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I work in a specialized industry and believe that business relationships and opportunities were improperly disrupted by individuals involved in vendor and procurement decisions. Although concerns raised against me were resolved, I later experienced loss of business opportunities, restrictions affecting my work, reputational harm, and significant financial losses. Multiple current and former professionals may be able to provide statements regarding the events and their impact.

Need a Landlord‑Tenant Lawyer in Northampton Co., VA.

My uncle is in a nursing facility in Virginia. I'm his POA, and his mailing address is in Maryland. Should his will be based on Virginia or Maryland?

If you have an unlawful detainer eviction trial in Fairfax, Virginia with a pending appeal in the 4th Circuit Court in Richmond, and you have to file a motion to dismiss and an emergency motion to stay in the General District Court, and you have asked your lawyer, who was part of the lawsuit that got the case dismissed due to the plaintiff missing a deposition because of illness, to file these motions before the eviction trial, and have asked him for three weeks, and you need to file the motion to stay and/or dismiss but cannot do it pro se, and the lawyer would have to withdraw, is it possible to share the filing? If your lawyer asks what the basis is, when you know he knows it and is being difficult to help you, what can you say so that he files what you know would help you stay in your home? Is there a way to file motions pro se but still keep counsel in general, informing the judge of that? How do you balance getting these motions Monday and an emergency hearing Tuesday without having the lawyer withdraw, because you still need them overall? It cannot be that he files a withdrawal for two motions and then a reinstatement of counsel. What do I do? I asked him for three weeks, and this past Friday, and the trial is April 9th, and you have to give seven days’ notice. The motion to stay can be ex parte, I guess, but the motion to dismiss, can that be done in an emergency hearing also ex parte?

My husband I and I are separated under the safe roof. The house is mine, his name is not on it and he’s never paid a dime toward it and he won’t get out. Now he wants to bring someone here right before a blizzard and I keep telling him no. Does he have a right to bring people in my home that I specifically say aren’t welcome?

I am the primary earner in my house. My husband gets some income from the Veterans Administration. We are at a point where we have irreconcilable differences. He tells me I have to leave the house because I make the majority of the money. He cannot afford the house, and I cannot afford to pay for the house, all the bills, and an apartment. I have farm animals here that I pay for. Do I need to leave?

I sold my business two years ago with a note. The buyer is consistently late on payments. How much would it cost for you to look at the contract and see if I can demand full payment of the balance? The language in the contract stated after thirty days I can declare the unpaid principal amount of this note.

I'm a residential/commercial cleaning business owner in Virginia. I need to know what the state/federal law is concerning reimbursing my employees for drive time in between jobs. I currently pay their regular pay (ranging from $20–25/hr) to drive between sites. Is it legal for me to pay them just minimum wage for these trips? They are using their own vehicles. There are only 3 or 4 of them that get both gas money for drive time AND travel time (for locations 45 min–1 hr 15 min away from our base location in Warsaw, VA). Thank you!

I have two tenants wanting to end their lease they just signed. I’m writing up a lease release agreement. I included two months’ worth of rent in the release. Would I still give them back their security deposit, or if they tell me to keep it as half the fee, am I allowed to keep it?

Good morning, I have a tenant who is facing an eviction now.