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Eight Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys were among the 63 candidates interviewed for vacant Virginia trial court judgeships that could be filled in the current General Assembly session. Another five of the prospective judges are working as prosecutors. But would-be judges come ...

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The Roanoke-based Woods Rogers law firm and an associate at the firm have been sued by a fledgling country music band claiming the firm’s “catastrophic errors” in visa applications has forced the band to start its career over in Europe. ...

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With her brother abstaining in a state Senate vote, Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Teresa M. Chafin of Lebanon was elected to the Supreme Court of Virginia Feb. 14. The move ensures continued representation of Southwest Virginia on the high ...

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Norfolk’s circuit judges are resisting efforts by Commonwealth’s Attorney Greg Underwood to effectively decriminalize marijuana possession in the city. Judge Mary Jane Hall on Feb. 12 rebuffed prosecutors’ bid to dismiss misdemeanor marijuana charges, according to The Virginian-Pilot. “We are ...

A former federal prosecutor has been dismissed from a federal lawsuit in which she and a police officer were accused of rigging evidence against a drug informant. The lawsuit alleged then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Neese assisted a Bedford sheriff’s deputy ...

Lynchburg Circuit Court Clerk Eugene Wingfield says he will not seek re-election this year, meaning his last day will be Dec. 31. Wingfield says he has been in public service for almost 45 years, as a police officer, an investigator ...

A trial judge did not do enough to ensure that a jury had not been exposed to a news report about court proceedings in a scam case, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered ...

What started as a fight over clients in the wake of a historic mass tort verdict has led to charges of unprofessional and malicious conduct against the lawyer who acted as a spokesperson for the victorious legal team. That lawyer ...

Despite apparent bipartisan support in the General Assembly, a proposal to repeal the law that suspends driver’s licenses for those who don’t pay court fines or costs has died. Only four votes were needed Feb. 11 to kill Republican Sen. ...

Divorce lawyers accused of using dirt uncovered by illegal recordings and computer snooping have no blanket protection against a lawsuit based on state and federal wiretap laws, a federal judge has ruled. Allegations in the case mirror recent warnings that ...

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