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Misdemeanor assault charges have been filed against Richmond lawyer Joe Morrissey and a King and Queen County man over an alleged physical altercation between them at Morrissey’s former law office in September, court records show, and hearings on the charges are scheduled for Tuesday in Henrico County General District Court.

Henrico police charged Tommie Haywood Jr., 54, with assaulting Morrissey on Sept. 4 at the Highland Springs office where Morrissey’s law practice was based before his law license was revoked in June.

Based on statements from a Henrico police officer, a magistrate that day issued a warrant to arrest Haywood on a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery. He was arrested Sept. 12, according to court records.

Morrissey, a former state delegate and Richmond mayoral candidate, told authorities that Haywood had been one of his clients and that Haywood had stopped by the office to discuss a case, according to the police report’s summary of the incident.

Haywood was unhappy with the legal services provided and demanded his money back, according to the police report. He started cursing and yelling, got up from his chair, grabbed Morrissey by the neck and pinned him against a bookcase before Morrissey was able to push Haywood away, the police report says.