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A topic today at the Virginia Committee on District Courts – ultimately carried over for further study – was whether to allow offenders who make an unauthorized turn at a crossover on a controlled access highway to pay a fine ...

A lawyer who stole nearly $4 million by “settling” personal injury cases without the knowledge of his injured clients was sentenced today to 11 years in jail.  Stephen T. Conrad, 40, of Woodbridge, also was ordered by U.S. District Judge ...

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A Christiansburg lawyer who admitted forging legal documents and passing them off as genuine may avoid a lengthy prison sentence. According to The Roanoke Times, a special prosecutor agreed to recommend no more than two years imprisonment in exchange for ...

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A Christiansburg lawyer who admitted forging legal documents and passing them off as genuine may avoid a lengthy prison sentence. According to The Roanoke Times, a special prosecutor agreed to recommend no more than two years imprisonment in exchange for ...

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Attorneys who want to keep their names off of the soon-to-be-online list of lawyers in Virginia now can exercise their “opt-out” option at the Web site of the Virginia State Bar. To keep your name off the online list, log ...

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Attorneys who want to keep their names off of the soon-to-be-online list of lawyers in Virginia now can exercise their “opt-out” option at the Web site of the Virginia State Bar. To keep your name off the online list, log ...

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Word comes from the ABA Journal that times are so tight for the New York City-based firm of White & Case that the annual holiday party budget has been cut to just $250,000.  And, unlike last year, the revelers will ...

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Word comes from the ABA Journal that times are so tight for the New York City-based firm of White & Case that the annual holiday party budget has been cut to just $250,000.  And, unlike last year, the revelers will ...

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Attention has focused recently on the once-obscure Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Justice Department.  According to the Washington Post, the operation generates advice that “guides some of the government’s most sensitive and controversial policies.” Unfortunately, the good stuff ...

Attention has focused recently on the once-obscure Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Justice Department.  According to the Washington Post, the operation generates advice that “guides some of the government’s most sensitive and controversial policies.” Unfortunately, the good stuff ...