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King set new Class 3 marks in the 50 free (20.52), 100 free (43.92) and 200 IM (1:46.22) to lead the Western Albemarle boys to a massive title victory.

The agreement effectively ends a legal scandal that began three years ago when Matson, a now-disbarred veteran Richmond attorney, was caught stealing millions of dollars from LandAmerica’s bankruptcy winddown fund while serving as the estate’s trustee.

The resolution is playing out through mediation but has been slowed by the difficulty of communicating with Matson while he serves his federal prison sentence in West Virginia.

The former LeClairRyan attorney is incarcerated in West Virginia, but the successor trustee on the case continues to pursue a lawsuit against him seeking hundreds of thousands in damages.

The decision came much to the chagrin of UnitedLex, a legal services firm that is owed $8 million from LCR and is in the midst of litigation with its trustee.

Disbarred former LeClairRyan attorney Bruce Matson shells out more money to LandAmerica bankruptcy estate BizSense file) Six months after losing his law license for inappropriately pocketing seven figures worth of funds from the long-dormant LandAmerica bankruptcy estate, Bruce Matson has cut another sizable check related to the case. The veteran Richmond attorney and longtime general counsel of now-bankrupt law firm LeClairRyan paid an additional $577,000 to the LandAmerica estate in March, ac...