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The chief deputy of the Augusta County commonwealth’s attorney’s office has resigned in the face of ethics charges unveiled last month by the Virginia State Bar. The charges against Joseph W. Lee III are based on allegations of misconduct raised ...

The Supreme Court of Virgnia has adopted proposed criminal discovery rule changes recommended in December by a Virginia State Bar task force. Only minor changes were made in the task force recommendation, according to attorneys who reviewed the court’s order. ...

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Even though a plaintiff male employee admitted his male workplace tormenter was not homosexual, the co-worker’s alleged persistent, sexually charged harassment was enough to let a Title VII hostile work environment claim go to trial, a federal judge has ruled. ...

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A lawyer who refused to participate in his client’s criminal trial after preliminary motions were denied by a judge has agreed to a Virginia State Bar reprimand. John L. Taylor III of Richmond was one of eight lawyers who – ...

Warren County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge William W. Sharp has received the 2017 Harry L. Carrico Outstanding Career Service Award. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts on Aug. ...

Two former legislators – one a veteran lobbyist – are joining forces to open a new law office in Richmond, a branch of the Roanoke-based Gentry Locke firm. Gentry litigation partner Gregory D. Habeeb will oversee the Richmond office, with John G. “Chip” ...

A Virginia prosecutor has been charged by a Virginia State Bar disciplinary panel with “dishonesty and misrepresentation” in concealing information about a police drug informant. The case against Joseph W. Lee III, formerly with the Portsmouth commonwealth’s attorney’s office, marks ...

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Virginia inmates seeking treatment for Hepatitis C may have made progress with federal litigation, but – even after the state agreed to provide treatment for one prisoner – the state prison system’s overall treatment policy remains unclear. A federal judge ...

The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed G. Zachary Terwilliger as the appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Terwilliger was endorsed in May by the two Democratic U.S. senators from Virginia, based on reviews by a panel of ...

Virginia Supreme Court Justice Donald W. Lemons has been re-elected by his colleagues to a second term as chief justice. The Virginia Code provides that the chief justice be elected by a majority of the justices to serve a term ...