The state appears unlikely to get any new judges elected before April 25 at the earliest, although the General Assembly moved closer to filling two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Virginia. The Republican caucus in the House of Delegates ...

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The horse trading has begun. Legislators wrapped up judicial interviews last week, and starting today, they’re ready to name names for open judgeships in Virginia. The House Republican caucus will meet to elect two justices to the Supreme Court of ...

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HOT SPRINGS—Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court of Virginia only get 15 minutes of oral argument. So make sure your best and most persuasive arguments are clearly laid out in your briefs, said Justice William C. Mims. Mims celebrated exactly ...

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W. Coleman Allen Jr., a late entrant in the competition for a seat on the Supreme Court of Virginia, got a warm reception yesterday from the House and Senate Courts of Justice committees. A pillar of the personal injury bar ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia plans to have its say about the proposal to redraw the state’s judicial map. At the request of the General Assembly, the Supreme Court of Virginia is launching a comprehensive study of how to realign ...

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The field for two seats on the Supreme Court of Virginia has swelled to 19 candidates. Five judges on the Court of Appeals – almost half the court – are seeking a promotion. And potential justices include five circuit judges, ...

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Foreclosure activity in Virginia has been steady for the past few years. But beneath the routine hammer-down on a debtor’s home, a question has lurked. What if the basic process used in Virginia to move these properties through the pipeline ...

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You may be paying lower bar dues next year. Bar dues would go down $10, and VSB employees would get a 5 percent raise, under a 2011-12 budget adopted March 14 by the Virginia State Bar’s budget and finance committee. ...

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ROANOKE—Virginia Supreme Court Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr., who retired Jan. 31, says lawyers should be on the lookout for what he sees as the court’s increasingly technical scrutiny of appeals. Koontz said he has observed the court become gradually ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has brought an end to a tangled case that began with a costly mistake on a mortgage loan. The error that provided unexpectedly favorable loan terms for a Chesterfield County couple sparked legal disputes that ...

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