The Virginia State Bar is authorized to transmit to the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice, upon request of the Chairman of either Committee, any evidence that it has in its possession with reference to any pending disciplinary proceeding involving a licensed attorney whose name has been placed before the Committee for consideration for election as a judge of a court of this Commonwealth and the record of any previous disciplinary action taken against the attorney.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 54.1-3911

  • attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Virginia Code 54.1-3900
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245

1985, c. 264, § 54-49.1; 1988, c. 765.