Norfolk, Virginia bankruptcy lawyers represented appellant who appealed from a judgment of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk.

Creditor Yvette Nonte and Debtor Kent David Burstein are former spouses. On or about April 27, 2011, they entered into a property settlement agreement (“separation agreementâ€�) that was subsequently incorporated b... More...    $0 (08-23-2023 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Joshua Brian Romano, 40, owned various businesses that purchased, rehabilitated, and sold homes around Richmond. He funded this work via construction loans that were held in escrow in the trust account of a Chesterfield County law firm. The loans were earmarked for use by Romano only... More...    $0 (10-21-2022 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with obstructing an official proceeding in connection with his attempts to thwart an investigation into his own fraudulent conduct as a bankruptcy trustee.

Bruce H. Matson, 64, misled the U.S. Trustee’s Office in 2019 when he made false statements in response to allegations that he misappropriated funds as a court-... More...    $0 (11-22-2021 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obstructing an official proceeding in connection with his attempts to thwart a 2019 investigation into his own fraudulent conduct as a bankruptcy trustee.

According to court documents, Bruce H. Matson, 64, misled the U.S. Trustee’s Office in 2019 when he made false statements in response to allegations that he... More...    $0 (07-23-2021 - VA)

Roanoke, Virginian lawyer represented Laura Wright on a bankruptcy fraud theory.

A Roanoke woman, was charged with failing to disclose her family’s ownership stakes in a series of show ponies as part a bankruptcy proceeding.

Laura Wright, 52, admitted to concealing property in relation to a bankruptcy proceeding.

According to court documents, on September 2, 2014, Laura... More...    $0 (11-04-2020 - VA)

Richmond, VA - U.S. Trustee Program Reaches $15 million Settlement with McKinsey & Company to Remedy Inadequate Disclosures in Bankruptcy Cases
Settlement Addresses Deficiencies and Possible Conflicts Relating to McKinsey’s Retention in Bankruptcy Cases

The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) has entered into a multi-district settlement agreement with global consulting... More...    $0 (02-19-2019 - VA)

Beckley, WV - Ricky A. Johnson and Melissa A. Johnson sued Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC, Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC, Seneca North American Coal, LLC, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Kenny Clay and Frank Fragale on personal injury and negligence theories.

08/15/2018 166 MOTION by Melissa A. Johnson, Ricky A. Johnson to Reinstate Case Upon Docket of This Court and MOTION to Enforce Media... More...    $0 (07-16-2018 - VA)

Barbara Sopkin appeals from the district court’s dismissal of her lawsuit filed both derivatively on behalf of Interlase Limited Partnership and as assignee of Lucre Investments Ltd, which Sopkin purports assigned to her a 2% general partnership interest in Interlase.1 In her operative complaint, Sopkin alleges multiple state law claims primarily related to the defendants’ handling of Interlase’s ... More...    $0 (07-24-2018 - VA)

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed Appellant’s bankruptcy case without a hearing under Local Bankruptcy Rule 3070-1(C),1 and the district court affirmed. Because the plain language of 11 U.S.C. § 1307 requires a hearing, we reverse and remand.
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On November 30, 2016, Sarah Hyunsoon No filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy under § 301 of... More...    $0 (05-24-2018 - VA)

We recount the facts in the light most favorable to the Government, the prevailing
party at trial. See United States v. Garcia-Ochoa, 607 F.3d 371, 376 (4th Cir. 2010). In
late 2012 and early 2013, Hall facilitated the Navy’s purchase of 349 unattributable (i.e.,
unserialized and untraceable) firearm suppressors for approximately $1,657,750. At that
time, Hall worked directl... More...    $0 (03-28-2018 - VA)

Richmond, VA - Richmond Lawyer Sentenced for Fraud, Tax Violations

A former Richmond lawyer was sentenced to one year in prison for bankruptcy fraud and failing to collect and turn over employment taxes.

According to court documents, Nnika White, 42, maintained a bankruptcy law practice in Richmond and owned a law firm, White & Associates, PLLC. In 2014, one of White’s bankruptcy... More...    $0 (03-14-2018 - VA)

Richmond, VA - Former UVA Football Player Convicted of $10 Million Fraud

A federal jury convicted a former University of Virginia football player on August 24, 2017 of his role in a $10 million fraud scheme.

According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Merrill Robertson, Jr., 36, of Chesterfield, started Cavalier Union Investments, LLC, and Black Bull Wealth manage... More...    $0 (09-04-2017 - VA)

Abington, VA - Carroll County Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges - Keith Andrews Owned Andrews Farming in Carroll County; Case Involved Over $1 Million in Cash

A Carroll County business owner, who paid his employees in cash to avoid paying taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and later lied in a bankruptcy proceeding, pled guilty July 20, 2017 in federal court in Abingdon to... More...    $0 (07-25-2017 - VA)

While serving in the U.S. Navy, Richard Sibert obtained a loan secured by a
mortgage to purchase a house in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Soon after his discharge from
the Navy, he defaulted on the loan, and the lender began foreclosure proceedings. During
those proceedings, however, and before any foreclosure sale was held, Sibert enlisted in
the U.S. Army. The lender continued to pur... More...    $0 (07-18-2017 - VA)

The class action settlement at issue in this appeal is “the culmination of years of litigation and negotiations” between class counsel and the defendants, LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group, Inc.; Seisint, Inc.; and Reed Elsevier Inc. (together, “Lexis”). Berry v. LexisNexis Risk & Info. Analytics Grp., Inc., No. 3:11-CV-754, 2014 WL 4403524, at *1 (E.D. Va. Sept. 5, 2014). The dis... More...    $0 (12-07-2015 - VA)

ABINGDON, VIRGINIA – A Bristol, Virginia man, who stole more than $160,000 from his employer, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.

Tony Michael Hutchinson, 52, previously pled guilty to a one count Information charging him with wire fraud. Today in District Court, Hutchinson was sentenced to four months of federal incarc... More...    $0 (09-01-2015 - VA)

Over the course of five weeks of trial, federal prosecutors sought to prove that former Governor of Virginia Robert F. McDonnell (“Appellant”) and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, accepted money and lavish gifts in exchange for efforts to assist a Virginia company in securing state university testing of a dietary supplement the company had developed. The jury found Appellant guilty of eleven counts of... More...    $0 (07-11-2015 - VA)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Michael Eisner, 32, of Mastic, New York, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conducting a variety of fraud schemes, including stealing cash from his clients and fraudulently abusing credit cards in the name of his mother and wife. Eisner also was ordered to pay over $1.1 million in restitution to his victims, and he wa... More...    $0 (10-31-2014 - VA)

There are two questions presented in this appeal. The first is one of first impression: whether, in light of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), a bankruptcy court is required, absent extraordinary circumstances, to compensate Chapter 7 trustees on a commission basis. Thus far, no circuit court of appeals has confronted this issue, and the lower courts tha... More...    $0 (04-29-2014 - VA)

A local businessman and former commercial real estate agent, who pled guilty last year to a variety of federal fraud charges, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Michael Wayne Harding, 59, of Keswick, Va., previously waived his right to be indicted and entered a plea of guilty to one count of wire fraud and one cou... More...    $0 (03-11-2014 - VA)

Youssef Abdelbary appeals a district court order requiring him to pay restitution as part of his sentence for bankruptcy fraud. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

Abdelbary was convicted of wire fraud, money laundering, currency structuring, bankruptcy fraud, and perjury. This is the second appeal in this case, and many of the facts relevant to this appeal are set out in our first decis... More...    $0 (03-11-2014 - VA)

Defendant Christine Boczar, a deputy sheriff of Powhatan County, Virginia, appeals the judgment of damages plus attorney’s fees entered against her in the Eastern District of Virginia in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 proceeding. Boczar presents two appellate issues: First, she contends that she is entitled to qualified immunity such that a trial should not have been conducted; and, second, she maintain... More...    $0 (12-12-2013 - VA)

Seventeen individuals, all originally from Somalia or Yemen, were indicted for their participation in a large conspiracy to traffic in khat, a leafy plant native to the Horn of Africa. Khat contains the controlled substance cathinone, which is desired for the euphoria it provides when khat leaves are chewed. Thirteen of the defendants were also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.More...    $0 (11-15-2013 - va)

Robert D. Mort Ranta filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1301-1330, seeking to adjust various secured and unsecured debts. The bankruptcy court denied confirmation of his proposed Chapter 13 plan on the grounds that it did not accurately reflect his disposable income and that it was unfeasible if Mort Ranta’s Social Security income wa... More...    $0 (07-01-2013 - VA)

Adley H. Abdulwahab appeals his convictions and sentence for several crimes relating to an investment scheme that resulted in nearly $100 million in losses for investors. We reverse Abdulwahab’s convictions for money laundering but affirm the remainder of his convictions. Because we reverse the money laundering convictions, we vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.

I.

Chr... More...    $0 (04-30-2013 - VA)

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and Rule 5:40, we accepted the following certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit"), pursuant to its order entered August 2, 2011:

1. Does the Virginia Consumer Real Estate Settlement Protection Act, Va. Code Ann. § 6.1-2.19 et seq. (recodified at Va. Code Ann. § 55... More...    $0 (03-02-2012 - VA)

Hinkle Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Hinkleâ€�) challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the law firm Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, LLP (“Bowles Riceâ€�), and individual partners Charles Dollison, Marc Monteleone, Julia Chincheck, and Gerard Stowers on Hinkle’s claims for intentional interference with economic advantage, breach of fiduciary duty, and legal malpractice.... More...    $0 (01-05-2010 - VA)

Louis and Brenda Marks appeal from the district court’s orders granting summary judgment to Defendants in the Marks’ suit alleging statutory and tort violations in connection with a foreclosure on their home. The Marks also challenge several preliminary orders by the district court. Finding no error, we affirm. I.

... More...    $0 (10-23-2009 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in entering a monetary judgment against the trustee and in favor of the beneficiaries of a trust for breach of fiduciary duty arising from the management of a coal mining property when the only evidence of damages presented by the beneficiaries was based on an appraisal without evidence of a willing buyer at the appraised value.

BA... More...    $0 (04-17-2009 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in refusing to set aside a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff on claims of constructive fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

I. Procedural History

In July 2005, Jonathan F. Johnson, former owner of several grocery stores in the Richmond area, filed an amended motion for judgment in the circuit court, in ... More...    $0 (09-12-2008 - VA)

On appeal, she presents the following questions: (1) whether the trial court had the authority to amend or alter the parties' property settlement agreement (the "agreement") after it had been ... More...    $0 (04-22-2008 - VA)

The facts concerning the decedent's accident will be stated in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the prevailing party at trial. The decedent, Anthony Edward W... More...    $0 (04-24-2008 - VA)

During the technology boom of the late 1990s, Patricia Aboud organized several credit scams to defraud computer equipment suppli-ers. To recover losses resulting from one of these scams, ePlus Tech-nology, Inc. ("ePlus") filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Virginia, asserting that Aboud had violated state tort law and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.... More...    $891423 (12-03-2002 - VA)

This case involves a dispute over Internet domain names between two companies named "Harrods," both with legitimate rights to the "Harrods" name in different parts of the world. The plaintiff, Harrods Limited ("Harrods UK"), is the owner of the well-known Harrods of London department store. The defendants are 60 Internet domain names ("Domain Names" or "Names") registered in Herndon, Vir-gini... More...    $0 (08-23-2002 - VA)

In this diversity action, First Flight Limited Partnership appeals from the district court's order declaring First Flight the alter ego of Barrie Peterson and, therefore, making its assets subject to judgments entered against Peterson in favor of C.F. Trust, Incorporated, and Atlantic Funding Corporation. Because we find Virginia law on the issues presented in this case uncertain, we respect... More...    $0 (08-20-2002 - VA)

Plaintiff ADCS, Inc. (ADCS) appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant Rollie O. Kimbrough, Jr. (Kim- brough) on its fraud, constructive fraud, unjust enrichment and con- version claims arising out of a contract between ADCS and MCSI Technologies, Inc. to provide technology services and equipment to the government. Defendant Kimbrough cross appeals an earlier order o... More...    $0 (03-08-2002 - VA)

Property Movers LLC appeals the district court's imposition of sanctions for the filing of a frivolous bankruptcy appeal, contending that its appeal was never moot, had merit, and was not frivolously argued. Property Movers further appeals the merits of the district court's finding that its bankruptcy appeal was moot. Finding that it was clear beyond all doubt that Property Movers' appeal was... More...    $0 (02-14-2002 - VA)