Law

Ten months after his longtime personal assistant died under mysterious circumstances, the well-known Richmond businessman is beginning to get some answers about the more than $1 million he claims she stole from him.

The new additions are from a Norfolk-based firm that’s in the process of building out its first permanent Richmond, a move that won’t be halted because of the departures.

The nearly 9,000-square-foot building will allow Smith Strong to consolidate its staff from two other buildings it owns in Henrico, both of which are a similar architectural style.

Another former Live Well Financial employee who had a hand in the scheme that caused the collapse of the Chesterfield-based mortgage company is walking away with no prison time.

Casey and Adrienne Fabling, who abruptly shuttered their Henrico company in the spring and have since relocated to Colorado, owe millions of dollars to contractors, clients, lenders and others.

The former Live Well Financial CEO still has his pending appeal as a way to potentially overturn his conviction and stay out of prison.

Nearly all of KVCF’s attorneys will be making the move, which will lead to the firm being wound down and leaving its main office in Shockoe for the Williams Mullen Center a few blocks up.

The trademark dispute between two similarly named Virginia financial advisory firms has been settled after nearly a year of back-and-forth in court.

The president and longtime attorney of Richmond law firm Hirschler set out today, at 2 a.m. Central European Time, in hopes of becoming the first woman to solo swim the roughly 15-mile Fehmarn Belt strait both ways, and to beat a male swimmer’s record time in the process.

Darren Stumberger will be the third Live Well executive to stand before Judge Ronnie Abrams for sentencing in a case related to a bond scheme that defrauded several lenders and sent the company into bankruptcy.