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Dear Editor: Today hundreds of “innocent” Virginians will walk into Virginia courts charged with crimes. These charges could result in their loss of liberty. They are “innocent” because our system of justice presumes all Virginians are “innocent” until proven guilty—proven ...

Dear Editor: Sen. George Allen is opposing the repeal of the Byrd Amendment. Why on earth is the Virginia senator supporting legislation that has been roundly criticized by all supporters of free trade, the Bush Administration, and the World Trade ...

All Virginians have been dismayed by the destruction, dislocation, and loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia State Bar have had discussions with representatives of the ...

Dear Editor: I read with interest Hugh F. O’Donnell’s article “What’s Wrong With the Picture: The Other Side of Repre-senting Parents in Child Protection Cases” [VSB Family Law News, Fall 2004] and his recent letter to Virginia Lawyers Weekly [VLW, ...

Dear Editor: This past fall, “Family Law News,” the quarterly newsletter of the Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar, carried an article I wrote about the challenges of representing parents in child protection (i.e., neglect and abuse) cases. ...

Dear Editor: On page 5 of your Jan. 10 edition, you published a letter from me concerning the Uniform Trust Code. I have determined (and apologize for) an error stated as a fact. It appears that the Uniform Trust Code ...

Dear Editor: In the 2004 Session of the General Assembly, the Uniform Trust Code was adopted to become effective Jan. 1, 2006. This legislation, consisting of more than 50 pages of material, will have a drastic and dramatic impact on ...

Dear Editor: Three-judge panel decisions in attorney disciplinary matters, as well as all other public attorney disciplinary orders, are posted on the Virginia State Bar’s Web site. Public orders also are published in the Virginia Lawyer and the Virginia Lawyer ...

Dear Editor: I do not want to get into a spitting contest with Alan J. Cilman, the attorney who wrote the strident letter to the editor in the Dec 6, 2004 Virginia Lawyers Weekly. I do not want to debate ...

Dear Editor: Rule 8.2 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct provides: Judicial Officials. — A lawyer shall not make a statement that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning ...