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WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who leads the House Judiciary Committee, announced Thursday he will retire at the end of his 13th term, becoming the latest GOP chairman not to seek re-election even though Republicans control all levers of power ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia has approved distribution of a decedent’s half-million-dollar estate based on a determination by a commissioner of accounts acting without referral from a circuit court judge. The decision stops short of confirming the authority of commissioners ...

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Dramatic gains by Democrats in elections for the Virginia House of Delegates may result in a net loss in the number of attorneys in the House. Two incumbent lawyer-legislators appear to have been defeated in House elections Tuesday, with only ...

A Richmond businessman who said he was jumped and beaten by two men in a 2014 incident managed to shoot both of his assailants and then sued the one that survived. The gun-wielding assault victim won a $95,000 verdict from ...

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Virginia voters largely returned elected prosecutors to office in contested elections Tuesday. Despite jabs from established political figures in Portsmouth, incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales was elected to a full term in office, The Virginian-Pilot reported. She defeated T.J. Wright ...

A former federal prosecutor was the victim of a domestic homicide Nov. 4 in Chesterfield County, police said. Nicholas S. Altimari, 61, was found dead in his Midlothian driveway and his son, Frank Altimari, was charged with first-degree murder, a police ...

A Manassas lawyer has given up his Virginia law license, admitting that he continued to represent clients during a 21-month suspension that began last November. Christopher D. Parrott also acknowledged he falsely notified the bar he was no longer handling ...

The Virginia State Bar’s Clients’ Protection Fund awarded $38,168.33 in reimbursements to former clients of 11 Virginia lawyers at a meeting Sept. 15. The CPF board approves awards to persons who suffer financial loss because of dishonest conduct by Virginia ...

A public defender whose impact on his community reaches far beyond the clients he represents in court, Timothy S. Coyne was hailed as “Leader of the Year” by the Class of 2017 in Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” ...

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A rule change by the Supreme Court of Virginia expands the list of circumstances that would justify a court inquiry into jury deliberations. In accordance with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Virginia justices on Oct. 20 approved adding ...