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Panel series provides networking, support for ‘lawyer moms’
In March 2020, Virginia Beach attorney Kristen Jurjevich enrolled her 4-month-old daughter in daycare. One week later, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And that meant the daycare was closed. “The year 2020 was a blessing in that I was able to spend lots of time with my daughter, but a challenge in that I had a […]
VBA Young Lawyers Division honors pair with awards
The Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division recognized a pair of young lawyers earlier this year at the VBA Annual Meeting in Williamsburg. Richmond attorney Jennifer L. Ligon received the Sandra P. Thompson Award while Ann Petros, vice president of regulatory affairs at the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions in Arlington, received the Emerson […]
Cardwell takes helm as VBA president
Roanoke attorney Victor O. Cardwell was installed as president of the Virginia Bar Association on Jan. 21, according to a release from the VBA. Cardwell is the first Black president in the VBA’s 134-year history. He was sworn in by his sister, retired Philadelphia trial judge Renée Cardwell Hughes. “Make no mistake, I know how […]
Three groups partner for ‘Lawyer Wellness Challenge’
Billed as “Virginia’s premiere wellness competition,” groups from across the commonwealth are partnering for the 2nd Annual Lawyer Wellness Challenge. The challenge, a 10-day virtual competition, is a collaboration among the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, the Virginia Judges & Lawyers Assistance Program and the Supreme Court of Virginia’s Lawyer Wellness Initiative. T[...]
Hello, Fellows – virtual edition
The Virginia Law Foundation’s annual induction of new Fellows is a longstanding feature of the Virginia Bar Association’s winter meeting in Williamsburg. The VBA went online this year with its meeting Jan. 22, and so did the VLF, with a program the night before. As 2021 VLF President Jon Huddleston noted, “The world is a […]
New faces — Northern Virginia sees more diversity on bench, bar leadership
Advocates of diversity in the bench and bar say they’re pleased with recent advances in Northern Virginia, but questions remain about whether the progress is sustainable. Observers also see work to be done in making other bar groups more representative. For lawyers in Northern Virginia, signs of change are readily apparent. The current presidents of […]
Virginia Bar Association taps leaders, board for 2020
WILLIAMSBURG–Virginia Beach lawyer Alison M. McKee took office as president of the Virginia Bar Association at the group’s winter meeting in Williamsburg Jan. 25. McKee, who practices with Kaufman & Canoles, succeeds Richard E. Garriott Jr., also of Virginia Beach. Garriott, a partner with Pender & Coward, became immediate past president of the group. McKee […]
VBA asks lawyers ‘RUWell’?
Justin W. Earley was “the picture of stability and success” early in his legal career, having graduated at the top of his law class at Georgetown, passed the bar in his home state and landed a job at one of its biggest firms. But just a couple of weeks into the new job, he woke […]
VBA looks to local bars to increase membership
The Virginia Bar Association recently began an initiative to increase membership by offering services to local bar members for free—on one condition. That condition is that the top three leaders of each local or specialty bar group—typically the president, president-elect and the next officer in line—would have to certify that they are already members of […]
Bar leaders, ACLU back judges’ right to advocate
A group of 23 former presidents of the Virginia Bar Association, as well as two civil liberties organizations, have come to the defense of two Virginia judges accused of improper political activity. The former VBA presidents filed a friend of the court brief in support of Virginia Court of Appeals Senior Judge Rudolph Bumgardner III […]
VBA honors three at the group’s summer meeting
HOT SPRINGS — The Virginia Bar Association honored two leaders in the community of Virginia lawyers who practice before the State Corporation Commission at its summer meeting last month at The Homestead. Anthony J. Gambardella Jr. and Guy T. Tripp III received the VBA’s William B. Spong Jr. Professionalism Award. The two men were lauded […]
Fewer COA filings fuels fee hike plea
Lawyers who write wills have been winning clients with advice on “how to avoid probate.” This marketing pitch may draw estate-planning clients, but delivering for the client has led to a downturn in business for Virginia’s commissioners of accounts, who are charged with overseeing estate administration. A decline in filings in commissioner’s offices around the […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Jury reaches defense verdict in $4M med mal action
- Dental hygienist tripped, fractured right wrist, foot — $190,000 settlement
- Couple contracted Hepatitis A after dining at restaurant — $5.5M settlement
- Elderly man suffers hip fracture after attack by neighbor’s dog — $350,000 settlement
- Motorcyclist injured when vehicle abruptly changed lanes — $300,000 verdict
- Passenger ejected from car in high-speed chase crash — $685,000 settlement
- Defense verdict reached in fraud suit
- 8-year-old killed in crash involving tractor-trailer — $1,100,000 settlement
- Plaintiff conceived child after vasectomy — $250,000 settlement
- Delay in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy led to surgery — $283,432.18 settlement
- Golfer stepped in sinkhole, fractured ankle — $442,000 verdict
- Jury sides with woman injured in rear-end collision — $300,000 verdict
Viewpoint
- The promise and peril of artificial intelligence in patent law
- Keys to becoming an unfrazzled lawyer
- Confused about federal COVID-19 emergencies ending? You’re not alone
- Generative AI in law: New survey of lawyer perspectives and plans
- Four misconceptions about appeals
- Font choice exposes fabricated document
- USPTO launches first-time filer expedited exam pilot program
- In times of crisis, the ‘tug of war’ is over
- The ever-evolving Fourth Circuit
- Federal protections for pregnant, nursing employees coming
- It’s time for employers to embrace the ‘Big Quit’ and adapt
- Tell the whole truth? I’ll do better than that
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