Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Rashawn Perkins, 28, wore a ski mask and brandished a firearm while committing four robberies in five weeks. The evidence established that Perkins robbed a 7-Eleven on December 30, 2021 and a Sunoco on January 19, 2022. The evidence further proved that on February 5, 2022, Perkins returned to both l... More...    $0 (09-23-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia plaintiff personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on defamation and tortious interference theories.

Svetlana Lokhova, a Russian-born author and academic, first sued Stefan A. Halper and others in May 2019, alleging acrimoniously and unprofessionally in an excessively long complaint that Halper was the source for news stories accusing her of be... More...    $0 (04-05-2022 - VA)

Edward Joseph Kehoe entered a conditional plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, reserving the right to appeal the district court�s order denying his motion to suppress. Kehoe now appeals that order. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
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On August 2, 2016, the Newport News Police Department received two phone calls reporting a potential issue at RJ�s Sports Bar invol... More...    $0 (06-20-2018 - VA)

In 2012, while seventeen years old, appellant was adjudicated delinquent for two instances
of violating Code � 18.2-248(G), possession with intent to distribute imitation cocaine. The
violations of Code � 18.2-248(G) would have been non-violent felonies if appellant had been an
adult when he committed the offenses. Appellant does not dispute that he was over the age of
fiftee... More...    $0 (03-28-2016 - VA)

In 2013, Marlon Flores-Granados pled guilty to a single-count indictment for illegal reentry into the United States following deportation and a conviction for an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. � 1326(a), (b)(2). He now challenges his sentence, specifically the 16-level enhancement that was applied pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines � 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) for prior conviction of a ... More...    $0 (01-06-2016 - VA)

Dimitri B. Georgiadis (Dimitri) established a revocable trust on December 21, 1989 that
designated his new wife, Margaret Georgiadis (Margaret), and his only children, two sons from a
previous marriage, Paul Georgiadis (Paul) and Basil Georgiadis (Basil) (collectively, the sons),
as beneficiaries. The sons were named co-trustees of that trust. August 27, 2012, Dimitri amended and r... More...    $0 (11-05-2015 - VA)

Via various state statutes and a state constitutional amendment, Virginia prevents same-sex couples from marrying and refuses to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Two same-sex couples filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of these laws, alleging that they violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted the couples... More...    $0 (07-28-2014 - VA)

This appeal returns to us after remand to the district court. Dr. Jon Oberg, as relator for the United States, brought this action against certain student loan corporations, alleging that they defrauded the Department of Education and so violated the False Claims Act (“FCA” or “the Act”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (2006). The district court initially dismissed the complaint in its entire... More...    $0 (03-13-2014 - VA)

Plaintiffs James Brooks and Donald Hamlette, corrections officers at the Correctional Unit in Rustburg, Virginia, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants unlawfully fired them for exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech. The Supreme Court has been quite clear, however, that "‘complaints about . . . the employee’s own duties’" that are "filed with an employer... More...    $0 (07-09-2012 - VA)

In these appeals, we consider whether the Circuit Court of Fairfax County erred when it: (1) granted the motion to strike filed by the Boeing Company, Autometric, Inc., and Anthony Collelo (together, "the defendants") and dismissed the suit by Geographic Services, Inc. ("GSI") against the defendants, alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, and violations of the Virginia... More...    $0 (01-13-2012 - VA)

In this case, race car driver Jeremy Mayfield appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint against the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ("NASCAR") for conduct arising out of a positive drug test. Finding that the district court properly dismissed the case and did not abuse its discretion in denying Mayfield’s motions to reconsider and to amend, we affirm.

I. ... More...    $0 (03-26-2012 - VA)

In Schlesinger v. Councilman, 420 U.S. 738 (1975), the Supreme Court held that principles of comity, respect for the expertise of military judges, and judicial economy weigh against federal court intervention in pending court-martial proceedings and in favor of requiring exhaustion of all available remedies within the military justice system before a federal court’s collateral review ("Councilm... More...    $0 (01-17-2012 - VA)

In this domestic relations proceeding, the circuit court in its final order of divorce denied a motion by Cheyep Nkopchieu (mother) to enter a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) permitting her to attach a retirement account belonging to Raymond Bernard Minlend (father) for the sole purpose of paying father’s very considerable child support arrearage of over $28,000. On appeal, we hold tha... More...    $0 (12-20-2011 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether a “non-compete” provision in an employment agreement is overbroad and therefore unenforceable.

I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Justin Shaffer was an employee of Home Paramount Pest Control Companies, Inc. (“Home Paramount”). In January 2009, he signed an employment agreement containing the following provision (“the Provision�... More...    $0 (11-04-2011 - VA)

In this appeal from a judgment in a declaratory judgment action, we consider whether the circuit court erred in ruling that a civil complaint filed against The AES Corporation (AES) did not allege an “occurrence” as that term is defined in AES’s contracts of insurance with Steadfast Insurance Company (Steadfast), and that Steadfast, therefore, did not owe AES a defense or liability coverage.... More...    $0 (09-16-2011 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether a limited liability company ("LLC") must be joined as a necessary party in a derivative action brought by a member.

I. Facts and Proceedings

In 1998, Motel Investments of Christiansburg, LLC ("MIC") was formed for the purpose of building and operating a hotel in Christiansburg, Virginia. The original members of MIC were the Michael E. Siska Revocab... More...    $0 (09-16-2011 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred when it sustained Gerald Connolly's ("Connolly") demurrer and held that Dunn, McCormack & MacPherson ("Dunn") failed to state a prima facie cause of action for tortious interference with a contract.

I. Facts and Proceedings Below

Dunn, a Virginia law firm, served as legal counsel to the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housi... More...    $0 (05-21-2011 - VA)

This appeal raises numerous issues arising out of the grant of summary judgment to Newport News Holdings Corporation ("NNHC") on its claims against Virtual City Vision and its owner Van James Bond Tran (collectively, "VCV") under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA").

In addition to challenging summary judgment, VCV argues that the magistrate judge erred in refusing to r... More...    $0 (04-18-2011 - VA)

In 2008, plaintiffs James Brooks, Donald Hamlette, and Samuel St. John, who were correctional officers for Virginia’s Department of Corrections (the "Department"), initiated these since-consolidated civil actions in the Western District of Virginia, asserting retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Their respective complaints named as defendants Howard R. Arthur, Sr., and Randal W. Mi... More...    $0 (11-19-2010 - VA)

Plaintiffs are three nightclubs where women give erotic
dance performances wearing only g-strings and pasties. The
clubs brought First Amendment, vagueness, and overbreadth
challenges to Virginia’s alcohol licensing program, which
allows the clubs to serve beer and wine but not mixed beverages.

Under the standard of intermediate scrutiny applicable
to policies aimed ... More...    $0 (08-08-2010 - VA)

Plaintiffs are three nightclubs where women give erotic dance performances wearing only g-strings and pasties. The clubs brought First Amendment, vagueness, and overbreadth challenges to Virginia’s alcohol licensing program, which allows the clubs to serve beer and wine but not mixed beverages. Under the standard of intermediate scrutiny applicable to policies aimed at the harmful secondary effe... More...    $0 (07-21-2010 - VA)

In this appeal, we consider whether an oral agreement to allow Station #2, LLC (“Station #2”) to install soundproofing material in a void space between the ceiling of premises leased by it and the floor of premises owned by another was made unenforceable by the statute of frauds. We also consider claims of fraudulent inducement to contract and statutory conspiracy.

I. BACKGROUND AND ... More...    $0 (06-10-2010 - VA)

ZH Technologies, Inc. (“ZH Tech”) and Abulala K. Naser (“Naser”) filed a complaint against Adnan Syed (“Syed”), Sheriza Ousman (“Ousman”), and Zerowire Technologies, Inc. (“Zerowire”),1 in which ZH Tech and Naser alleged six causes of action: (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) conversion, (3) unjust enrichment, (4) fraud, (5) violation of the Virginia business conspiracy statute... More...    $0 (06-10-2010 - VA)

Hinkle Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Hinkle”) challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the law firm Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, LLP (“Bowles Rice”), 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)

Consumeraffairs.com, Incorporated ("Consumeraffairs. com") operates a website that allows consumers to comment on the quality of businesses, goods, and services. The present suit concerns various posts on this website relating to automobiles sold or serviced by Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. ("Nemet").

Viewing certain of these postings as false and harmful to its reputation, Nemet brought suit aga... More...    $0 (12-29-2009 - VA)