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Letter to the editor
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 downs and a transport, I was eventually ordered to stand naked and be subjected to […]
Letter to the Editor
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 travelled a similar distance and, prior to the conference, we had agreed upon and submitted […]
Letter to the editor: Figure in med-mal article clarified
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 that maintain a cap.” This is inaccurate. Of the 29 states that employ a cap, […]
Letter: Suffolk lawyer backs NoVa lawyer appealing contempt
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 one who has had a subordinate employee lawyer held in contempt, and subsequently overturned by the […]
Letter to the Editor: The power of ‘no’
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 consequences. But there’s a glaring omission in his story, which presents six palliative measures to […]
Letter to the Editor: Lawyer decries failure to lend VSB artwork
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 VSB presidents. Unbeknownst to some of the donors, the executive director of VSB has a […]
Letter to the Editor: Real change involves business-building skills
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 read the full report of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, which can be […]
Lawyer takes issue with VW reporting
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 Virginia, illegally taking hundreds of millions of dollars from the people of Virginia, and billions […]
Lawyer: Here’s how to answer DIY legal
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 are those who feel entitled, just because they have a law license, to a consumer’s […]
Teacher, he was mean to me
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 veteran trial attorney, the offending remarks struck me as fairly innocuous. Personal injury litigation is […]
Lawyer questions intent of ‘Leader in the Law’ choice
Dear Editor: It’s a great honor to be selected by the Virginia Lawyers Media as a “Leader in the Law,” and my congratulations go to the class of 2015, a distinguished group of honorees. One selection surprised me, however, not for want of a distinguished legal career, but because of his recent high visibility as […]
Condo calls on Alston to support Roush for seat
To the Editor: I am a lawyer of over 40 years in practice, and over eight years’ service on the committee of the Virginia State Bar that screens and rates candidates for statewide and federal judgeships in the commonwealth. Over the past several years I have watched with growing dismay as members and the leadership […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver struck twice in rear-end collision at red light — $350,000 settlement
- Drunken driver strikes vehicle on interstate — $200,000 settlement
- Trip and fall on mat leads to knee replacement surgery — $1.5M verdict
- Woman suffers permanent injury in broadside crash — $2.325M settlement
- Teacher injured in accident during morning commute — $1.5M settlement
- Woodshop incident leads to amputation of fingers — $1.3M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s foot amputated in collision — $7M settlement
- Contractor rear-ended on interstate on way to wedding — $825,000 settlement
- Man suffers back injury in crash with out-of-state driver — $530,000 settlement
- Driver crossed center line, struck 89-year-old’s vehicle — $1.2M settlement
- Jury returns defense verdict in favor of gastroenterologist
- Teens killed in T-bone collision with officer — $3.1M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Court silent on if ALJs were constitutionally appointed
- Homeowner’s lawsuit barred by res judicata
- Uncertainty over service prevents default judgment
- No stay of case pending resolution of motion
- Man’s unlawful search, seizure claims dismissed
- Amazon shows patent claim is ineligible abstract idea
- Geographical separation dooms trademark claim
- ‘Narcotics trafficker’ defense rejected
- Litigant’s suit against courts, judges dismissed
- Body cam footage properly admitted
- Motion to withdraw pleas properly denied
- Evidence supports murder, conspiracy conviction
