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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368922</law_id><section_number>54.1-3906</section_number><catch_line>Liability to client</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Professions Regulated by the Supreme Court</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="39">Attorneys</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every attorney shall be liable to his client for any damage sustained by the client through the neglect of his duty as such attorney.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-46; 1988, c. 765; 2011, c. 703.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Thorsen v. Richmond Soc'y for the Prevention of Cruelty to .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 150528</case_number><citation>786 S.E.2d 453</citation><date>2016-06-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3208959/thorsen-v-richmond-socy-for-the-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE McCLANAHAN, dissenting. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Melissa Trent v. Onderlaw, LLC, d/b/a The Onder Law Firm</name><case_number>0810234</case_number><citation></citation><date>2024-06-25</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9820546/melissa-trent-v-onderlaw-llc-dba-the-onder-law-firm/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Mark O'Hara Wright v. Andrew C. Graves, Esq.</name><case_number>1079223</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-10-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9434732/mark-ohara-wright-v-andrew-c-graves-esq/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Mark O'Hara Wright v. Andrew C. Graves, Esq.</name><case_number>1079223</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-10-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9433213/mark-ohara-wright-v-andrew-c-graves-esq/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>McConnell v. Servinsky Engineering, PLLC</name><case_number>Case No. 2:13CV00048</case_number><citation>22 F. Supp. 3d 610</citation><date>2014-05-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7306688/mcconnell-v-servinsky-engineering-pllc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION AND ORDER .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Hewlette v. Hovis</name><case_number>2:04CV128</case_number><citation>318 F. Supp. 2d 332</citation><date>2004-05-19</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2472864/hewlette-v-hovis/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 318 F.Supp.2d 332 (2004) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Shevlin Smith v. McLaughlin</name><case_number>140500</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-02-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2782322/shevlin-smith-v-mclaughlin/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Present: Lemons, C.J, Goodwyn, Millette, McClanahan, and .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Ripper v. Bain</name><case_number>Record 961353</case_number><citation>482 S.E.2d 832</citation><date>1997-02-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1060069/ripper-v-bain/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 482 S.E.2d 832 (1997) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>In Re Palumbo Family Ltd. Partnership</name><case_number>16-51039</case_number><citation>182 B.R. 447</citation><date>1995-04-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1985915/in-re-palumbo-family-ltd-partnership/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 182 B.R. 447 (1995) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
