- DivorceFamily Law and Divorce: property settlements, separations, divorces, child custody, visitation, child support, spousal support (alimony), paternity, property division, domestic violence, protective orders, adoptions, Child in Need of Services or Supervision (CHINS), truancy, delinquency and more
- Child Support
- Child Custody and Visitation
- Adoption
- PaternityToni Brown • The actual biological father will have to be tested to see if he is in fact the father. A petition should be filed with juvenile court asking for determination of paternity. Once the biological dad is positively identified he then can say whether or not he agrees to terminate his parental rights and allow the mother’s new husband to adopt. If you start the adoption process without this the court is just going to appoint an attorney to represent the “unknown father” and all this will have to be done any way.
- Spousal Support
- Criminal Defense
- DUI/DWI“Of the thousands of people that have been in the paper, I think getting one drunk-driving used car salesman upset isn’t bad,” McMurray wrote in an email. “If Mr. Suddarth doesn’t care about endangering people’s lives by driving drunk, I don’t care that his family is upset and wants to direct their anger anywhere but where it belongs.”
- Wrongful DeathIn this wrongful death case, Defendants sought production related to the contents of Plaintiff’s Facebook page, which were presumably relevant to the question of damages suffered by Plaintiff as the result of the tragic death of his wife. Attached to the request was a picture of the plaintiff “clutching a beer can, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with ‘I ♥ hot moms’ and in the company of other young adults.” Plaintiff’s counsel (with the assistance of his paralegal) determined that the photo likely came from Facebook. Accordingly, Counsel accessed Plaintiff’s Facebook account and thereafter directed his paralegal to instruct Plaintiff to “clean it up” because “we don’t want blowups of this stuff at trial.”
- Sex CrimesRESULTS. We get you the results you deserve, plain and simple. We have obtained for our clients millions of dollars in settlements, judgments and jury verdicts, in tractor trailer accidents, car wrecks, gunshot wounds, arson claims, fraud cases against car dealers and heavy equipment dealers, Federal Odometer Act claims, sexual assault cases, big lemon law cases involving cars, motor homes, boats, and farm equipment, and various other consumer rights and insurance claims.
- MisdemeanorsIt is now a Class 1 misdemeanor to disseminate or sell an unauthorized nude or sexually explicit image of another person with the intent to harass, coerce or intimidate the person depicted.
- Drug CrimesCharlottesville citizens got a taste of how the government deals with an unpopular law last week when six potential jurors were dismissed when they said they wouldn’t convict someone of marijuana possession because they thought the law was wrong. And even the judge noted that the last time she had a marijuana case, she couldn’t get enough jurors.
- Assault
- MurderYou don’t ever have to be given your Miranda warnings. An officer can arrest you for a traffic-related offense or for murder, and he doesn’t have to read you your rights. You can be booked, arraigned, and convicted without ever being read your rights.
- Arson
- Business Disputes
- Business TransactionsSteinheimer came to W&L in 1968 as dean, and after his 1983 retirement from that post continued to teach at W&L. In 1984, he spent a semester at the University of Alabama as the first occupant of the John Sparkman Distinguished Professorship. In 1985, he was named the Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law at W&L and taught commercial transactions and consumer protection. He retired from W&L in 1987. From 1989 to 1999, however, he served as an adjunct professor of law.
- Workers CompensationWorkers Compensation: work-related injuries or diseases, temporary partial disability, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability, permanent total disability, disfigurement, death benefits, and claims for lifetime medical expenses
- Wrongful Termination
- Employment LitigationCommercial and Civil Litigation: Mr. Moseley represents individuals and business owners in a wide range of civil litigation, including business and commercial disputes, insurance claims, contract disputes, collections, employment disputes, construction litigation, and landlord-tenant disputes, fraud, and defamation (slander and libel), malicious prosecution, false arrest, retaliation claims, whistleblower claims and other claims.
- Non-compete AgreementAs you can see, the trend continues to be for courts to strike down non-competes in Virginia, and it is increasingly difficult to attempt to draft a non-compete agreement carefully enough so as to not appear to be over-reaching. Again, we suggest that you retain a lawyer to assist you in carefully crafting these restrictive covenants as narrowly as possible so that they have a chance to be enforced under Virginia law.
- Construction Litigation
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Personal InjuryPersonal Injury: accidents involving motor vehicles, defective products, slip and falls, gunshot wounds, dog bites, nail salon injuries, sexual assault and harassment, and other accidents and negligence claims
- Dog Bites
- Estate PlanningEstate Planning: Last Will and Testament, wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, living wills, deeds, medical directives, powers of attorney, contracts, deeds of gift, deeds of marital settlement, quitclaim deeds and more.
- Wills
- TrustsThe median income of payday loan borrowers was just over $22,400 a year, according to an analysis of roughly 15 million payday loans by the consumer bureau, leaving many struggling. Nearly 70 percent of borrowers use the loans to cover basic expenses, with only 16 percent tapping the loans for emergencies, the Pew Charitable Trust found.
- Power of AttorneyTo avoid conflict, Ms. Fodrini-Johnson says, she solicits her brothers’ opinions and explains the reasons for her decisions as well as the details of her mother’s finances. But as her mother’s power of attorney, she has the final say.
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureShepard worked several jobs for which she was often overqualified to try to bring in enough money to cover her mortgage and other bare-bones expenses, she says. It wasn’t until 2013 that she became gainfully employed again. And by the time she found that job, her home had gone into foreclosure.
- Debt CollectionBecause the tactic is still in its early stages, there is no data tracking the cases. But The Times, examining thousands of state and federal court records, and interviewing hundreds of lawyers, plaintiffs, industry consultants and judges, found that debt collection companies have already used the strategy to great success.