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Ex-lawyer Conrad pleads guilty to fraud

By News in Brief
August 25, 2008

ALEXANDRIA—A disbarred Woodbridge attorney has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud count related to what prosecutors say was the theft of more than $3.5 million from his clients.
Stephen T. Conrad, 40, worked on personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. Court documents say until last December he forged his clients’ signatures and misappropriated funds coming from […]

New Kent judge rejects assessments attack tactic

By News in Brief
August 25, 2008

A second Virginia circuit judge has rejected an effort by property owners upset with their assessments to use a little-known Virginia law to draft their commonwealth’s attorneys to press their case.
Property owners had filed petitions with commonwealth’s attorney C. Linwood Gregory in New Kent County and Gary A. Agar in Accomack County under Code § […]

VLF seeks nominations for Fellows class of 2009

By News in Brief
August 25, 2008

The Virginia Law Foundation will accept nominations to the 2009 Class of Fellows through Sept. 8.
The 2009 class will be inducted at a dinner meeting at the Williamsburg Lodge & Convention Center during the Virginia Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in January.
Candidates must be an active or associate member of the Virginia State Bar for at […]

VSB Disciplinary Actions

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 25, 2008

On Aug. 6, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked the law license of Gerard R. Marks of Christiansburg. According to the VSB, Marks admitted that he accepted client money without performing the work for which he was hired, that he issued a purported settlement check to a client when no settlement had occurred, […]

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