A lawyer who takes on a contingency-fee case after the client has fired a previous lawyer has an ethical duty to inform the client that the first lawyer may have a financial claim for the work she did, according to ...

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Volunteer lawyers are gearing up to evaluate 46 candidates identified by legislators as new potential contenders for seven open seats on the soon-to-be expanded Court of Appeals of Virginia. The process will take a few months longer than anticipated. General ...

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Fifty lawyers and judges have answered a renewed call for candidates to fill as many as seven judgeships on an expanded Court of Appeals of Virginia. The General Assembly is hoping to select new judges by July 1 as the ...

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A Virginia attorney who defied judges’ orders and largely ignored his 2019 license suspension has been disbarred and had his practice placed under control of a receiver. After disciplinary actions initiated by the Virginia State Bar and sanctions imposed by ...

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The Virginia State Bar Council has approved measures that could make it less costly to be a Virginia lawyer. The panel that recommends policy for lawyer regulation in Virginia agreed Feb. 27 that annual assessments for the Clients’ Protection Fund ...

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As the General Assembly refines plans to expand the Court of Appeals of Virginia to 15 or 17 judges, Virginia bar organizations are making recommendations on who should fill the extra seats. A Virginia State Bar committee reported 11 candidates ...

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The Virginia State Bar is seeking speedy discipline for a Norfolk lawyer whose handling of client money allegedly creates ongoing harm to the public. Bar prosecutors sought an expedited hearing for ethics charges against attorney Carl C. La Mondue after ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has tightened the ethical boundaries for lawyers investigating possible litigation claims. The change puts Virginia more in line with other states and federal courts for what’s referred to as the “no-contact rule.” The justices balked ...

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A long-dormant proposal to expand the Court of Appeals of Virginia suddenly became a flashpoint issue this month as General Assembly Democrats prepared to fill an expected four new judicial seats while Republicans derided the initiative as a liberal “pack-the-court” ...

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Richmond’s Stephanie Grana has won election as Virginia State Bar president-elect, taking nearly 55% of the vote to about 45% for David Neumeyer of Lynchburg. Grana will assume the post of president-elect at next year’s VSB annual meeting in Virginia ...

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