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Attorneys who want to keep their names off of the soon-to-be-online list of lawyers in Virginia now can exercise their “opt-out” option at the Web site of the Virginia State Bar. To keep your name off the online list, log ...

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Attorneys who want to keep their names off of the soon-to-be-online list of lawyers in Virginia now can exercise their “opt-out” option at the Web site of the Virginia State Bar. To keep your name off the online list, log ...

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Word comes from the ABA Journal that times are so tight for the New York City-based firm of White & Case that the annual holiday party budget has been cut to just $250,000.  And, unlike last year, the revelers will ...

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Word comes from the ABA Journal that times are so tight for the New York City-based firm of White & Case that the annual holiday party budget has been cut to just $250,000.  And, unlike last year, the revelers will ...

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Attention has focused recently on the once-obscure Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Justice Department.  According to the Washington Post, the operation generates advice that “guides some of the government’s most sensitive and controversial policies.” Unfortunately, the good stuff ...

Attention has focused recently on the once-obscure Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Justice Department.  According to the Washington Post, the operation generates advice that “guides some of the government’s most sensitive and controversial policies.” Unfortunately, the good stuff ...

The Virginia Poverty Law Center has launched its new John Kent Shumate Jr. Advocate of the Year awards by recognizing two Virginians who have worked to enhance the rights of the downtrodden. Harrisonburg lawyer Tom Domonoske works primarily on auto ...

Fresh from a 50-city book tour, Virginia’s newest legal literary figure laments having to share many of the same thoughts and stories with different audiences day after day.  “I’ve become Shecky Greene doing the Catskills,” joked Patrick County Circuit Judge ...

According to this blog post, there are three candidates, so far, for next month’s election to fill the seat of former Fredericksburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles Sharp.  Gov. Timothy M. Kaine in August appointed Sharp to the circuit court bench. The ...

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The law school at the College of William & Mary is using the occasion of Veterans Day today to announce the formation of a clinic to help veterans seeking disability benefits. Beginning in January, eight law students and two adjunct ...