Weekly Edition
Guatemalan sentenced for transporting illegal aliens
By News in Brief
August 11, 2008
ROANOKE—A Guatemalan native who admitted transporting illegal immigrants up Interstate 81 has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison.
Pedro Antonio Mateo was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. He pleaded guilty in May.
In April, a Virginia State Police trooper stopped a sport utility vehicle on the interstate in Botetourt […]
Federal inmate charged in alleged Holocaust scam
By News in Brief
August 11, 2008
The government says an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Petersburg has been charged with running an elaborate scheme to cash in bank accounts intended for the families of Holocaust victims.
The accused, 49-year-old John Kenneth Leighnor Jr., was indicted last week on three counts of mail fraud and eight counts of aggravated identity theft. […]
VSB Disciplinary Actions
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 11, 2008
On July 24, 2008, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended the Virginia law license of Richard A. Counts of Johnson City, Tenn. The suspension was based on a decision by the Supreme Court of Tennessee on April 7, 2008, to suspend Counts’s license in that state for 30 days. The board ordered Counts […]
NEWS FROM VIRGINIA LAWYERS WEEKLY
- Lobbyist Vicki Iseman files $27M suit against New York Times
- Costly Mold: Loudoun couple awarded $4.75M for mold injuries
- Nine seek a seat on Appeals Court
- Customer wins $1M in suit against Web developer
- I, the Juror: A very, very short tour of (jury) duty
- Dueling Web sites: Surnames the same, domain names… only an “L” apart
IMPORTANT OPINIONS
- Real Estate - Foreclosure - Power Of Attorney
- Contract - Accounting Firm Purchase - Due Diligence
- Criminal - Sentence Reduction - Cocaine Amendment - Plea Bargain
- Negligence - Auto Accident - Collateral Source Rule
- Domestic Relations - Child Support - DCSE Petition - Nonsuit
- Real Estate - Episcopal Church Property - Breakaway Congregations