The Loudoun County Attorney has one client, but that client has 9 heads. It is a tough job. Nobody did it better than Jack Roberts. June 18 marked the last Board of Supervisors meeting for Roberts, who retired July 1…

Many of our clients ask whether they will be required to reimburse their health insurance carrier for the payments it made for accident related treatment.  These amounts can often be significant, as back and neck surgery expenses between $50,000 and…

The Loudoun Bar Association gathered at the Courthouse on June 5th to honor Judge Thomas D. Horne. At the time of his retirement at age 70 last year, Judge Horne was the longest sitting active judge in Virginia. He first…

In the greater Washington D.C. area, Uber has become a convenient way to travel. With their convenient smartphone application, and fares lower than local taxis, Uber has been expanding and hiring new drivers at an impressive rate. It is convenient…

CASE FACTS On a Friday afternoon, at a busy intersection in Fairfax County, Virginia, a heavily loaded utility van ran a red light at high speed and struck a Cadillac sedan in a t-bone collision, throwing it 30 yards from…

CASE FACTS This case concerned the inappropriate use of the anticonvulsant drug Dilantin by the defendant neurosurgeon, Dr. John Smith, M.D., causing a severe allergic reaction to his patient, Jane Jones. The reaction, called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, led to scarring of…

CASE FACTS It was a beautiful summer evening in late May. Becky, who had lived in Virginia for only a week, was on her way to the store. As she approached a 4-way intersection she slowed to a stop, then…

CASE FACTS Bill was new in town. A recent transfer from Michigan State, he’d arrived in Richmond just a few weeks before with the goal of finishing up his last two semesters of college. Tall, lean and good looking, he’d…