Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit
Headline News
A federal judge in Virginia is President Bush's pick to fill one of several vacancies on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, widely viewed as the most conservative federal appellate bench in the country.
The White House announced Thursday that Bush had nominated Glen E. Conrad to the Richmond, Va.-based appeals court, which has handled some of the country's biggest terrorism cases.
Conrad has been a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia since 2003.
If confirmed by the Senate, Conrad would fill the seat of H. Emory Widener Jr., who died last year.
Conrad, 58, a native of Radford, Va., is a 1974 graduate of the College of William and Mary and the Marshall Wythe School of Law. From 1976 to 2003, Conrad was a federal magistrate judge in the Western District of Virginia's Abingdon, Charlottesville and Roanoke divisions.
Related listings
-
Albany attorney leaves firm after state investigation
Headline News 05/06/2008An Albany, N.Y., attorney investigated by the state for allegedly exaggerating his time sheets has stepped down from his post at Girvin & Ferlazzo P.C. James McCarthy resigned from his "of counsel" position at the Albany law firm on the afternoon...
-
Former expert witness for Milberg pleads guilty
Headline News 05/02/2008[##_1L|1080368672.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A former expert witness for indicted class action law firm Milberg LLP and other firms pleaded guilty on Thursday in Philadelphia to lying to judges about secret payments he got from the firms...
-
Hartford Law Firm Tries Green Renovation
Headline News 04/21/2008The offices of big-name law firms typically reflect a conservative corporate culture, right down to the traditional mahogany trim in partner suites. But at the new offices of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in Hartford, there won't be a bit of hard...
Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.