A group of local real estate agents who recently left Long & Foster to start their own brokerage is relying on a comparable case in Chesapeake to fend off a lawsuit brought by their former employer. In a response to the suit Long & Foster filed June 5 alleging breach of cont

NORFOLK – Kenneth Bullock’s downtown nightclub The Palace has been closed for three months, and it won’t be serving customers anytime soon. Norfolk Circuit Court Judge Joseph A. Migliozzi Jr. denied Bullock’s request Monday to overturn the City Council’s revocation of his “speci

PORTSMOUTH – An attorney representing Bill Moody is dropping a lawsuit against the city that stems from a fine imposed on the councilman. Attorney Kevin Martingayle said Portsmouth is paying him $10,000 – a “discounted” fee for his legal services. In return, Martingayle filed pa

Kevin E. Martingayle, owner and partner of Bischoff Martingayle PC of Virginia Beach, is the Virginia State Bar’s new president for the 2014-15 term. He heads a state agency that regulates and supports 47,000 Virginia lawyers. He was sworn in June 13 during the VSB’s annual meeting at

VIRGINIA BEACH – Virginia Beach attorney Kevin Martingayle will be sworn in Friday night as president of the Virginia State Bar. He will be the first bar president from Virginia Beach and the fourth from Hampton Roads in the past 30 years, according to a news release from his fi