Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

In extending the declaration of judicial emergency on June 29, the Supreme Court of Virginia marked a milestone in the commonwealth’s legal system’s response to COVID-19. For the first time in more than a year, circuit courts do not need ...

Tagged with: Coronavirus COVID-19 Lawyers Pandemic Supreme Court of Virginia

President Joe Biden has nominated Virginia Solicitor General Toby J. Heytens to a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Upon confirmation, Heytens would fill the seat of Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, who will take senior status in ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Joe Biden Judge Barbara Milano Keenan Judges Toby J. Heytens

(AP) Adult recreational use of marijuana became legal in Virginia July 1, but the commercial production and sale of marijuana is still almost three years away. State officials are beginning the process of setting up a new state entity to ...

Tagged with: Cannabis marijuana Marijuana legalization

A federal judge in Alexandria made a rare ruling last month, dismissing an indictment with prejudice against six defendants because of a due process violation. The June 23 decision, from U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, dismissed with prejudice indictments ...

Tagged with: Alexandria dismiss Due Process Due Process Clause indictment Leonie M. Brinkema violation

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a federal judge to grant a man’s Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance claim, giving the man his release from prison. In its ruling, the Fourth Circuit takes the Supreme Court of Virginia ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Ineffective assistance of counsel Sixth Amendment

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the latest group of honorees in our program recognizing the leading lawyers in a particular field of law. Previously we have named “Virginia’s Go To Lawyers” for business law and employment law. The latest ...

Tagged with: Lawyers Workers' Compensation

As the world becomes more digitized, the ways people pay for goods and services rendered are becoming more digitized as well. The legal field is no exception. A recent proposed ethics opinion from the Florida Bar Ethics Department tackled some ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Bitcoin crypocurrency Lawyers Legal Ethics Legal Fees

VIRGINIA BEACH – A proposed Unauthorized Practice of Law opinion concluding that a non-lawyer cannot file pleadings and appear in court pursuant to a power of attorney without running afoul of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act was unanimously approved ...

Tagged with: Power of attorney Unauthorized Practice of Law Uniform Power of Attorney Act Virginia State Bar

(AP) If a court clears the way, the state of Virginia expects to remove not just a soaring statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue but also a little-known piece of history tucked inside the ...

Tagged with: Confederate monuments Ralph Northam Richmond Robert E. Lee

(AP) A federal appeals court on June 23 upheld a ruling dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax after CBS News broadcast interviews with two women who accused him of sexual assault. In its ruling, a ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals CBS News Defamation Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Sexual Assault