The Virginia Appellate Lawyer’s Court of Appeals of Virginia Blog

You always remember your first time . . .

A New Location -- Same Old, Same Old

One Published Decision — Can you be actually innocent of a crime you weren’t convicted of?

An Appellate Lawyer Goes to Trial . . . That Sounds Mental (and it is)

Oral Argument the Way it Was Meant to Be

Introducing the Icarus Index

Three New Appellate Judges for Virginia

Court of Appeals Schedules First Oral Arguments in Appeals Filed in 2022 . . . But It’s Not Bi

One for the Win Column

New Kid on the Blawg Block

Nearly back to Normal

Some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you

Court of Appeals Sends 2021 Out with More of a Whimper than a Bang

Three Criminal Appeals From the Court of Appeals: One defendant wins her appeal for a second time, t

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OCD, but not too OCD

Half a loaf . . .

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I send a lot of emails . . .

Winning isn’t the only thing . . . sometimes it isn’t anything.