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Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan is retiring effective Sept. 1. She disclosed her plan in a Jan. 24 letter to Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons. McClanahan, 59, will have been on the high court for eight years by ...

Southwest Virginia’s Sen. Ben Chafin is urging fellow Republicans to move his sister – Judge Teresa Chafin – from the Court of Appeals to an anticipated vacancy on the state Supreme Court, sources tell the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The paper said ...

A Fairfax lawyer has agreed to a two-year license suspension for undermining his clients’ case in a residential renovation contract dispute. The suspension of John Patrick Bond by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board follows a public reprimand in 2013 ...

A national legal services plan says it’s time for Virginia to end administrative oversight over such programs. Virginia regulates legal services plans as if they were insurance companies. The State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance enforces laws requiring review of ...

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A Richmond educator who surrendered her law license 15 years ago in the face of financial lapses in her real estate practice is asking to practice again. The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board will hear the reinstatement petition of Ann ...

Former public defender Jim Hingeley says he is running for Albemarle County commonwealth’s attorney. Hingeley will challenge Republican incumbent Robert Tracci, who was elected in 2015, according to WCAV. Hingeley started the Albemarle-Charlottesville Public Defender Office and served as the ...

Two proposals supported by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce at the General Assembly could offer comfort for businesses involved in litigation – without drawing fire from trial lawyers. One plan would allow summary judgment in business disputes in Virginia courts ...

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Chesterfield County’s groundbreaking election of Democrat Scott Miles as commonwealth’s attorney last fall has sparked a Republican effort to unseat Miles in this fall’s general election. Henrico County assistant prosecutor Stacey T. Davenport has announced she is running for the ...

Despite earlier objections that legislators were rushing to fill a judgeship with a pre-ordained candidate, General Assembly Republicans on Jan. 16 elected Fauquier County Commonwealth’s Attorney James P. Fisher to the circuit court bench. Fisher will take office July 1 ...

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A lawyer charged with helping his wife plunder money from the campaign chest of a Virginia state senator and two other organizations cannot shield his two homes from possible forfeiture, a federal appeals court ruled last month. The 4th U.S. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals News Judge Allyson K. Duncan Judge T.S. Ellis III