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South Hill’s John Boyd has earned a reputation as the voice of black farmers on Capitol Hill. After nearly losing his farm due to discriminatory lending practices, Boyd has spent the past eight years driving to Washington and speaking to ...

Do you receive more e-mails per day than you have time to deal with? Does constantly checking your inbox interrupt your work flow? Are important messages getting buried under months’ worth of junk mail buildup? If so, you may be ...

Starting this fall, the University of Virginia law school will offer a clinic designed to help low-income families resolve legal issues through mediation or other options outside of a courtroom. According to a press release from the law school, the ...

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The following 10 people earned a law degree but moved into a different line of work instead of law practice: 1. Tony LaRussa Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. Law degree from Florida State. 2. Steve Young Hall of Fame ...

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The New Lawyers who took and passed the February 2009 Virginia Bar Exam are now real lawyers – the swearing-in ceremony was held in Richmond on June 1. The full list of the newly minted is available here. It goes ...

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New Associations Lesley Whitcomb Fierst has joined the Tysons Corner office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. Douglas R. Burtch has joined the Richmond law firm of Macaulay & Burtch. Kristina H. Vaquera has joined the Norfolk office of Jackson ...

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is now accepting nominations for the 2009 class of “Leaders in the Law.” This program, now in its fourth year, recognizes attorneys and professionals in law-related fields who have a significant accomplishment or achievement. We aim to ...

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is now accepting nominations for the 2009 class of “Leaders in the Law.” This program, now in its fourth year, recognizes attorneys and professionals in law-related fields who have a significant accomplishment or achievement. We aim to ...

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A Woodbridge man is now fit to be tried for murder, after being found incompetent to stand trial in March. Keith Baskerville, charged in the abduction and death of an Alexandria woman, completed treatment last month at a state mental ...

A Woodbridge man is now fit to be tried for murder, after being found incompetent to stand trial in March. Keith Baskerville, charged in the abduction and death of an Alexandria woman, completed treatment last month at a state mental ...