The Child Abuse Pediatrician 'Expert" is an archaic business stemming from the 1970-1980's. It was deemed relevant under Frye; but with most courts using Daubert now, these expert child abuse wit...
VSB wants more Star Chamber Proceedings to hide the lack of discipline meted out to Tall Building Lawyers and other well connected attorneys. See: Below. The Bar Council approved amendments to Va...
Has no one studied the psychology of requiring this type of reporting - that it is likely to actually decrease the hours of pro bono work accomplished by attorneys? This business about only 'repo...
When qualified immunity morphs into qualified impunity: The court found that the efforts of a county detective to compel an underage boy to get an erection and have it photographed for use as evi...
I can't find that part of the First Amendment that says lawyers can't petition the Commonwealth for redress of grievances if fellow members of their firms - who, these days, they might never have...
Why has the VSB not done the same in the McGeorge v. Susan Carol Armstrong case? 5 months and no investigation has begun!
https://valawyersweekly.com/2016/09/29/lawyer-revoked-for-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-454981
This is why our profession is held in such low esteem by the public. Requesting attorney fees is one thing; asking for $900K in a case that the award to Plaintiff (in attorney fees) was 1/2 of 1%...
What about the conflicts between the Virginia Supreme Court and the Virginia State Bar, its State Agency, regarding the Unauthorized Practice of Law?
https://valawyersweekly.com/2016/09/01/judges-chafe-at-conflict-law/comment-page-1/#comment-454967
I agree. The Attorney General did defy the Virginia Supreme Court, but that does not surprise me.
VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT AND VIRGINIA STATE BAR ALLOWS NON-LAWYER CLERK to PRACTICE LAW WITHOUT A LICENSE - INTERESTING - OK INSIDE THE VSB, BUT NOT OUTSIDE THE VSB????? The unauthorized practice o...
https://valawyersweekly.com/2016/08/29/court-modifies-upl-regs/comment-page-1/#comment-454963