 through May 2008 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for attorney [...]

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To mark the law firm’s 100th anniversary, each of Williams Mullen’s 297 lawyers pledged to donate 100 hours of time this year to public service or pro-bono work.
The firm was established in Richmond in 1909 by Lewis C. Williams and James Mullen, reports The Virginian-Pilot, but didn’t expand beyond the capital city until 1992. Today [...]

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The Virginia State Bar is posting a warning about an e-mail scam targeting Virginia lawyers.
According to the advisory, a law firm is approached through e-mail with what appears to be a legitimate business opportunity.  Almost always, the deal eventually involves an apparently valid check being deposited into the firm’s trust account, with payment then being [...]

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