October 29, 2019
Comments Off on Capital defender to open private practice
Veteran capital defender Doug Ramseur says he’s leaving public service and opening his own office in Richmond. Ramseur has served 17 years in the state’s capital defender’s offices. Most recently, he has been the capital defender for the central region ...
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October 28, 2019
Comments Off on Bar pass rate highest since 2011
The success rate for those taking the Virginia bar exam this summer was the highest since 2011, the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners reported. Of the 637 who sat for the bar exam in Roanoke in July, 479, or 75.20%, ...
Tagged with: Virginia Bar Exam Virginia Board of Bar Examiners
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October 27, 2019
Comments Off on Leesburg lawyer disbarred for trust violations
A Loudoun County attorney admits he misappropriated more than $850,000 from fiduciary accounts, according to a statement he submitted to the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board. J. Christopher Chamblin of Leesburg agreed to revocation of his law license in an ...
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October 25, 2019
Comments Off on Judge strikes state’s marriage race question
Despite the state’s effort to avoid the constitutional implications of a Virginia law requiring couples to disclose their race when seeking a marriage license, a federal judge emphatically declared the law unconstitutional in an Oct. 11 ruling. Requiring the betrothed ...
Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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October 23, 2019
Comments Off on Revisions could change practices at depositions
Two proposals now blessed by the Advisory Committee on Rules of Court could affect who sits in at Virginia depositions and what objections are raised during the questioning. One change would establish a pre-set list of those permitted to attend ...
Tagged with: Deposition Rules of Court
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October 23, 2019
Comments Off on Eastern Shore solo suspended 2 years
An Eastern Shore lawyer with a track record of seven disciplinary sanctions in 12 years has received a second license suspension, this one for two years. Paul G. Watson of Eastville has practiced for nearly 24 years, mostly as a ...
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October 22, 2019
Comments Off on Panel: Time to banish ‘shall’ from Virginia Rules
The call to eliminate use of the word “shall” in Virginia law is growing louder. The Advisory Committee on Rules of Court has joined the Boyd-Graves Conference in unanimously endorsing removal of the term from the Virginia Rules. Legal commentators ...
Tagged with: Rules of Court Shall
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October 21, 2019
Comments Off on Bar pass rate climbs
The success rate for those taking the Virginia bar exam this summer was the highest since 2011, the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners reported. Of the 637 who sat for the bar exam in Roanoke in July, 479 or 75.20% ...
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October 18, 2019
Comments Off on Court drops ‘de minimis’ ethics penalty
The Supreme Court of Virginia has eliminated two ethics sanctions that carried the misleading label of “dismissal.” The change, enacted Oct 2 and effective Dec. 1, removes two options from Virginia State Bar discipline cases: “dismissal de minimis” and “dismissal ...
Tagged with: Supreme Court of Virginia News Virginia State Bar News
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October 17, 2019
Comments Off on Lawyer convicted of plundering Saslaw campaign chest
A Fairfax attorney has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiring with his wife to raid $653,000 from the campaign bank account of state Sen. Richard Saslaw. Besides the Saslaw scheme, David H. Miller, 70, also conspired to defraud ...
Tagged with: Lawyer Discipline
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