Smith Development, Inc. v. Martin C. Conway

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Causey, Raphael and Senior Judge Clements PUBLISHED Argued at Loudoun, Virginia SMITH DEVELOPMENT, INC. OPINION BY v. Record No. 1245-22-4 JUDGE STUART A. RAPHAEL JANUARY 9, 2024 MARTIN C. CONWAY, ET AL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA Lisa B. Kemler, Judge John S. Lopatto, III, for appellant. Danny M. Howell (Jennifer Lynn Rowlett; Law Offices of Danny M. Howell, PLLC, on brief), for appellees. The legal-malpractice claim here is time-barred if the lawyer worked under an unwritten contract, triggering a three-year limitations…