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Two former Abingdon officials – including the long-time town attorney – are suing the town for money damages claiming they were forced to quit amid a “toxic environment” of increased politicization. Deborah C. Icenhour – who resigned last summer after ...

A ruling by the Supreme Court of Virginia that lawyers are not considered in privity with their clients means a former homeowner gets a second chance to challenge a foreclosure. The court’s holding comes in a matter of first impression, ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia News

A lawyer already serving a four-year license suspension has agreed to have his license revoked in the face of a new bar complaint. Andrew I. Becker of Virginia Beach consented to disbarment in an affidavit signed Aug. 28. The revocation ...

The impending retirement of Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan prompted a stream of opinions in the week preceding her last day on Sept. 1. From Aug. 22 to Aug. 30, the court issued 14 decisions. There were nine ...

A Chesapeake attorney facing three separate bar complaints, all involving multiple rule violations including alleged false statements to the Virginia State Bar, has agreed to a three-year license suspension. Barry R. Taylor was accused of lapses in his bank accounts ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia has recognized a church’s “special relationship” duty to protect children from a known dangerous employee. The new opinion also offers a host of guidance in other aspects of pleading a case. The decision builds on ...

Tagged with: Criminal Employment Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Supreme Court of Virginia News

A former Norfolk prosecutor has been charged with multiple felonies in a Norfolk investigation of online child sex crimes. Charged is attorney Timothy Scott Carnes, according to The Virginian-Pilot. He faces five counts of attempting to take indecent liberties with ...

A divided federal appeals panel has overturned the convictions of three accused drug distributors because a jury never was asked if the charges were brought in the right locality. A two-judge majority of a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals News Criminal Judge Irene C. Berger Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III Judge Robert B. King

Even though he appealed his termination from a state grievance process, a fired Virginia State Police special agent did not lose his right to sue in federal court for discrimination under federal law, a federal appeals court has ruled. The ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals News Employment Judge William B. Traxler Jr.

A group of Loudoun County voters has acted to disqualify the Republican candidate for commonwealth’s attorney. A petition filed Aug. 20 by four registered voters claims that Nicole Wittmann actually lives in Fairfax County with her family and that her ...