Law

Thalhimer settles with MGT bankruptcy trustee for $1.5M

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The settlement frees the real estate firm from any future liability related to the 2018 collapse of its construction subsidiary. It also helps to potentially free up more money to be paid to creditors.

Hild gets more time to respond to SEC charges

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Embattled local businessman Michael Hild last week bought himself some extra time to respond to civil claims filed against him by the federal government.

Lawyer quintet launches new downtown firm

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Looking to live up to a family lineage of entrepreneurial attorneys, a veteran local health care attorney has struck out on his own after more than 20 years at the same firm. And he’s brought a group of lawyers along for the ride.

Law firm Frith Anderson + Peake plants flag in Richmond

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For its first office outside its hometown of Roanoke, a 25-year-old law firm is setting up shop in Innsbrook after luring a local attorney over from a rival. It’s also in talks to grab some of the furniture left behind at LeClairRyan’s downtown office.

Downtime: The law of throwing clay

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Soon after he got his law degree from the University of Richmond, Brian Pitney, now an attorney and shareholder at Sands Anderson, said he felt compelled to pick back up what he had dabbled with and left in high school art class: ceramics.