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  2. Virginia State Bar - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia State Bar (VSB) is the administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia created to regulate, improve and advance the legal profession in Virginia. [2] Membership in good standing in the VSB is mandatory for attorneys wishing to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. [ 3 ]

  3. Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar - Wikipedia

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    No attorney is compelled to follow it. Furthermore, while membership in the State Bar is a prerequisite to practice law in Virginia, membership in the County Bar is voluntary, and hence, any guidelines, such as the fee schedule, adopted by a local bar association, are also voluntary.

  4. State bar association - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Virginia, the Virginia State Bar is the mandatory organization and the Virginia Bar Association is voluntary. There are many bar associations other than state bar associations. Usually these are organized by geography (e.g. county bar associations), area of practice, or affiliation (e.g. ethnic bar associations).

  5. Docs: Staunton lawyer disbarred for filing motions that'd ...

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    The Virginia State Bar revoked a Staunton attorney's license after he charged clients exorbitant fees for motions previously rejected by the courts.

  6. Reimbursements of nearly $120,000 made after Staunton ... - AOL

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    The Virginia State Bar Clients’ Protection Fund Board has reimbursed $119,460 to clients billed by a former Staunton attorney for shoddy legal work. Reimbursements of nearly $120,000 made after ...

  7. Virginia Bar Association - Wikipedia

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    In 1938, after the Virginia State Bar was created as a state-controlled regulatory association, the name of the older, voluntary membership organization was changed to the current Virginia Bar Association.

  8. Admission to the bar in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Admission to the bar in the United States is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in the jurisdiction. Each U.S. state and jurisdiction (e.g. territories under federal control) has its own court system and sets its own rules and standards for bar admission.

  9. Bar association - Wikipedia

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    A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.