The VLW Blog

A former hotel valet parking attendant who struck and killed a pedestrian on a downtown Richmond sidewalk will spend a year in jail. Richmond Circuit Judge Bradley B. Cavedo sentenced Paul Gray Jr. to five years with four suspended for the involuntary manslaughter of 23-year-old Josephine Stone, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The accident occurred as [...]

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Three bankruptcy attorneys are joining the Richmond office of Sands Anderson PC today. Roy M. Terry Jr., John C. Smith and Elizabeth L. Gunn are moving from Durrette Crump PLC, and they will bring experience as trustees and as counsel for both debtors and creditors to the firm’s business group. Terry is a Chapter 7 [...]

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Troutman Sanders LLP expected to do well by doing good for the city of Richmond. The law firm agreed to build its new office building on the James River in exchange for an abatement in the taxes on the increase in the assessed value of the property after the project was completed. The city in [...]

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There’s etiquette, there’s ethics and then there’s the law. When a couple’s engagement ends, does the woman have to return the ring to her former fiancé? Virginia trial courts are split but the latest word from Richmond Circuit Court is no, then yes. That is, Richmond Circuit Court Judge Melvin Hughes initially rejected the jilted [...]

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Richmond lawyer John A. Gibney, nominated by President Obama for a seat on the federal bench, has a date with the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow. According to the committee’s website, Gibney comes up April 28 at 2:30 p.m. A webcast of the hearing apparently will be available. – Paul Fletcher

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Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center hopes to compete with a nearby hospital for the right to build a new cancer service, but first it has to overcome missing a deadline for its application. The hospital had planned to compete if Mary Washington filed a plan for a cancer center. However, when Mary Washington filed an application [...]

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Lawyers from points beyond Richmond can breathe a sigh of relief. An occasional appearance before a local court or state agency does not mean the lawyer can be haled into court before a famously generous Richmond jury. Staunton lawyer Boyce E. Brannock, sued in Richmond Circuit Court, managed to get the legal malpractice action transferred [...]

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The University of Richmond law school debuted its outreach program in downtown Richmond yesterday. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, UR Downtown will offer three programs that involve UR law students: The Richmond Families Initiative will study ways to enhance programs run by local agencies to support families. The Harry L. Carrico Center for Pro Bono [...]

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Richmond officials will pull the plug on two pending appeals at the Virginia Supreme Court that would test the limits of Richmond’s “strong mayor” system. With taxpayers having already spent more than $1.1 million in legal fees, Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones ended the fight between the City Council and former Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, [...]

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The Supreme Court of Virginia is hearing the appeal of a group of disabled Virginians who claim they don’t have equal access to the state lottery. The complaint alleges that many lottery outlets are in violation of both national and state disabilities acts by not making their facilities wheelchair-accessible, and therefore denying handicapped individuals equal [...]

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