June 20, 2017
Comments Off on Lawyer urges statewide public defender office
A Richmond attorney and blogger is proposing an “umbrella organization” to advocate for a statewide public defender system in Virginia. Elwood E. “Sandy” Sanders Jr. argues that Virginia has the resources to bring a more unified system to what is ...
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June 19, 2017
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It only took three years after the unveiling of the innovative Segway scooter before people started organizing polo matches using the two-wheeled gadgets. Now comes word of an indoor version of Segway Polo that led to injury for a Virginia ...
Tagged with: James W. McConnell Judge Michael F. Urbanski Mark Obenshain Omni Homestead Resort Ryan F. Furgurson Segway U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A Loudoun County lawyer is warning of a new variation on the classic counterfeit check scam often tried on law firms. This scheme involves a live-and-in-person would-be client who claims to be owed a large sum of money for architectural ...
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June 14, 2017
Comments Off on Panel pushes mandatory reporting of pro bono
Despite a narrow vote of disapproval from Virginia State Bar leaders last fall, a Virginia Supreme Court commission is asking the justices to require all Virginia lawyers to annually report their pro bono contributions. In a May 29 letter to ...
Tagged with: John E. Whitfield Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Pro Bono Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia State Bar
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June 14, 2017
Comments Off on Underwood, Platania among primary winners
After a primary victory over two challengers Tuesday, Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney Greg Underwood faces no known opposition for re-election in November. Underwood, seeking a third full four-year term, defeated challengers Ron Batliner and S.W. Dawson. Underwood’s most recent term was ...
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June 13, 2017
Comments Off on Frequent filer restricted at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Virginia has issued a pre-filing injunction against a pro se litigant for filing repetitive and vexatious appeals after losing a string of frivolous lawsuits. Dora L. Adkins has filed more than two dozen appeals in recent years ...
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June 13, 2017
Comments Off on Immunity denied over lab tests in med-mal action
Doctors who hoped to use the lab-test-immunity provision of Virginia’s medical malpractice law failed to make their case, a Fairfax County circuit judge has ruled. The decision revives attention to a compromise statute hammered out in 2006 following two conflicting ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney S. Azcarate Medical Malpractice medical malpractice lab-test-immunity statute
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June 13, 2017
Comments Off on Felony conviction survives court challenge
Even though a prosecutor and a judge agreed on a plan to render a misdemeanor conviction for a marijuana defendant, the man is stuck with a felony conviction after an appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The case from ...
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June 12, 2017
Comments Off on ‘I changed my mind’
A lot can go wrong in the whirlwind of activity just before a medical malpractice trial, but what happens when a doctor on your team suddenly announces he can no longer support a key element of your case? As a ...
Tagged with: Contract John C. Schaefer Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Warren and Associates
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June 12, 2017
Comments Off on Lawyer who abused Vietnam veteran’s charity is disbarred
A Virginia lawyer who ran a national Vietnam veterans charity from his home in Alexandria has agreed to give up his law license after admitting that donors’ money went largely to fundraisers and to the lawyer’s own pocket. The National ...
Tagged with: J. Thomas Burch Jr. National Vietnam Veterans Foundation Virginia State Bar
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