March 20, 2018
Comments Off on Lawyer gets prison for bankruptcy fraud
A disbarred Richmond lawyer once accused of stripping assets from her own law office in advance of a visit by federal regulators was sentenced March 12 to a year in prison for bankruptcy fraud. Nnika E. White also was convicted ...
Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson
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March 19, 2018
Comments Off on Pols point fingers as judgeships go unfilled
Democratic politicians say the sole GOP state legislator from Fairfax County tossed a monkey wrench into the judicial selection process this month, using his majority-party power to block election of new judges for badly needed seats on the county’s juvenile ...
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March 19, 2018
Comments Off on Million-Dollar Settlements of 2017 (1-28)
Virginia Lawyers Weekly presents the survey of “Million-Dollar Settlements of 2017.” This annual compilation recaps big settlements from across the commonwealth for the previous year. When this feature was published last month, it did not include several late-filed settlements and ...
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March 19, 2018
Comments Off on VSB gives details on voluntary pro bono reporting
On Feb. 27, the Supreme Court of Virginia approved a new provision requesting that each active Virginia State Bar member report their pro bono hours and/or financial contribution in support of pro bono legal services on their annual dues statement. VLW reported on ...
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March 16, 2018
Comments Off on Va. Supreme Court: Noose display not constitutionally protected
The conviction of a Southwest Virginia man who hung a black-faced dummy by a noose in his yard has been upheld by a ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court. Jack Eugene Turner of Franklin County was convicted in 2015 of ...
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March 16, 2018
Comments Off on General Assembly wraps 2018 regular session
The 2018 Virginia General Assembly regular session ended March 10 with two major issues still unresolved. No compromise was reached on Medicaid expansion and, as a result, no state budget was passed. Now, the GA will reconvene at the governor’s ...
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March 15, 2018
Comments Off on Verdict is $37.8M in tire failure case
A Richmond federal jury awarded $37.8 million dollars to a former truck driver injured in a devastating crash of a concrete mixer truck, one of the highest personal injury jury verdicts ever in Virginia. There was no punitive damages component ...
Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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March 14, 2018
Comments Off on Ruptured appendix nets $1.5M verdict
A Roanoke jury recently awarded $1.5 million to a Virginia man who suffered a series of injuries as a result of a radiologist’s negligence. The plaintiff was seen at LewisGale Medical Center’s emergency room complaining of abdominal pains, nausea and ...
Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Roanoke Circuit Court
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March 13, 2018
Comments Off on Tuition payments deemed waste of marital assets
A divorcing father’s unilateral decision to use a marital investment account to pay for his adult son’s master’s program was properly considered waste of the marital assets, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. A Fairfax County circuit judge ...
Tagged with: Judge Bruce D. White Judge Glen A. Huff Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals News
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March 12, 2018
Comments Off on Assembly picks 16 judges before departing
Legislators selected 16 new Virginia trial court judges March 9 before adjourning the next day to await a special session that could produce funding for additional judicial seats. The General Assembly elected five circuit judges, five general district judges and ...
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