Preliminary Hearing (first court date after arraignment) When a police officer takes out a felony warrant for your arrest, following your arraignment the case is initially set for a “Preliminary Hearing” in the general district court. This hearing is to determine whether there was what is known as ‘probable cause’ for the arrest (essentially, did […]
Jessica Greenberg
Translating Virginia’s New Data Protection Act
Below, I have gone through the new law which Virginia passed last year that is intended to protect our personal data and translated the sections that directly apply to consumer use or summarized those that do not, with references on where to find the rest of that information. This is because we never just write […]
Why I consider myself a translator
When I talk about what I do, I often say that a big part of my job is to translate the law. The choice of that word – translate – is very deliberate on my part. My good friend and business manager Arthur and I have been friends for a long time, but we come […]