This case involves yet another collision between traditional methods of providing – and policing – legal services to consumers for bankruptcy matters and attempts by attorneys and creative online marketers to tap into that market on a high-volume, multi-jurisdictional basis. ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Paul M. Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A bankruptcy judge has refused to allow a lawyer to discharge debts to a bonding company because the debts were caused by the lawyer’s defalcation in handling fiduciary accounts. In 2013, Manassas attorney Timothy A. Ward was suspended from law ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Keith L. Phillips U.S. Bankruptcy Court

An Alexandria lawyer who pursued collection efforts after a tenant filed for bankruptcy has been hit with $5,000 in punitive damages for what the judge labeled “flagrant violations” of legal protections for debtors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens said ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A former Virginia lawyer seeking to regain his license cannot dis­charge his financial obligation to the Virginia State Bar in bank­ruptcy court, a judge has ruled. Martinsville’s Rickey Gene Young has been trying to return to the ranks of Virginia ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Paul M. Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court Virginia State Bar

Struggling con­sumers in­creasingly are seeking finan­cial help from online lenders, but consumer lawyers warn the relief may be only temporary. High interest rates and fees, levied through relentless bank with­drawals, sometimes bring consumers to the bankruptcy they hoped to avoid, ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Keith L. Phillips U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A government contractor that faced federal charges after disregarding lawyers’ advice on use of prohib­ited employees failed to prove a legal malpractice claim against its law firm, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. The decision absolved a now-defunct Washington firm of ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Brian F. Kenney U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A recently launched net­work of bankruptcy law­yers billed as a “nation­wide online law firm” is under fire in a Virginia court. A regional U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee is suing a network of entities operating as “UpRight Law,” including two of the ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Darren Delafield John C. Morgan Jr. Judge Paul M. Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court UpRight

An Abingdon lawyer won a judge’s gratitude – and a six-figure fee – for diligent work on a unique and historic bankruptcy case. The work required John M. Lamie to delve into annals of 19th century property law and interpret ...

Tagged with: Buchanan County Circuit Court John M. Lamie Judge James P. Jones U.S. Bankruptcy Court Yellow Poplar

 A Richmond U.S. Bankruptcy Court grants a motion for protection filed by debtor Circuit City Stores Inc. Liquidat­ing Trust for protection from a foreign subpoena issued at the behest of Toshi­ba Corporation and Toshiba Electronic Components Inc. in connection with ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Debtor, a former managing partner of Outback Steakhouse Inc., is entitled to exempt up to 75 percent of his deferred compensation under the company’s Part­ner Equity Plan, as earned but unpaid wages eligible for exemption under Va. Code § 34-29; ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy U.S. Bankruptcy Court