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Cliona Robb to Present at 2024 National CCA Conference
Energy and Telecommunications attorney Cliona Mary Robb has been selected to present at this year’s 2024 National Conference on Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). Her session, “CCA Start-Up Toolkit: Getting Started…
Crashing into Appellate Advocacy
I recently had the pleasure of presenting an overview of Virginia’s appellate process at an all-day CLE program offered by Virginia CLE, which served as a crash course in appellate…
ThompsonMcMullan Welcomes Phillip A. Sitz
Former Intelligence Officer with the Air Force, cybersecurity professional, and business owner Phillip A. Sitz has joined ThompsonMcMullan as an associate with our Civil Litigation practice. During his time as…
Adoption Basics: Stepparent Adoptions
It is often said that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Whether that statistic is true or not (some say not), I find myself helping many blended families with…
IRS Releases Form 1023-EZ for Certain Nonprofit Organizations
The IRS recently issued Form 1023-EZ for use by certain nonprofit organizations applying for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). With the IRS’ tax-exempt unit under recent political scrutiny, a nonprofit…
Clarification on the Statute of Limitations for Conditions of Confinement Cases
The Supreme Court of Virginia has recently addressed and clarified the application of Va. Code § 8.01-243.2, which provides: No person confined in a state or local correctional facility shall…
Federal District Court Finds General Allegations of Fraud, Duress, and Overreaching Insufficient to Invalidate Contract Dispute Resolution Provisions
Dispute resolution provisions, such as forum-selection clauses, arbitration clauses, and choice-of-law clauses, are commonly included in modern business and employment contracts. A recent opinion in Zaklit v. Global Linguist Solutions,…
15 Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® List; 8 Named “Ones to Watch”; 3 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
We are excited to announce that our attorneys have once again been selected as Best Lawyers in America® across all three categories and will be recognized in the 31st edition of…
Karen Konvicka to Present at Advanced Elder Law Update Seminar 2024
Trusts, Estates, and Elder Law attorney Karen Dunivan Konvicka is presenting at the 33rd Annual Advanced Elder Law Seminar co-sponsored by Virginia CLE and the Virginia Academy of Elder Law…
For-Profit Companies Find Religion – What’s a Transactional Lawyer to Do?
Last month, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Hobby Lobby case that closely held for-profit corporations can have “free exercise rights” as “persons” under The Religious Freedom Restoration…