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A Lynchburg federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Liberty University and its former law school dean saying the suit is essentially a duplicate of one filed in Vermont. The suit arises out of the prolonged child-custody tug-of-war between Janet ...

A disbarred Virginia lawyer is hoping for a change of heart at the Supreme Court of Virginia after his request for reinstatement was denied in April over the recommendation of a Virginia State Bar panel. Steven F. Helm says the ...

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Surprising a courtroom full of spectators, a Lancaster County circuit judge announced he would recuse himself from the criminal case of a man accused of causing the death of a friend in a 2017 boating accident. John “Rand” Hooper was ...

A lawyer who once served as Luray town attorney has been disbarred for obstructing a Virginia State Bar investigation and then ignoring the bar discipline process. Jason A. Spitler twice cancelled meetings with a VSB investigator last year and then ...

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With the approval of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia State Bar will revamp its Lawyer Referral Service effective July 1 next year, charging lawyers a percentage fee for the first time. After a study, VSB leaders said the ...

Virginia prosecutors – state and federal – are aligned in opposition to a proposal that would impose an ethical requirement to highlight evidence favorable to an accused defendant in some cases. The Supreme Court of Virginia is considering adding language ...

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Three days after a gunman shot and killed 12 people at the sprawling Virginia Beach government complex, lawyers were back in court nearby on June 3 arguing to a jury over the value of a personal injury claim. The courthouse ...

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Lawyers can expect questions from clients and former clients about the legislation – effective July 1 – that ends driver’s license suspensions based on unpaid court debt. The change affects more than 500,000 drivers. The state budget passed by the ...

Two veteran Northern Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys were unseated in primary elections June 11 by challengers from within their own party carrying a message of progressive reform and wielding major donations from liberal billionaire George Soros. Parisa Dehghani-Tafti defeated incumbent Commonwealth’s ...

GOOCHLAND – Insurance companies for a Virginia law firm paid their policy limits totaling $5 million on June 11 to settle three wrongful death lawsuits arising from a highway crash last year blamed on an inattentive lawyer. The lawyer – ...