Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Virginia

Re: Telephone Harassment at my job by a family member

Sure, there are laws to protect you. Problem will be whether it's really worth it to you to do what's necessary to make her stop and to pay for the damage already done. Sounds like you have an action for defamation and intentional interference with contractual relations, and your employer has an action for abusive telephone calls (there's a federal statute covering that, but you can only sue in state court). But it's going to cost you probably between $150 and $300 per hour for legal services, depending on whom you choose to represent you, and the total cost will depend on how much your relatives are willing to fight back. You can sue people who are in other states when they've done something wrong in Virginia, and placing an abusive telephone call is something wrong both where the caller is and where the recipient of the call is. If they don't show up, you may be able to get a default judgment. At any rate, then you'd have to take the judgment and have it entered in the local court where the defendant has assets and do collections there, unless the defendant is willing to pay the judgment without a fuss (few are).

You can complain to the police where the caller is, that kind of behavior is a minor crime in most states.