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Feb 17, 2020

Lawmakers reject assault weapon ban

(AP) Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted Feb. 17 to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with […]

Feb 17, 2020

Ex-homeowner must provide discovery to bank

Where a former homeowner who lost her house in foreclosure failed to proper­ly object to discovery and repeated pre­viously-rejected arguments in a second motion to dismiss, her motion was denied and she was ordered to respond to dis­covery by Deutsche bank, the property’s owner. Background Deutsche Bank brings this action to obtain declaratory relief and […]

Feb 13, 2020

020-3-059 – Frankl Miller Webb & Moyers LLP v. Crest Ultrasonics Corporation

Frankl Miller Webb & Moyers LLP v. Crest Ultrasonics Corporation, Case No. 19-cv-143, Nov. 22, 2019. WDVA at Roanoke (Hudson). VLW 020-3-059. 8 pp. Download Full-Text Opinion

Feb 10, 2020

Lawyer convicted of raiding fiduciary account surrenders license

An AV-rated Northern Virginia lawyer has agreed to disbarment after having been convicted of embezzling money belonging to a disabled widow. Attorney Clifford J. Shoemaker held a power-of-attorney for an 86-year-old woman suffering from long-standing dementia, according to Shoemaker’s affidavit consenting to revocation of his license. Over four days in 2018, Shoemaker transferred $57,000 out [&h[...]

Feb 4, 2020

Largest Law Firms 2020

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Nov 22, 2019

019-6-083 – Spruill v. Garcia

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Nov 18, 2019

019-8-096 – Jurado-Alcantara v. Kincaid

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Nov 17, 2019

019-7-193 – Armstrong v. Armstrong

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Nov 17, 2019

019-7-192 – Armstrong v. Armstrong

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Nov 5, 2019

2020 Influential Women of Law nomination

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Aug 31, 2019

Setoff denied for UIM settlement

A driver tagged with a $1.5 million car-crash verdict is not entitled to a setoff for the settlement the injured driver reached with her underinsured motorist carrier, the Supreme Court of Virginia has held. While the Virginia Code allows for an offset if an injured party settles with one joint tortfeasor, the court found that […]

Aug 31, 2019

Setoff denied for UIM settlement

A driver tagged with a $1.5 million car-crash verdict is not entitled to a setoff for the settlement the injured driver reached with her underinsured motorist carrier, the Supreme Court of Virginia has held. While the Virginia Code allows for an offset if an injured party settles with one joint tortfeasor, the court found that […]

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