Blog Posts in December, 2011

On a personal note, I am dedicating this post to 2011. This blog post is a personal one, and I am using it to reach out to all of my fellow Northern Virginians who may not believe that anything is ...

In the December 2011 issue of the Virginia Lawyer, the Virginia State Bar highlighted a new Advance Health Care Directive Registry service available to all Virginians. The new electronic service gives ...

In the commonwealth of Virginia, a landlord can raise a tenant’s rent generally after the end of their lease. For landlords subject to the Virginia Landlord and Tenants Act within the Virginia Code, ...

As an employee in the commonwealth, you have legal rights against discriminatory conduct by your employer. The Virginia Human Rights Council is responsible for overseeing employment discrimination ...

Virginia is an equitable distribution jurisdiction. This means that all marital property is subject to equitable division, which may not always mean equal division. If you and your spouse cannot agree ...

Unemployment compensation recipients often ask me whether their unemployment compensation benefits will count as wages toward their disability earnings when applying for Social Security Disability ...