Tomorrow, May 10,  Virginia Lawyers Weekly will recognize a couple of dozen women selected as the 2012 class of Influential Women of Virginia. This is the fourth edition of their statewide recognition and the second straight year another of our lawyers is included. We’d like to give a hearty “Hoorah” to Ann Neil Cosby, who won [...]

We’re very proud that our own Jayne A. Pemberton was named an Influential Woman of Virginia by Lawyers Media on Thursday, May 19. She’s in a class of many remarkable women this year, the third of this recognition coordinated by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Jayne was recognized for, among other things, her work in the Metropolitan [...]

Under Virginia statute, an ex-felon is competent to testify as a witness, but his credibility can be impeached on cross-examination with the fact of his conviction. Virginia’s statute differs from the Federal Rules of Evidence in this regard, because there is no time limitation on when a felony can be used to impeach a witness’s credibility.