Businesses periodically clean house and destroy documents, delete e-mail, and clear hard drives. But you may ask, “When is it safe to destroy business documents?” The answer is: It is permissible to shred documents and delete computer files, unless when the destruction took place you had a duty to preserve that property.   The duty to preserve... Read More

CCF Summer 2020 Newsletter

Cook Craig & Francuzenko is pleased to announce that partners John C. Cook and Broderick C. Dunn were named to the Super Lawyers 2020 list.   Super Lawyers is a rating service by Thomson Reuters, selecting outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and personal... Read More

When was the last time your reviewed your will, Trust, Power of Attorney and Advanced Medical Directive? Last year? Five years ago? Was it 10 years? Not since signing them? Or maybe you don’t have estate planning documents? When our clients execute their estate planning document they often ask that question: “When should I review them?”... Read More

The Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association have confirmed our firm’s reading of Governor Northam’s Stay at Home Order, which is that law offices may stay open under certain restrictions. Governor Northam’s Executive Orders 53 and 55 provide that professional services, including law firms, are permitted to remain open during the Stay-At-Home Order in effect until June... Read More

The best estate plans includes the adoption of a robust Advanced Medical Directive (AMD). AMDs are legally binding documents that provide direction into your personal healthcare decisions and often focus on end of life decisions – when you cannot make those decisions yourself. An AMD is a Living Will and a Health Care Power of... Read More

These are unprecedented times for both employers and employees. To provide some clarity, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently provided guidance on common workplace issues that employers and employees face when responding to COVID-19 and its effects on wages and hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and job protected... Read More