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Too good to be true?

By Sarah Rodriguez
September 8, 2008

For any law firm, large or small, the process of hiring a new employee can be daunting.
Large firms have recruiting coordinators and hiring committees. But small firms usually have one partner, maybe two, charged with locating a new lawyer when the firm has enough business to support one.
For those lawyers, after combing through resume after […]

Tough stuff

By Alan Cooper
September 8, 2008

Bribery, bankruptcy, failure to pay debts and taking money from children.
Tough stuff for a general election, much less a Republican nomination contest.
Too tough for Paul C. Jost, the challenger for the seat held by Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-Williamsburg. After he lost the 2003 race, Jost, a real estate investor, filed a $10 million […]

State fund can recoup from hospital authority

By Deborah Elkins
September 8, 2008

The Virginia state fund that steps up for insolvent insurance carriers can recover from a local hospital authority workers’ comp payments that should have been made by Reciprocal of America.
In an Aug. 25 decision, a Chesapeake Circuit Court said the Chesapeake Hospital Authority is a “person” under Virginia law, and the Virginia Property and Casualty […]

Appellate experts: Use moot courts to practice argument

By Alan Cooper
September 8, 2008

Moot court sessions are an invaluable tool in preparing an appellate argument, Virginia’s solicitor general and his predecessor told a group of appellate specialists last month.
The sessions help an attorney anticipate any possible questions, come up with the right answers and present them in a way that advances the argument, said William E. Thro, who […]

Second homeowners’ group suit dismissed

By Peter Vieth
September 8, 2008

A second lawsuit challenging the actions of a community homeowners’ group in Virginia has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon ruled that evidence did not support charges of racketeering and extortion against the Dogwood Valley Citizens Association.
The Aug. 28 decision followed a two-day bench trial in June at the U.S. District Court […]

Are you highly educated and foreign-born? Then get lost

By Arthur Serratelli
September 8, 2008

Buried beneath screaming headlines denouncing “illegal” blue collar workers from Mexico, news reports touting the virtues of building a southern border fence, and editorials trumpeting harsh work-site raids to round-up and deport “illegal” workers, there is a little-noticed alarm that is warning of the ongoing American loss in the war for global white collar talent.
News […]

Obituaries

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
September 8, 2008

William E. Fears
ONANCOCK—William E. Fears, a retired attorney who represented the Eastern Shore in the Virginia Senate for 24 years, died Aug. 25. He was 87.
A native of Jonesboro, Ark., Mr. Fears received a degree in metallurgical engineering from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati. He served as lieutenant in […]

Ex-candidate pleads to two misdemeanors in deal

By News in Brief
September 8, 2008

LEESBURG—A former state Senate candidate has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges as part of a plea bargain in which the most serious charges of election fraud were dismissed.
Mark D. Tate, 43, agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing […]

Stafford minister gets five years for molesting boy

By News in Brief
September 8, 2008

STAFFORD—A clergyman who was the spiritual leader of a Stafford church for more than 40 years has been sentenced to five years in prison for molesting a teenage boy in the 1980s.
The Rev. George O. Lowe was sentenced Tuesday in Stafford Circuit Court on two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.
The […]

Judge sets third trial for man accused in 1980 slaying

By News in Brief
September 8, 2008

A Hanover County judge has set the third trial in the case of a 6-year-old boy slain in 1980 in suburban Richmond.
Last week, the judge denied motions from attorneys representing John Bradley Crawford and set a Dec. 1 trial date.
Two previous trials for 47-year-old Crawford ended in deadlocked juries. He’s accused of abducting […]

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