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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine named Court of Appeals Judge LeRoy F. Millette Jr. to the Supreme Court of Virginia and replaced him with Chesterfield Circuit Judge Cleo E. Powell on the intermediate appellate court.
Kaine also named McGuireWoods LLP partner James C. Dimitri to the State Corporation Commission. And he appointed two circuit judges in Fairfax [...]

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Gov. Tim Kaine will have to fill judicial vacancies because the General Assembly adjourned this morning without filling any seats, just as it failed to reach agreement on transportation policy and funding.
A deal that would have put Chesterfield County Circuit Judge Cleo E. Powell on the State Corporation Commission and Chief Court of Appeals Judge [...]

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The General Assembly appears poised to fill at least three judicial vacancies, but legislators are still scrambling to find a Supreme Court justice, an SCC member and judges in Hampton and Norfolk.
Likely to be appointed are Fredericksburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles S. Sharp to replace Circuit Judge John W. Scott Jr., who died in April; Stafford [...]

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The Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association have endorsed candidates for the State Corporation Commission vacancy created by the retirement of Commissioner Theodore V. Morrison Jr.
The VSB’s judicial nominations committee told Gov. Timothy M. Kaine that it found four candidates to be highly qualified:
- Philip R. deHaas, [...]

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If you want a favorable review from a statewide bar group for an appointment to the State Corporation Commission, you’d better pull that résumé together and go to Gov. Tim Kaine’s Web site fast.
Kaine has asked candidates to fill out a judicial selection questionnaire and a statement of economic interest (both available on at www.governor.virginia.gov) [...]

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Read it and weep if you had a claim that you thought was covered by American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal or Doctors Insurance Reciprocal.
The State Corporation Commission ruled today that you have the same status as a general creditor in the receivership for Reciprocal of America, the parent of the retention groups. Because the commission [...]

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Suddenly a seat on the State Corporation Commission is a hot item of discussion on Capitol Hill. Two potential candidates have backed out and names of four others are being floated, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Gov. Tim Kaine announced last week he won’t fill the opening to be created by the Dec. 31 retirement [...]

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Gov. Tim Kaine says he won’t appoint a new judge to the State Corporation Commission, leaving the choice to the 2008 General Assembly, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Judge Theodore V. Morrison is retiring at the end of this month, giving Kaine an opportunity to fill the seat, since the Assembly won’t convene until Jan. 9. [...]

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