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Matthew Haynes Earns Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP) Designation

Matthew Haynes, a Director in McCandlish Holton’s Litigation Practice Group, successfully completed the 2021 Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Litigation Management Institute (LMI) in Chicago, earning the Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP) designation.

October 26, 2021

Tags: News, Litigation, Attorneys, Awards & Recognitions

Mike Gladstone to Speak on Uranium Mining Case at IADC Regional Virtual Meeting

Mike Gladstone, civil litigation attorney and member of the McCandlish Holton trial team that successfully represented the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia in Wise County Circuit Court on behalf of the Commonwealth in defense of the moratorium on uranium mining, will present ‘‘RIP: A Very Short History of Virginia’s Uranium Litigation from Richmond, Virginia’’ at the IADC Mid-Atlantic Virtual Regional Meeting held in Richmond, Virginia on October 28, 2021.

October 26, 2021

Tags: News, Government Law, Litigation, Business Law, webinar, events, Attorneys

Supreme Court of Virginia Refuses to Hear Virginia Uranium’s Request for Appeal

Outcome Obtained by Trial Team Becomes Final

On September 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Virginia announced their refusal to hear an appeal from Virginia Uranium Incorporated (‘‘VUI’’) seeking review of the July 30, 2020 decision from the Wise County Circuit Court. The Supreme Court determined: “The court is of the opinion there is no reversible error in the judgment complained of,” ending this round of litigation which first began in 2015.

October 25, 2021

Tags: News, Government Law, Litigation, Business Law, Attorneys

Discrete Event vs. Injury Over Time: The Supreme Court Weighs In

WORKERS COMPENSATION CASE WATCH

On August 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued an Opinion in City of Charlottesville, et al. v. Sclafani, Record No. 200791 (Va. Aug. 26, 2021), which provides additional guidance regarding the Van Buren “injury by accident” line of cases.

After a series of appeals and remands, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Commission’s determination that Sclafani, a police officer, sustained a compensable injury by accident when he injured his left shoulder during a four-hour afternoon training session.* During that session, the claimant’s activities included being put on the ground and handcuffed, picked up, and moved away.

The Supreme Court disagreed with the reasoning of the Court of Appeals, noting that the Court of Appeals seems to establish a “bright line rule that a four hour time period is sufficiently temporally precise to establish a compensable injury under the Act.”

The Supreme Court found that asserting that an injury occurred over a four hour time period where multiple potential causative events occurred is not enough to establish

August 31, 2021

Tags: Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation Case Watch

Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 17 McCandlish Holton Attorneys

Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Edition recognizes 17 McCandlish Holton attorneys in 13 practice areas such as: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Immigration Law, Employment Law, and Healthcare Law. Of those recognized, 7 have been named by Best Lawyers in America© for 10 years or longer, with 2 attorneys, Tom McCandlish and Phil Morris having been recognized for 30 years or more.

In it’s second edition, Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch® recognizes 4 McCandlish Holton attorneys in 7 different practice areas, such as: Transportation Law, Civil Rights Law, and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Law.

[See below for full list of attorneys and practice areas.]

August 19, 2021

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Impending Legalization of Marijuana in Virginia Raises New Issues for Workers’ Compensation Compensability

July 19, 2021

Tags: Workers' Compensation, Marijuana Law

McCandlish Holton Announces Observance of Juneteenth

McCandlish Holton has announced an early closure of the firm on Friday June 18 in order to allow firm employees to observe the Juneteenth holiday following the designation of Juneteenth as a federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law after the passage of a bill by both the US Senate and the House of Representatives making it the 12th federal holiday. Juneteenth has also been known as Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day, and Emancipation Day.

June 18, 2021

Tags: News, Litigation, Updates

Immigration Attorney Jennifer Minear Completes Tenure as AILA President

Jennifer Minear has completed her one-year term as the 74th president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the largest association of immigration attorneys in the world, and completed her sixth year as an elected member of AILA’s Executive Committee. Jennifer will remain as an adviser to the Executive Committee for the coming year as immediate past president, as well as a voting member of the AILA Board of Governors and chair of the Nominating Committee that nominates AILA’s next crop of national elected leaders for next year. Jennifer and AILA's new president, Allan Orr, look back on the unusual circumstances of the past year and discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the most recent episode of Connection Point, AILA’s mini-series newly produced during Minear’s tenure. [Hear Connection Point Episode #3]

June 17, 2021

Tags: News, Immigration Law

Rational Middle Interviews Jennifer Minear About Leading AILA as President During Challenging Time for Immigration

Outgoing president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, gives Rational Middle podcast host Melissa Brannan the lowdown on the strategies, challenges, and hopes facing immigration lawyers as a result of the Trump administration in podcast Episode 83: ‘‘Immigration Law in the Shadow of Trump with Jennifer Minear.’’

Jennifer discusses the essential role AILA membership serves to immigration attorneys, the clarity of mission in immigration advocacy during the Trump administration, challenges reversing changes made during the Trump administration, and

June 14, 2021

Tags: News, Immigration Law

Civil Litigation Attorney Cam Beck Ranked in Chambers USA 2021

D. Cameron Beck, Jr. is recognized again by Chambers and Partners in their USA Guide 2021 for General Commercial Litigation in Virginia. The Chambers review states:

May 20, 2021

Tags: News, Litigation, Updates

News & Publications

Matthew Haynes Earns Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP) Designation

Mike Gladstone to Speak on Uranium Mining Case at IADC Regional Virtual Meeting

Supreme Court of Virginia Refuses to Hear Virginia Uranium’s Request for Appeal

Outcome Obtained by Trial Team Becomes Final

Discrete Event vs. Injury Over Time: The Supreme Court Weighs In

WORKERS COMPENSATION CASE WATCH

Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 17 McCandlish Holton Attorneys

Impending Legalization of Marijuana in Virginia Raises New Issues for Workers’ Compensation Compensability

McCandlish Holton Announces Observance of Juneteenth

Immigration Attorney Jennifer Minear Completes Tenure as AILA President

Rational Middle Interviews Jennifer Minear About Leading AILA as President During Challenging Time for Immigration

Civil Litigation Attorney Cam Beck Ranked in Chambers USA 2021

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