Legal Blog - The Brown Firm PLLC

What to Do If You Violate a Non-Compete Agreement

Posted on: June 15, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

Non-compete agreements can often be overlooked when you’re signing an employment contract. Maybe your employer only summarized it for you quickly so you didn’t have to carefully read it, telling Read More

What Does it Mean to Be An “At-Will” State?

Posted on: June 8, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

What is “At-Will”? At-will employment is a term used in US labor laws for contractual relationships in which an employee can be dismissed by an employer for any reason without having to establish Read More

The Family and Medical Leave Act: A 2018 Update

Posted on: June 1, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

What Is The Family And Medical Leave Act? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a United States labor law established in 1993. It requires employers to provide employees with job-protected and Read More

Virginia Workplace Discrimination Laws 2018

Posted on: May 18, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

What Is Workplace Discrimination? Workplace discrimination can come in many different forms and can sometimes be very overt. This can make determining what exactly qualifies as discrimination Read More

How to Know When Your Firing Was Illegal

Posted on: May 11, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

If you’ve recently been fired, you may be lost and confused about what to do next. If you suspect that your firing was illegal, you need to gather all the evidence possible to sue your employer for Read More

What is the Virginia Human Rights Act?

Posted on: May 4, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

The Virginia Human Rights Act (Title 2.2, chapter 39 of the Code of Virginia), protects employees from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or Read More

Virginia Cell Phone Driving Laws 2018

Posted on: April 30, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

As technology rapidly advances more and more people are plugging into amazingly sophisticated cell phones to text their friends, use apps, or search the internet. Nowadays, cell phones have become a Read More

How Do I Get To Work With A Suspended License?

Posted on: April 13, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

If your license has been suspended you may feel as though you’re in a serious dilemma. How are you going to get to work? How are you going to get to the grocery store? To get around in general? At Read More

I’ve Been Charged With Shoplifting, What Can I Do?

Posted on: April 13, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

So you’ve been charged with shoplifting, what can you do? The first step is not to panic. You need to remember that a charge doesn’t necessarily mean a conviction. You still have the opportunity to Read More

The Brown Firm PLLC Successfully Appeals and Overturns Dismissal of Police Shooting Case Which Resulted in the Death of Wayne Jones

Posted on: April 4, 2018 By: Christopher Brown, Esq.

The Brown Firm PLLC has announced that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an Order of the District Court in West Virginia concerning Wayne A. Jones, a black male, who was shot 22 times Read More