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Dear Editor: The May 26 edition contained a story on the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (“Criminal defense group blasts judge in Norfolk“) and its criticism of Norfolk Circuit Court Judge Charles D. Griffith Jr. It prompted several observations. ...

Dear Editor: Lacking sufficient first-hand information, I take no position on the merits of the dispute between the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Judge Charles Griffith Jr., reported in the May 26 issue. There is, however, something to ...

Dear Editor: Having recently resigned from the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, as a member and as a board representative, I am proud of that organization for making the stand it has made or been forced into taking. (See ...

Dear Editor: I want to thank you and Virginia Lawyers Weekly for the excellent coverage of the ANLIR receivership. Dawn Chase’s stories have been an invaluable resource for Virginia lawyers and for all the other groups grappling with the fall-out ...

Editor’s Note: The following is the reprint of a letter sent by Dr. William B. Booth, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hampton, to members of the General Assembly on Jan. 19. He provided a copy with the request ...

Dear Editor: Comments I made that were quoted in the article, “Annunziata’s Reelection Appears to be in Jeopardy,” in your paper on Jan. 20, 2003, were apparently misinterpreted by my friend Victor Glasberg of Alexandria. Judging from his letter that ...

Dear Editor: It is regrettable that, as you reported on your website on Jan. 15, “[l]eaders of Virginia’s statewide bars took a low-key tone” in responding to the threatened non-reappointment of Judge Rosemarie Annunziata to the Court of Appeals for ...

Dear Editor: Your article about online records (“Court clerks can’t remove SS numbers from deeds,” Dec. 30 issue) was inaccurate. King George County’s records WERE on the Internet but have been pulled down. Of the 15-20 counties/cities already online, I ...

Dear Editor: In a recent issue of Virginia Lawyers Weekly (“Hearsay,” Nov. 25), you printed derogatory comments concerning the Midyear meeting of the Virginia State Bar. My wife, Patricia, and I had the pleasure of attending the Midyear meeting of ...

Dear Editor: I’m sure you’ve heard from numerous attorneys on this issue, but in reference to your article in the Nov. 25, 2002 issue concerning the “possession defense” for underage possession of alcohol, I submit that with regard to closed ...