The VLW Blog

You don’t find all that many popular songs about lawyers or the law, but here are some tunes that hit the charts:
1. Lawyers in Love – Jackson Browne. (1983) (Has never been played at a two-lawyer wedding, so far as we know).
2. Take a Letter, Maria – R.B. Greaves. (1969) (Guy dumps his cheating wife [...]

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These 10 legal words or phrases sound like they would mean one thing, but they actually mean another.
1. Tortfeasor.
Sounds like it would mean: Name of an ’80s big-hair metal band.
As in: Anthrax…Ratt…Dokken…Slayer…Survivor…Tortfeasor.
Really means: The bad guy in a p.i. suit, wrongdoer.
2. Perpetuities.
Sounds like it would mean: A body part.
As in: “He’s been having a little [...]

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Virginia has 95 counties (as well as 39 cities). Here, with a nod of thanks and acknowledgement to the people at the Library of Virginia behind “The Hornbook of Virginia History,” are 10 counties that don’t exist anymore, with a little Virginia history thrown in.
1. Alexandria County. A portion of Fairfax County ceded to the [...]

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The following 10 people earned a law degree but moved into a different line of work instead of law practice:
1. Tony LaRussa
Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Law degree from Florida State.
2. Steve Young
Hall of Fame quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, now a broadcaster.
Law degree from Brigham Young.
3. Ozzie Nelson
Bandleader, later star of [...]

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The New Lawyers who took and passed the February 2009 Virginia Bar Exam are now real lawyers – the swearing-in ceremony was held in Richmond on June 1. The full list of the newly minted is available here.
It goes without saying that it’s a tough job market, and we wish them the best of [...]

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