http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Virginia State Bar’s Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach June 18-20 was quite eventful. In this week's edition, you’ll find coverage of: • The VSB Council’s vote establishing a Diversity Conference. • A perspective piece on the council confab from a new council member who’ll take his seat next week. • A story on the attorney ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/a-trip-to-the-beach-reports-from-the-virginia-state-bar-annual-meeting/ VIRGINIA BEACH – The Virginia State Bar Council has approved the creation of a Diversity Conference but stopped short of giving it the full status enjoyed by the bar’s other three conferences. Creation of the Diversity Conference, the key initiative of outgoing VSB President Manuel A. Capsalis of Arlington, and related ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/diversity-conference-is-approved-by-the-vsb/ Jon D. Huddleston, the new president of the Virginia State Bar, chafes at lawyer jokes. “My experience has been that it’s the lawyers who are involved in the community,” the ones who deliver fruit baskets at Christmas, wield hammers and serve on boards of local Habitat for Humanity chapters, and coach ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/huddleston-publicize-%e2%80%98good-works%e2%80%99-of-lawyers-on-youtube/ The insurance carrier for a truck-leasing company cannot use contingency language in its policy to escape its obligation to provide underinsured motorist coverage on its own truck, a Richmond federal magistrate judge has ruled. The carrier sought to push the UIM obligation to the company that leased the vehicle. The Supreme ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/contingency-clause-can%e2%80%99t-transfer-uim-obligation/ VIRGINIA BEACH—Ken Cuccinelli and Steve Shannon share many similarities. Both represent Northern Virginia in the General Assembly. In fact, Cuccinelli’s Senate district overlaps Shannon’s House district in three precincts. Both are making their first statewide run for office at a young age – Cuccinelli is 40, Shannon 38. Both attended Gonzaga High School, overlapping ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/cuccinelli-shannon-face-off-in-ag-debate/ VIRGINIA BEACH—The Virginia State Bar Council will ask the General Assembly to make the unauthorized practice of law a felony if the misconduct results in economic harm. Under the proposed legislation, UPL would become a Class 6 felony when someone practices law without a license, knowingly creates a false impression that ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/council-to-assembly-make-upl-a-felony/ VIRGINIA BEACH – A lawyer logs in to an e-mail list for a bar group of which she is a member. Another member posts a hypothetical case that sounds awfully familiar. Over several days, the lawyer watches opposing counsel in one of her cases try out different theories. The lurking ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/manage-online-presence-for-maximum-benefit/ On June 18, the Virginia State Bar Council simultaneously created a Diversity Conference – and discriminated against it. Really. Currently there are three VSB “Conferences” – Young Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, and Local Bars. Unlike these Conferences, the new Diversity Conference will not enjoy a seat on the Executive Board or ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/an-outsider-sees-the-vsb-council-in-action-for-the-first-time/ Holton recognized by Family Law Section Virginia First Lady Anne B. Holton has received the 2009 Family Law Service Award presented by the Virginia State Bar’s Family Law Section. The award recognizes people and organizations that have improved family, domestic relations or juvenile law in the state. Holton, a former juvenile and ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/three-receive-vsb-honors-at-beach/ Volunteering to see legal aid clients in the evening while trying to start a law practice seemed like a good idea when Marilynn C. Goss finished law school and passed the bar exam in 1982. Money soon became available to hire a night staff attorney, and Goss applied for the ... http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2009/06/29/judge-marilynn-goss-gets-2009-%e2%80%98excellence%e2%80%99-award/