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By Sarah Rodriguez
April 14, 2008
Mark J. Nelson and Richard Armstrong have joined the Charlottesville office of Lenhart Obenshain.
Nelson focuses on business law, in the areas of general tax, employment, contracts and intellectual property. He also provides general corporate and LLC maintenance services, including franchising, and represents clients in the sale or purchase of businesses, including stock and asset […]
VTLA taps new leaders for 2008-2009
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
April 14, 2008
Norfolk lawyer Andrew M. Sacks became president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association during the group’s Annual Convention late last month. The association also elected a slate of officers and directors to oversee its work in the coming year. Those lawyers are:
• President-elect
Sandra M. Rohrstaff
• Vice-Presidents
Matthew B. Murray
Edward L. Allen
Lisa P. O’Donnell
Barbara S. Williams
• Treasurer
Thomas J. Curcio
• Governors […]
Lacy receives service award from VTLA
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
April 14, 2008
Retired Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy received the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s 2008 Distinguished Service Award at its recent annual convention.
Lacy retired from the court last summer.
She was the first woman to serve as Deputy Attorney General in Virginia, the first to be a judge on the State Corporation Commission, and the first to […]
Pilot publisher rejects teens’ nude art, they still get cash
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
NORFOLK—Two teens who lost their top prizes in an art contest sponsored by a newspaper when the paper’s publisher deemed them inappropriate because they depicted nudity are getting cash raised by local art lovers.
Acoustical Sheetmetal Inc. of Virginia Beach donated $1,000 to Nancy “Beth” Reid, 17, of Portsmouth, who painted a nude self-portrait. That’s […]
Health officials investigate possible mad cow-related case
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
State health officials are investigating a possible case of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, a rare brain disorder linked to eating beef from cattle infected with mad cow disease.
The possible victim is a patient at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth – though a spokesman with the state health department emphasizes that officials are still uncertain […]
Lawyer claims Bush acted on flawed legal analysis
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
A recently declassified government memo that was rescinded nine months after it was written shows that President Bush acted on a flawed legal analysis when he designated Ali al-Marri an enemy combatant, a lawyer for the imprisoned man says in a new court filing.
Al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident from Qatar, has been held in […]
Katz, Mason’s Brott earn pro bono awards
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
Phyllis C. Katz, a Richmond attorney and a co-founder of the Legal Information Network for Cancer (LINC), will receive the 2008 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award from the Virginia State Bar.
The award will be presented at the VSB’s Pro Bono and Access to Justice Conference on May 22 at the Washington and Lee […]
VSB Family Law Section honors Barnes, Schrier-Polak
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
Edward L. Barnes, a family lawyer in Chesterfield County and the founding chair of the National Center for Family Law at the University of Richmond, will receive the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Virginia State Bar’s Family Law Section.
The section also will present its Family Law Service Award to Arlington lawyer Carol J. Schrier-Polak […]
Bacigal gains honor from VSB Criminal Law Section
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
Ronald J. Bacigal, a University of Richmond law professor and an expert on Virginia criminal law, has received the 2008 Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Award from the Criminal Law Section of the Virginia State Bar.
“There is no one in the commonwealth who is called upon more frequently by lawyers, judges and the media for questions […]
VSB Disciplinary Actions
By News in Brief
April 14, 2008
On March 18, 2008, the Third District Committee, Section III, imposed a public admonition with terms on Richmond lawyer John B. Mann. According to the Virginia State Bar, Mann violated the professional rule that governs diligence and promptness for his failure properly to perfect appeals in three criminal cases.
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On March 20, 2008, the […]
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