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A Glen Allen solo lawyer charged with embezzling client money has been disbarred. The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked the law license of Michael A. Lormand with a summary order on June 22, effective immediately. The board said it ...

Two police officers face three felony charges each in the February shooting of a Lynchburg accountant in his home. The accountant, Walker Sigler, was left with serious and permanent injuries, according to his lawyer. The Lynchburg officers went to Sigler’s ...

Need to keep track of your bankruptcy hearing schedule while on the move? The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District has an app for that. The court has rolled out “ChapMobile,” a free app for iOS and Android devices ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia’s appellate courts will launch pilot mediation projects for civil cases next year. A study committee recommended in April that the courts give appellate mediation a try. The Supreme Court of Virginia gave the green light in ...

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As states take a closer look at how they regulate the legal profession, the Virginia State Bar is considering a complete revision of its rules on unauthorized practice of law. The change potentially could relax restrictions on companies that offer ...

A panel of the Virginia State Bar awarded $13,640.00 in reimbursement to former clients of three Virginia attorneys at its most recent meeting on May 4, the bar reported. The Clients’ Protection Fund Board also authorized payments totaling $5,800.00 to ...

Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. will be nominated officially by President Trump to succeed U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee on the Eastern District federal bench. Trump announced June 7 his intent to nominate a group ...

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Richmond-area lawyer Joe Morrissey will have to close shop as an attorney while he appeals his disbarment by a three-judge circuit court. The Supreme Court of Virginia on June 14 denied Morrissey’s petition for a stay of his license revocation. ...

Federal prosecutors are accusing a Bluefield, Virginia, businessman of running schemes that defrauded coal industry investors of $17.725 million. A federal judge in Virginia has frozen the man’s assets. The defendant – Larry Wayne Price Jr. – was jailed last ...

A former Tysons Corner law firm associate has agreed to a two-and-a-half-year license suspension, admitting he lied about uncompleted work on collections cases over a period of more than two years. When he admitted his lapses and his lies in May of ...

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