Attorney fees; judgments, compensation, or monetary awards related to veterans.
Summary
Attorney fees; judgments, compensation, ormonetary awards related to veterans. Prohibits an attorney fromcharging, demanding, receiving, or collecting for services renderedfees in excess of 10 percent of any judgment, compensation, or monetaryaward granted to a veteran or the family member of a veteran, orthe legal representative of such individual, related to the veteran'sservice in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard, including any judgment, compensation, or monetary award grantedpursuant to the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. The bill providesthat an attorney who violates such prohibition shall be fined notmore than $5,000 and may be subject to disciplinary action by theVirginia State Bar.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Last action Jan 19, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 19, 2024
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jan 19, 2024
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 19, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Reid
DDemocratic
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