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Dear Editor: On Jan. 31, 2020, I found myself in the back area behind the courtroom with my wrists in metal handcuffs, a chain around my waist, my hands chained to my waist and my legs shackled. After numerous pat ...

Dear Editor: Has the profession learned nothing from the pandemic? About eight months before the pandemic turned the world on its head, I attended an initial status conference in a federal court several hours from my office. My adversary had ...

Dear Editor: I write to ask that you publish an important clarification to your Feb. 8, 2021, article “Med-mal relief bill defeated.” In the article, you wrote that “Virginia currently has the highest medical malpractice cap of the 29 states ...

Dear Editor: I write in response to the article “Lawyer jailed for contempt seeks appellate redemption” appellate redemption.” I don’t know Rachel Virk. I don’t practice domestic relations law, nor do I practice in her geographic area. But writing as ...

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing Dr. Shawn Healy’s piece on means of combatting lawyers’ stress (“Under pressure,” VLW, Sept. 30). Members of our profession need to hear plain talk about a problem that besets us daily, sometimes with tragic ...

Dear Editor, I am a member of the Virginia State Bar and request that my letter be published in your publication. I recently learned that the VSB has an art collection, many pieces of which were donated to honor past ...

Dear Editor: In reference to “Culture Change Needed,” VLW, Sept. 11: It is sad that so many good and skilled lawyers find the practice of law so stress­ful that their very health is adversely af­fected. I strongly encourage everyone to ...

Dear Editor: I am disappointed in your paper’s coverage of the Volkswagen “Dirty Diesel” litigation (online “News in Brief ” item, posted May 19). This is the largest automotive fraud in history committed by a com­pany with its headquarters in ...

Dear Editor: In reference to your article, “Bar confronts do-it-yourself legal products,” in the March 7 issue: The only lawyers who should feel that the massive rise of the Do-it-Yourself legal (DIYLegal) industry is a true threat to the profession ...

Dear Editor: I read with surprise your front page article on the recent policing of civility among attorneys (“Lawyer is Disciplined for Sarcasm,” VLW, Nov. 2, 2015).  I am not familiar with the attorney who was reprimanded, but as a ...