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Former Virginia Del. Viola Baskerville has been selected as Virginia Lawyers Media’s 2013 Influential Woman of the Year. Baskerville was elected for the honor by her fellow members of the 2013 class of Influential Women of Virginia. The award was announced Thursday at the annual ceremony in Richmond. Baskerville is CEO of the Girl Scouts [...]

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Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani, a prominent Northern Virginia real estate lawyer and past president of the Virginia Bar Association, was named “Leader of the Year” by the 2012 class of “Leaders in the Law.” Last night, Virginia Lawyers Weekly held its seventh annual “Leaders in the Law” awards reception at the Science Museum of Virginia. [...]

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The Fairfax Law Foundation’s Society of Fellows has announced the winners of its first annual Golden Gavel Awards. The Awards were established to recognize the contributions of individuals, organizations and businesses for their leadership and community service. The Golden Gavel Awards dinner will be held at the Country Club of Fairfax on Sept. 20. The [...]

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the debut of its latest online feature, “The SCoVA Blog.” Here you’ll find the latest news and in-depth case coverage from the Supreme Court of Virginia, along with full-text .pdfs of opinions and unpublished orders. Recent blog posts include: Reasonableness of water rates argued Was affidavit admitted in [...]

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly honored its ”Leaders in the Law” Class of 2009 last night at a reception at the Bolling-Haxall House in downtown Richmond. The 28 members of the class were asked to vote one member of their class as the “2009 Leader of the Year.” In a very close vote, this year’s Leaders selected Henry [...]

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is now accepting nominations for the 2009 class of “Leaders in the Law.” This program, now in its fourth year, recognizes attorneys and professionals in law-related fields who have a significant accomplishment or achievement. We aim to honor the lawyers who are setting the standard for other lawyers. Our criteria for selection [...]

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If you look in the right column of the VLW Blog, you’ll notice that we’ve added a new category: “Virginia Law Blogs.” Last week, Virginia Lawyers Weekly ran an article about legal blogs. We listed a few “blawgs” from around the commonwealth that we were familiar with, and encouraged our readers to help us expand our list. [...]

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Goodbye, puppy. The VLW Blog Dog has gone away. Readers who stopped by yesterday may have been puzzled to see a picture of a dog frolicking in the grass at the top of the VLW Blog. Actually, it was the south end of a northbound puppy (see pic at right). The reason: We’ve installed a [...]

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Congratulations to our colleagues at The Daily Record in Baltimore, who have joined the blogosphere. Their new blog, On the Record, debuted this past Wednesday. The TDR blog is now the seventh maintained by a Dolan Media Company operation. Look in the right column for a list.

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Our colleagues at the Colorado Springs Business Journal have become the latest Dolan Media Company operation to join the blogosphere. They launched their blog, the CSBJ Blog, this past Monday. Previously the CSBJ had maintained a local golf league blog. Congrats to their publisher, Lon Matejczyk, and their editor, Mike Boyd. Cheers, gentlemen!

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