Fears v. Virginia State Bar

By Judge T. J. Markow

The parties appeared on Complainant William E. Fears Amended Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Co-complainant Virginia Real Estate Attorneys League’s (VAREAL) Motion for Summary Judgment and the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Demurrer, Plea of Sovereign Immunity, and Motion to Strike or in the Alternative, Motion for Summary Judgment, and memoranda were received and argument was heard. Additionally, the court considers a memorandum filed in support of the Commonwealth’s position by the Coalition for Choice in Real Estate Closings as amicus curiae. Notwithstanding a long…