The Supreme Court of Virginia has rejected changes proposed by the Virginia State Bar to the Rules of Professional Conduct prohibiting a lawyer from having sexual relations with a current client. In a letter dated July 21, the court denied ...

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A North Carolina-based attorney can work out of at a vacation home on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia so long as he works only on cases involving North Carolina or federal law,  according to a proposed Legal Ethics Opinion from ...

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A Virginia State Bar committee has reported recommendations to the General Assembly for 45 candidates for seven vacancies on the Virginia Court of Appeals. The VSB’s Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee, or JCEC, rated candidates as “qualified” or “highly qualified” for ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH – A proposed Unauthorized Practice of Law opinion concluding that a non-lawyer cannot file pleadings and appear in court pursuant to a power of attorney without running afoul of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act was unanimously approved ...

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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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