Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

A lawsuit that misidentified an auto accident defendant may have suffered from a mere misnomer, but an accident victim was still out of court, a Fairfax County judge ruled last month. The case serves as a reminder for plaintiffs’ lawyers ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows

Two more bar groups have announced their recommendations for filling the judgeship of U.S. District Judge Glen E. Conrad of the Western District of Virginia. The Virginia Bar Association listed its endorsements in alphabetical order: U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert S. ...

A federal judge has approved a $1.1 million settlement for a student, now in his teens, who claimed he was repeatedly abused by the janitor at his elementary school in Russell County. After the suit survived two pretrial rulings, the ...

Tagged with: child sex abuse federal court federal judge Judge James P. Jones liability Million-Dollar settlement Russell County school board Settlement Title IX

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation has named Katie Wallmeyer Payne as its new Director of Government Relations. Payne will represent the museum before local, state and federal legislators and officials on issues that affect resources and support for its mission. She ...

Southwest Virginia’s Appalachian School of Law has been directed by an accreditation panel to address questions about how it selects students capable of earning a degree and passing the bar. A critical hearing is set for June. Credentials of ASL’s current and ...

Tagged with: Appalachian School of Law Education Law School

A lawyer licensed in both Virginia and South Carolina has given up licenses in both states for nine months after being convicted of taking a photograph up a woman’s skirt. Attorney Jacob L. Parrott pleaded guilty to “assault and battery ...

A lawyer accused of hiding assets in a bankruptcy action, including preparation of a false affidavit, has surrendered her law license, admitting the accusations were true. After Laura Reed Wright and her husband filed for bankruptcy in 2014, the bankruptcy ...

Richmond’s Joe Morrissey, a survivor of tumultuous legal and political careers, has been disbarred for a second time in a Virginia State Bar proceeding. A three-judge Richmond Circuit Court panel decided March 30 that Morrissey’s 2013 conduct in his relationship ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia has once again ruled that a product safety expert failed to prove a claimant’s case, slamming the door on what had been a $4.2 million trial victory for the family of a man killed in ...

Tagged with: Justice Stephen R. McCullough Supreme Court of Virginia

Legal aid lawyers are pushing back against a court rules proposal that would add restrictions on limited-scope representation, including ghostwriting for unrepresented litigants. A request for comments on the rule proposal generated 30 responses from attorneys around Virginia, many lauding ...

Tagged with: Supreme Court of Virginia News