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By Sarah Rodriguez
June 9, 2008
Thomas B. Shuttleworth was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers on March 27. Membership in the Academy is by invitation only and is limited to 500 Fellows from the U.S. Its mission is to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, promote reforms in the law, facilitate the administration of justice and elevate the standards […]
PW will check citizenship during every arrest
By News in Brief
June 9, 2008
WOODBRIDGE—A revised illegal-immigration policy will require Prince William County police to check the citizenship status of every person they arrest.
Police Chief Charlie Deane presented the revised policy last week. The citizenship check for everyone arrested comes after concerns that a previous policy could have led to racial profiling.
The 500-member police force must be […]
Gilmore wins GOP nod for U.S. Senate seat
By News in Brief
June 9, 2008
A sharply split Virginia Republican Convention has nominated former Gov. Jim Gilmore to run for the seat of retiring Republican Senator John Warner.
Gilmore won 50.3 percent of the delegate votes on May 31 over conser-vative Bob Marsh-all, the Virginia General Assem-bly’s most ardent foe of abortion and gay marriage.
The slim margin – about […]
High court issues show cause on Chesapeake lawyer
By News in Brief
June 9, 2008
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered a Chesapeake lawyer to show why he should not be suspended from practicing before the court because of his failure to comply with appellate rules.
The order lists nine cases filed by Andrew G. Wiggin that were dismissed on procedural grounds between February 2004 and February 2008, most of […]
Statewide bars seek names for high court endorsement
By News in Brief
June 9, 2008
Several statewide bar groups have set June 17 as the deadline for the submission of interest by candidates in replacing Justice G. Steven Agee on the Supreme Court of Virginia.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Agee last month for a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, the […]
VSB panel backs four for SCC seat
By News in Brief
June 9, 2008
The judicial nominations committee of the Virginia State Bar has found four candidates to be highly qualified and two more to be qualified for a seat on the State Corporation Commission.
Those considered highly qualified are:
• Philip R. deHaas, counsel to the SCC
• James C. Dimitri, a partner at McGuireWoods in Richmond
• JoAnne L. Nolte, a […]
VSB Disciplinary Actions
By News in Brief
June 9, 2008
On May 6, 2008, the Virginia State Bar’s Ninth District Committee imposed a public reprimand with terms on Danville lawyer Jon I. Davey for violating disciplinary rules that govern diligence and communication. According to the VSB, Davey failed to properly perfect an appeal to the Virginia Court of Appeals and then did not properly seek […]
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