The Virginia Bar Association will again seek to raise the $200 felony threshold in Virginia, one of the lowest in the country. The monetary trigger for felony thefts has not been raised since 1980 and legal reformers say the low ...

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A government integrity study commission is expected to recommend screening panels for Virginia trial judges statewide, modeled after evaluation procedures used by some local bar groups. The goal is to reduce the influence of politics on judicial selection, said former ...

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HOT SPRINGS–The Virginia Bar Association held its annual summer meeting at The Homestead July 23-25, and this year’s do had a festive historical theme: It was the group’s 125th summer meeting. The weekend was both a hat tip to the ...

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“Spawned from the need to confront a policy that offended personal and professional dignity,” African-American lawyers in Virginia began organizing 75 years ago to form the Old Dominion Bar Association, according to ODBA history. Members of the statewide bar group ...

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Decades ago, the wisdom of one non-lawyer helped define the need for a counseling and treatment resource for attorneys struggling with drugs and drink. Then a practicing lawyer, Donald W. Lemons volunteered on a discipline panel for the Virginia State ...

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WILLIAMSBURG — The Virginia Bar Association installed its new leadership at the group’s 125th annual meeting Jan. 22-24. Harry M. “Pete” Johnson III, a partner at the Richmond office of Hunton & Williams LLP, will serve as president this year. ...

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The document that inaugurated the concept of constitutional government eight centuries ago will get an international celebration this year, with a grand premiere in Williamsburg this month. A renowned British historian and an authoritative Virginia constitutional law professor will join ...

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The ringmaster struts to the stage and strikes a chord on his guitar. The show is off and running, with an enthusiastic crowd very much on board. It’s one of the final performances of a band with a 16-year tradition ...

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The Virginia Bar Association and the Old Dominion Bar Association made history in late January, as the two bar groups held their annual meetings together for the first time. And at the black-tie banquet Jan. 24 at the Williamsburg Lodge, ...

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WILLIAMSBURG—Richmond lawyer John L. Walker III become president of the Virginia Bar Association at the group’s annual meeting in Williamsburg Jan. 25. With Walker’s installation, the VBA made history. He is the third member of his family to serve as ...

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