Virginia Beach lawyer Kevin Martingayle has narrowly won the vote for president-elect of the Virginia State Bar. Martingayle’s margin of victory over Raymond Benzinger of Fairfax was less than 2 percent, according to VSB figures. Virginia lawyers cast 3,072 ballots for Martingayle, co

A judge’s appearance in the back of a courtroom to support a close personal friend did not violate Virginia’s judicial canons, the Supreme Court of Virginia said today. In a unanimous opinion, the court dismissed a disciplinary complaint against 6th Judicial District Judge Jacqueline

NORFOLK— The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the city illegally shut down two Waterside clubs in 2009. The court will decide whether the Circuit Court erred in its 2011 ruling that the City Council acted within “the scope of its lawful authority

NORFOLK – The city on Thursday urged a Circuit Court judge to allow another lawsuit claiming that former Community Services Board employees failed to properly handle the case of a no-show worker. Attorneys for four ex-employees argued that the case against their clients should finally

CAPE CHARLES — The future of the town’s former high school came to a vote Thursday with a unanimous decision by the Town Council for its sale to Echelon Resources, Inc. to be converted into rental apartments. A public hearing on the sale was held prior to the council discu