December 4, 2017
Comments Off on Lawyer faces bar discipline over exposure incidents
A lawyer who admitted repeatedly exposing himself to an employee in his office has been censured by regulators in Tennessee and now faces a legal ethics charge in Virginia. Robert P. Starnes, with offices in both Kingsport, Tennessee, and Gate ...
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December 1, 2017
Comments Off on Pomrenke ordered to prison, fined for contempt
Three days after being removed from the bench for judicial misconduct, former Bristol Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Kurt J. Pomrenke was sentenced Nov. 30 to two months in federal prison for contempt of court. The one-two punch in a ...
Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Supreme Court of Virginia News U.S. District Court - Western District
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November 29, 2017
Comments Off on VSB: Lawyer hid equine assets from creditors
A Roanoke area lawyer is accused of concealing a horse-show lifestyle involving thousands of dollars in spending for show ponies and other high life expenses when she and her husband filed for bankruptcy three years ago. In the face of ...
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Virginia State Bar News
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November 29, 2017
Comments Off on Deck collapse in Halifax brings $300K settlement
An injury claim following the collapse of a deck in Halifax County has settled for an insurer’s $300,000 limits, after a judge rejected the landlord’s contention he had no duty to maintain the deck. The fall victim was a visitor ...
Tagged with: Halifax County Circuit Court Judge Kimberley S. White
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November 28, 2017
Comments Off on Supreme Court removes Pomrenke from bench
The Supreme Court of Virginia acted quickly this month to remove Bristol Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Kurt J. Pomrenke from office for his admitted improper contacts with potential witnesses in his wife’s criminal case. It’s only the third time ...
Tagged with: Chief justice Donald Lemons Supreme Court of Virginia News
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November 27, 2017
Comments Off on Attorneys’ stories show sexual harassment remains a problem in law firms
As Rachel reflects back on the various instances during her legal career in which she’s experienced sexual harassment, she notices a theme. There was the law professor who made inappropriate comments to female students. The night, while she was still ...
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November 27, 2017
Comments Off on Caseload study recommends added judgeships
Virginia needs 28 more trial court judges than it currently funds, a caseload study shows. The study, performed at the behest of the General Assembly, says there is a current need for a total of 435 judges in Virginia courthouses. ...
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November 22, 2017
Comments Off on Bar drops proposal for new duty for prosecutors
A Virginia State Bar committee has backed away from a proposed ethical duty for prosecutors not to present defendants with a “needle-in-a-haystack” search for exculpatory evidence. The VSB Standing Committee on Legal Ethics withdrew proposed Legal Ethics Opinion 1888 in ...
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November 21, 2017
Comments Off on Lawyer who snitched on his client gets reprimand
A lawyer who represented another lawyer facing a drug investigation, and who then gave authorities damaging information about the client lawyer, has agreed to accept a public reprimand from the Virginia State Bar. The accusation against attorney Anthony E. Collins ...
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November 21, 2017
Comments Off on Ex-foster parents can seek custody
The former foster parents of a 3-year-old girl have standing to seek custody, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. The couple took in the girl when she was 6 months old and nursed her through difficult health challenges, including ...
Tagged with: Judge Teresa M. Chafin Virginia Court of Appeals News
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