Westlake Legal Group v. Flynn
No. 160013 · Supreme Court of Virginia. Each entry below is the court's own record, with its date and a link. This page does not say which side is ahead or what an entry means.
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Affirmed
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160013 Westlake Legal Group v. Flynn 04/13/2017 In an appeal by an attorney from an award of sanctions against him arising out of his efforts to collect fees and costs from a client, the award is affirmed. The attorney had a duty under Code § 8.01-271.1 not to file any pleading, motion or other paper unless he had read it, and to the best of his knowledge, information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry it was well grounded in fact and warranted by law. He filed a suggestion in garnishment to divert the client's wages in an effort to enforce a judgment that had been void by operation of law for more than a year, a situation a reasonable inquiry would have disclosed. His breach of tha…
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