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Education opportunities

October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Jim Webb, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington and Lee

Feeling the urge to get out of the office?  Want to expand your legal knowledge base?  We have just the ticket.
If you’re near Lexington on Tuesday, take in the annual Supreme Court Preview at the Washington and Lee law school.  Highlights will include Prof. Brian Murchison addressing fleeting expletives and Prof. Adam Scales discussing FDA […]

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4th Circuit nominee bows out

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 4th Circuit, Jim Webb, John Warner, Judges

Richmond lawyer E. Duncan Getchell Jr. has acknowledged the obvious and asked President George W. Bush to withdraw his nomination to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bush nominated Getchell in September to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge H. Emory Widener Jr., but he was not among candidates recommended jointly for […]

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Naming the new Richmond courthouse, round two

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Courthouses, Jim Webb, John Warner, Richmond

The idea of naming the new federal courthouse in downtown Richmond after Judges Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige Jr. has been circulating for about two years, with a push from local bar groups.
Last October, Sens. John Warner and George Allen introduced legislation to secure the name, but it went nowhere.
Allen […]

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