The Planning Process Begins

Anita O. Poston, president of The Virginia Bar Association, has announced that it will be a major focus of her term. Participants in this year’s VBA Leadership Workshop have already kicked in their comments about it. And next month, VBA leaders will hunker down for the first of two retreats devoted to it.

“It” is the Association’s effort to plan for its future amidst a changing legal profession and new challenges for the legal system. As the VBA stands at the brink of a new century and millennium, the time is appropriate to pause, reflect, and plan for the coming years.

The VBA’s last major planning effort, in 1996-97, resulted in the identification of four major initiatives — communications, membership, professionalism, and section and committee development — in addition to the ongoing work of law reform. The Association’s mission statement was also refreshed, reflecting the aspirations and actions of the VBA.

Ann Hagan, a partner in the organizational development firm of Cavanaugh Hagan Pierson in Washington, D.C., will assist VBA leaders as they proceed through the planning process.

All VBA members are invited to submit their thoughts to those directly involved in the planning effort by answering the questions in a survey. This survey was first distributed at the VBA Leadership Workshop on March 23. For those who prefer electronic communication, the survey is available in an interactive format.

Send us your thoughts! Return to Top

The 2000 Leadership Workshop:
Tapping the Energy Source

The Virginia Bar Association officers, Executive Committee members, section and committee chairs, Young Lawyers Division leaders, and staff gathered at the Crowne Plaza in Richmond on March 23 for what has become an annual rite of spring: the VBA Leadership Workshop.

“You have chosen to be here,” said Section and Committee Development Chair Frank Thomas of Orange, in his welcome to the group, adding, “Our challenge is to tap into [your] energy and put it to work for the VBA. We are not seeking cookie-cutter groups, but rather a cross-pollination, a sharing of ideas.”

VBA President Anita Poston was equally positive in her greetings. “I’ve been asked to address the state of the VBA, and I’m happy to report that the state of the VBA is a strong one,” she commented, emphasizing such diverse points as the VBA’s involvement in a planned White House Summit on cyberterrorism and the successful Saturday night social at this year’s Annual Meeting (which, for those who like to plan ahead, will be repeated at the 2001 Annual Meeting).

Much of Poston’s remarks, however, dealt with the major focus of her presidency: the VBA’s planning for the 21st century and new millennium. In the coming years, the Association, the legal profession and the judicial system will need to respond to changing demographics, societal challenges and hot-button issues.

“As Will Rogers once said, ‘Even if you’re going in the right direction, if you stand still, you’ll get run over,’ ” Poston stated. “We need to keep going.”

After a short presentation by Executive Vice President Breck Arrington on the VBA’s year-round law reform efforts, the group heard a presentation by Robert Baratta of Mays & Valentine on working within the framework of the legislature, which he described as “competitive chaos.”

Baratta noted that there were fewer attorney-legislators now than in past years, and that the new Speaker of the House of Delegates is not a lawyer. He advised the VBA leaders to educate legislators wherever possible, with studies and informational packets.

Peter Huber, chair of the VBA Wills, Trusts & Estates Section, shared that section’s experiences in legislative work. He stressed the importance of maintaining involvement, structure and continuity in law reform efforts, noting that the section does not impose deadlines on itself and that section members directly monitor legislation as much as possible.

“We genuinely enjoy our time together [working on legislation],” Huber commented. “It’s intellectually satisfying, and there’s a reward to shaping policy and being looked to as a resource.”
Participants also received a report on the 2000 General Assembly from the VBA perspective.

In other sessions, David Spratt of the Domestic Relations Section and President-elect Jeanne Franklin discussed successful collaborative projects; Real Estate Section Chair Hugh Harrison focused on that section’s development of standard real estate forms for purchase by attorneys;and Environmental Law Section Chair Don Scroggin outlined his plans for revitalizing that section.

Other speakers included VBA Young Lawyers Division Chair Jim Ingold, offering a “state of the YLD” overview, and Executive Committee Chair Ed Betts, who discussed the work of Executive Committee and YLD liaisons to sections and committees.

Former Governor Gerald Baliles, chair of the Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance, discussed that committee’s recent efforts and announced that the VBA had been invited to co-sponsor a White House Summit in June on cyberterrorism, along with the National Security Council and other related agencies, based on its work in that area.

As the workshop drew to a close, participants completed a brief survey to help kick-start this year’s planning efforts. Return to Top

Legislative Update:
Results from the VBA Perspective

As this issue of the VBA News Journal went to press, the 2000 session of the General Assembly had concluded and the veto session lay ahead on April 19. Meanwhile, the surviving remnant of the 3,172 bills introduced in this year’s session made their way upstairs from the House and Senate chambers to Governor Gilmore’s office.

The Virginia Bar Association’s members, leaders and staff can reflect on a hectic and productive legislative session. While, as always, not all bills proposed or supported by the Association met with success, much was achieved in a number of areas.

The annual legislative “scorecard” is a VBA standard, and this year’s results are presented here for your perusal. While this does not claim to be a perfect or complete record of legislative activity, it should give the reader an overview of the Association’s law reform work during the 2000 session.

More details, of the bills and resolutions mentioned here and of other legislation, can be found on the Commonwealth’s legislative information system on the Internet at http://leg1.state.va.us.

For the average VBA member, much of the Association’s law reform work is unseen, except for the articles in the VBA News Journal, legislative information on the VBA website, and the legislative summaries mailed to members of VBA sections and selected committees each spring.

To explain this process of law reform, which is a constant, year-long effort, the following two pages are devoted to an illustration of the Association’s work in the various seasons of the law reform cycle: what the different stages are, who is involved, how proposals are developed and how results are achieved. We hope this feature will provide you with a more complete understanding of this important area of The Virginia Bar Association’s mission.

Law Reform:
What Does the VBA Really Do About This?

The General Assembly Session
January/February/early March
• General Assembly meets.
• VBA lobbies for its bills, against bills with which it disagrees, and monitors other bills of interest.
• Legislative information sent out regularly to section and committee chairs via calls, legislative mailings and, as of 1999, the Internet.
Who’s involved
• Staff
• Retained lobbyists
• Selected section and committee leadership

Legislative Summaries
Late March/early April
• Legislative summary packages, custom-tailored to VBA interests, are prepared and distributed to some 5,600 VBA section members and committee chairs immediately after the session.
Who’s involved
• Division of Legislative Services provides bill outcomes
• Staff furnishes VBA-specific value-added analytic work
• Staff produces and distributes summaries

Digestion & Renewal
April/September
• Review session outcomes.
• Identify topics.
• Develop legislative proposals.
• Undertake policy studies.
Who’s involved
• Sections
• Committees
• Staff
• VBA Leadership

Presentation & Selection
September/October/November
• Prepare legislative proposals.
• Complete studies.
• Present work products to VBA Executive
Committee for review and approval.
Who’s involved
• Sections
• Committees
• Staff
• VBA Executive Committee

An important note:
The Virginia Bar Association does not make political contributions except as individual members (officers, staff, etc.) may do so with their personal funds. Our effectiveness depends upon the force of our ideas, the persistence of our efforts, and the goodwill of the officeholders who respect the objectivity and reliability of our work.

What goes forward?
The VBA attempts to play a constructive role in the public policy process of the Commonwealth in as objective a way as a group of lawyers can be. We engage the legislative process, pro or con, on those matters where we can offer credible expertise, reliable work products and/or helpful competence and perspective.

Sponsorship & Introduction
December/January
• Prospective General Assembly members identified as bill patrons.
• Studies are filed and bills are introduced under very strict deadlines, so that in January and February the cycle starts anew.
Who’s involved
• Selected section and committee chairs
• Staff
• Retained legislative representatives

Orchestration during the year
Under the broad direction of the VBA Executive Committee and particularly the President, the Executive Vice President acts as Legislative Manager during the year, working with section and committee chairs; remaining in contact with General Assembly members and staffs; keeping the Executive Committee and membership informed through VBA communications and legislative mailings; and managing the VBA’s retained representatives, all with the purpose of ensuring a full and productive agenda for VBA law reform participation.

The VBA’s legislative ‘team’
In addition to Executive Vice President Breck Arrington, other involved VBA staff members include Administrative Director Sandy Thompson, Section and Committee Coordinator Brenda Dillard, Communications Coordinator Caroline Bolte and YLD/Membership Coordinator Regina Moss.

Retained representatives Tony Troy of Mays & Valentine, L.L.P., David Shuford of LeClair Ryan, P.C., and Rob Jones of The Trebor Group, Inc., round out the VBA’s core legislative “team.”

The VBA in History:
Alexander Kerensky’s address, 1950

In August 1950, Alexander Kerensky, the first president of Russia and a tragic, romantic figure in history, traveled to The Greenbrier to address the then-Annual Meeting of The Virginia Bar Association on the topic of the Kremlin’s real international policy goals.

At the time, East-West tensions were at a peak. Conflict had exploded on the Korean peninsula earlier that summer. A year earlier, the Nationalist government of China had been overthrown by the Communists. The Iron Curtain lay over Eastern Europe like a pall.

Kerensky possessed a unique perspective on world politics. Born in Russia in 1881 — the year in which a group of terrorists calling themselves “The People’s Will” blew Tsar Alexander II to bits with a homemade bomb — Kerensky had been educated as a lawyer in the university at St. Petersburg and had served in the Duma (parliament) during the last turbulent years of the Romanov Dynasty.

After the abdication of Nicholas II in March 1917, Kerensky, then 36 years of age, served first as minister of war, then as president of Russia, until the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917 overthrew Kerensky’s more moderate Menshevik government. Kerensky later left his homeland for exile in London, then Paris, later settling in New York.

VBA President James S. Easley of Halifax introduced Kerensky to the audience as a man representing “the element of the Russian people, who believe in the same spiritual ideals that the people of America represent... I think in time to come when Russia overthrows the tyranny she is subjected to now, he will be a very valuable man in some reconciliation between the Russian people and the people of this great country... it is a great privilege to have him speak to us.” Editor’s note: Excerpts from Kerensky’s address, quoted here, have been edited for clarity.

“I think really now in so extraordinarily difficult a time that it is not a moment for convenience,” Kerensky began in halting English. “You must see the realities directly and not be afraid of the events of tomorrow... you are American, I am Russian and will be forever Russian, and if the present conflict, present preparation for a decisive fight between two irreconcilable ways of life, would be some kind of old-fashioned classical war between two states... I would not be here.

“But I am here because this tragedy which has developed now, not only between Washington and the Kremlin, but in all the world, is a new kind, a peculiar kind, of war... Maybe tomorrow there will be war between two irreconcilable ways of life: the way of freedom and the way of the totalitarian, of slavery, and I am here because my people are on the side of people who will fight for human freedom, human dignity and social justice.”

Kerensky noted that Soviet leaders presented themselves as peace-seekers and that there seemed to be confusion among Western nations as to the importance of the Communist movement.

“The essential aim of this international communistic movement is dictated in the Kremlin. The real goal of this movement is the overcoming by any means... of existing regimes of democracy of all decent peoples....

“And when I speak today of this question it is because... I love your country, I love your people ... inspired by fantastic ideas, strong organization, you cannot remain in confusion.”

Kerensky went on to discuss Stalin’s espousal of Lenin’s teachings and strategy, especially as it affected postwar politics.

“[The division of world influence following World War II] was based on this false idea that Stalin ‘maybe isn’t completely democratic, but likes to support the democratic powers and to organize and build in liberated countries the same type of democracy’ that Roosevelt and Churchill had.

“The root of this agreement was a false doctrine that [the West] must not be afraid of any organization of Lenin-Trotsky-Marxist proletarian revolution, and when... after the war we became very far from this very pleasant Utopia, Mr. Churchill said, ‘I don’t understand this Moscow, this Kremlin, this nice Uncle Joe. All their international policy is some kind of mystery.’

“In replying to Mr. Churchill’s statement, Mr. Molotov said, ‘I don’t undertand what is the mystery... every man who can read can know our policy exactly.’ The mystery seems to exist because of the uninformed Western public opinion.”

To illustrate his point, Kerensky quoted Karl Marx’s 1848 message to the workers of Europe: “You must be ready for a long period of travail, civil wars and wars.” He stated that Lenin had repeated the same idea in 1916, and Stalin had made a similar comment only two days earlier.

Kerensky went on to say that because of the changes wrought by World War II, the concept of a new Marxist social order was “more real.” He pointed to newly Communist China as an example of such a society, in which Communists had “killed the tiger [of political opposition] and prepared to kill others.” Kerensky stated that Stalin had “hypnotized Western democracy” by distributing propaganda in Western Europe, and that free nations were “now in front of the terrible enemy.”

In closing, Kerensky alternately warned and encouraged the VBA members: “We must understand the real goal, the real aims, the strategy and dictates of the Kremlin, and be certain not to identify the Kremlin with the peoples... of Russia [or the] historical national interests of Russia. I know this because I prepared, together with others, a program for the movement that absolutely negated all these international expansionistic aims — and, like a dream, it was exploded. [Russians] must restore, instead, freedom and friendly relations with neighbors and big powers...

“I remember one old Russian expression: ‘More tonight is dark, more the stars are bright.’ It is very dark, very dark now. But something exists. It is the desire of every man, of every woman, to be free — not speaking of political statements of democracy, but to be free to live in peace without permanent fear, to think freely, to play freely, to educate their children in the traditions of the family. This desire is so profound it is a star.”

Alexander Kerensky was made an honorary member of The Virginia Bar Association and remained one until his death in 1970. Seven years after Kerensky’s visit to the VBA, the American Bar Association established May 1 as “Law Day,” a counterpoint to militaristic Communist “May Day” parades and as a celebration of Americans’ freedoms under law — the same freedoms Kerensky compared to a star in the night. The Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991. In the years since then, Russia and its surrounding independent states have experienced turmoil, but have also sought more interaction with the West and the ideals of democracy, just as Kerensky hoped they would. Return to Top

Across the Commonwealth

Allen and Robb to debate at The Homestead

The Virginia Bar Association’s tradition of holding debates among statewide political candidates will continue at this year’s 110th VBA Summer Meeting, August 3-6 at The Homestead in Hot Springs.

The incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator, Charles S. Robb of McLean, and the GOP challenger, former Governor George F. Allen of Richmond, will face off on the morning of Saturday, August 5, in a debate that is expected to draw nationwide attention from media and political pundits alike.

Neither Allen nor Robb are strangers to VBA candidates’ forums: Allen participated during his bid for the governorship in 1993, while Robb last appeared before the Association in the “four-way” Senate candidates’ debate of 1994.

And both are VBA members.

More plans for the debate, and for the 110th Summer Meeting in general, will be announced in the June issue of the VBA News Journal. As details are finalized, they will be made available on the VBA website at www.vba.org/. Return to Top

"Stop the Violence" sessions announced

"Stop the Violence," an award-winning training program for advocates for victims of domestic violence, will be offered on May 3 and June 27. The training is co-sponsored by the VBA Young Lawyers Division, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, and Freddie Mac.

The May 3 program will be held at the Massey Building, 4100 Chain Bridge Road, A Level, in Fairfax. The June 27 session will be held at Freddie Mac, 8200 Jones Branch Drive, First Floor, Room Atlanta A, in McLean.

Volunteers will receive four (4) CLE credits for representing three victims of domestic violence in a civil protective order hearing within the next 12 months.

More details are available at www.vba.org/.

Please preregister by April 26 for the May 3 program and June 21 for the June 27 program by contacting Eric Moe at Legal Services of Northern Virginia, (703) 534-4343, or fax (703) 532-3990. Return to Top

Sixth Annual Administrative Law Conference set for May 25

The Sixth Annual Administrative Law Conference, co-sponsored by The Virginia Bar Association’s Administrative Law Section and the Administrative Law Advisory Committee of Virginia, will be held on Thursday, May 25, at the Crowne Plaza in Richmond.

The emphasis this year will be on the application of alternative dispute resolution to the practice of administrative law.

The conference, which will offer a total of 5.5 CLE credits, will begin with a keynote address by noted writer and mediation authority Dr. Christopher W. Moore of CDR Associates in Boulder, Colorado. Topics of other sessions will include alternative structures for public hearings, alternative dispute resolution in adjudication and permitting, consensus building in state and local government policy-making, role-playing, and advocacy in the context of alternative dispute resolution.

In addition to Dr. Moore, speakers will include Mark E. Rubin and James E. Phillips, both of Shuford, Rubin & Gibney, P.C., in Richmond; Phillip J. Harter of The Mediation Institute in Washington, D.C.; Hon. Timothy M. Kaine, mayor of the city of Richmond; Virginia State Sen. William Mims (R-Loudoun); and Frank Dukes of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation.

The registration fee for the conference is $95 per person and includes lunch. The registration deadline is May 13, and walk-in registrants cannot be guaranteed admission. Brochures with registration information have been mailed to all section members, and conference information is available on the Internet or by calling the VBA office at (804) 644-0041. Return to Top

VBA/YLD announces section & committee liaisons

The VBA Young Lawyers Division has announced the appointment of its liaisons to VBA section councils and committees.

Liaison appointments are as follows:

Administrative Law: Ellen Firsching Brown, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond; Bankruptcy Law: Karen M. Crowley, Marcus, Santoro, Kozak & Melvin, Portsmouth; Business Law: Cyane B. Crump, Hunton & Williams, Richmond; Civil Litigation, Jeffrey L. Marks, Willcox & Savage, Norfolk; Construction & Public Contracts Law: Steven M. Meade, Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, Newport News; Corporate Counsel: Rudolph Bumgardner IV, Virginia Power, Richmond; Criminal Law: John S. West, Mays & Valentine, Richmond; Domestic Relations: Kimberlee H. Ramsey, Florance, Gordon & Brown, Richmond; Environmental Law: Lance W. High, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Washington, D.C.; Health Law: Christopher S. Boynton, Cooper, Spong & Davis, Portsmouth; Intellectual Property: Donald D. Long, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Charlottesville; Labor Relations & Employment Law: Thomas M. Winn III, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke; Law Practice Management: Edward B. Walker, Mundy, Rogers & Frith, Roanoke; Real Estate: C. Vaughan Gibson, Mays & Valentine, McLean; Taxation: Julie A. Young, Supreme Court of Virginia, Richmond; Transportation Law: Sara Bugbee Winn, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke; Wills, Trusts & Estates: J. Garrett Horsley, Horsley & Horsley, Richmond;
Commission on the Needs of Children: Erica S. Beardsley, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, McLean; Committee on the Needs of the Mentally Disabled: Patrick R. Hanes, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond; Communications: James K. Cowan Jr., Flippin, Densmore, Morse & Jessee, Roanoke; Federal Judgeships/Eastern District: James V. Ingold, Chadwick, Washington, Olters, Moriarty & Lynn, Fairfax; Federal Judgeships/Western District: Philip W. Parker, Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, Roanoke; John Marshall Foundation: Christopher G. Lanning, Hunton & Williams, Richmond; Judiciary: Mary Catherine Zinsner, Mays & Valentine, McLean; Legal Education & Admission to the Bar: Christopher E. Vinyard, Mays & Valentine, Richmond; Membership: Anne H. Bumgardner, Mays & Valentine, Richmond; Nominations to Virginia Commissions & Appellate Courts: Monica L. Taylor, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke; Professionalism: David N. Anthony, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk; Section & Committee Development: Mary Catherine Zinsner, Mays & Valentine, McLean; Substance Abuse: Charles G. Meyer III, LeClair Ryan, Richmond. Return to Top

Barnes honored for service to youth through Model Judiciary Program

For five years, Attison L. Barnes III has chaired the VBA/YLD’s Model Judiciary Program Committee, which annually offers 2,000 Virginia high school students an insider’s look at the judicial system (and for a select number, the chance to argue a case before the Supreme Court of Virginia).

And for five years before his chairmanship began, Barnes, now a partner in the firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas, was involved with the program as an attorney-instructor, then as the Alexandria coordinator.

After this year, however, Barnes will step down.

At the conclusion of this year’s Model Supreme Court on March 2, Barnes was honored by the Virginia YMCA, which co-sponsors the program with the VBA/YLD, for his outstanding service to the youth of Virginia. Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico presented Barnes with a plaque and praised his longtime involvement with the Model Judiciary Program.

In January, Barnes received the VBA/YLD Fellows Award. Return to Top

News in Brief

Legislative summaries are coming this month! All members of VBA sections will receive summaries of 2000 legislation that are tailored to their special areas of practice. If you are not already a member of a VBA section, please join today! Call (804) 644-0041 or visit www.vba.org for information on joining the section(s) of your choice.

Lewis T. Booker, a VBA Life Member and partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams, received the 2000 Hill-Tucker Public Service Award from the Bar Association of the City of Richmond on March 16.

The VBA News Journal seeks articles from Association members for upcoming issues in 2000. We are looking for short (1,000 words), practice-related articles on a variety of topics. Suggestions for personal profiles of VBA members, or articles on the special heritage of the legal profession in Virginia, are also welcomed. For more information, visit the “Writers’ Guide” on the VBA website, or contact Caroline Bolte at (804) 644-0041.

Get more involved with VBA activities this year! You can become a Patron or encourage your firm to become a VBA Leadership Firm. You can join a section or volunteer to serve on a VBA committee or section council. If you are a young and/or new lawyer, consider participating in a VBA Young Lawyers Division committee project.

You can help lessen world hunger without leaving your desk (or even writing a check) by visiting www.thehungersite.com. By clicking a button on the site once a day, you can provide staple food for a hungry person, provided by sponsors of the site. Return to Top

Young Lawyers Division:
Committee Chairs for 2000

The following members of The Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division have been appointed by VBA/YLD Chair Jim Ingold to chair committees in 2000.

All VBA/YLD committee chairs serve on the Executive Council of the Division, along with the officers and Executive Committee members.

ABA Liaison/Project Development/Grants: Stacy C. Taylor, Hunton & Williams, Richmond.
ABA/YLD Award of Achievement: Christopher S. Boynton, Cooper, Spong & Davis, Portsmouth.
Bridge-the-Gap: Robert M. Lilly, Warren & Scheid, Narrows; Christopher E. Vinyard, Mays & Valentine, Richmond.
Child Support Enforcement Project: Eric R. Nowak, Hunton & Williams, Richmond; Kristan B. Burch, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk; Kimberlee Harris Ramsey, Florance, Gordon & Brown, Richmond.
Communications/Publicity: James K. Cowan Jr., Flippin, Densmore, Morse & Jessee, Roanoke.
Community Law Week and Law Day: N. Thomas Connally III, Hogan & Hartson, McLean.
Disaster Legal Assistance: Stephen D. Otero, Mays & Valentine, Richmond; Richard H. Ottinger, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk; Valerie W. Long, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe,Charlottesville.
DMV Project/Richmond: Amy Balfour, Beale, Balfour, Davidson & Etherington, Richmond.
DMV Project/Roanoke: Lori Thompson, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Domestic Violence Project: Megan Owen, Hogan & Hartson, McLean.
Immigrant Assistance: Attison L. Barnes III and Tara M. Vold, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Washington, D.C.
The John Marshall Foundation Liaison: Christopher G. Lanning, Hunton & Williams, Richmond.
Washington & Lee Pilot Project: Edward B. Walker, Mundy, Rogers & Frith, Roanoke; C. Cooper Youell IV, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Law School Liaison: Barry T. Meek, Hunton & Williams, Richmond
Lawyers for the Arts/Nonprofits: Shawn Cox, America Online, Dulles; Henry Chao-lon Su, Hunton & Williams, Richmond.
Lawyers Helping Lawyers Liaison: Charles G. Meyer III, LeClair Ryan, Richmond.
Legal Services for the Mentally Ill: Patrick R. Hanes and King F. Tower, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond.
Meetings Coordinator: Monica L. Taylor, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Membership: Stacy C. Taylor, Hunton & Williams, Richmond; Elizabeth M. Horsley, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond; Anne H. Bumgardner, Mays & Valentine, Richmond.
Mentor Program/Lynchburg: J. Frederick Watson, Caskie & Frost, Lynchburg.
Mentor Program/Northern Virginia: C. Vaughan Gibson, Mays & Valentine, McLean.
Mentor Program/Richmond: John West, Mays & Valentine, Richmond; Rudene Mercer,Hunton & Williams, Richmond.
Mentor Program/Roanoke: C. Cooper Youell IV and Beth Goodwin, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Minority Recruitment/Richmond: Aisha J. Bullard and F. Cabell Evans, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond
Minority Recruitment/Roanoke: Jimmy F. Robinson Jr., Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Model Judiciary Program: Attison L. Barnes, III, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Washington, D.C.; David J. Ervin, Miles & Stockbridge, McLean.
National Moot Court: Elizabeth M. Horsley and Mary Shannon P. Garbett, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond.
NCAA Circuit Riders Program: Lynn K. Brugh, Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, Richmond; Jason R. Davis, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk; D. Reed Freeman, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C.
New Projects: Stacy C. Taylor, Hunton & Williams, Richmond; Erica S. Beardsley, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, McLean; Kathy Harman-Stokes, Hogan & Hartson, McLean.
Pre-Law Counseling: Nicole C. Daniel, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke.
Pro Bono Hotline/Central Virginia: Samantha S. Otero, Morris & Morris, Richmond; Cyane B. Crump and Agustin E. Rodriguez,Hunton & Williams, Richmond.
Pro Bono Hotline/Harrisonburg: Sheila Keesee,Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Harrisonburg.
Pro Bono Hotline/Northern Virginia: Lance W. High, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Washington, D.C.; Renee C. Esfandiary, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe, McLean.
Pro Bono Hotline/Peninsula: James H. Shoemaker Jr., Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, Newport News.
Pro Bono Hotline/Roanoke: Melissa Amos Young and Victor S. Skaff III, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Pro Bono Hotline/Southside: Edward F. Hodges Jr., Clement & Wheatley, Danville.
Pro Bono Hotline/Tidewater: Beth V. McMahon, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk; Brian L. Sykes, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk; Blythe A. Scott, Basnight, Kinser, Telfeyan, Leftwich & Nuckolls, Chesapeake.
Pro Bono Hotlines/Statewide Coordinator: McAlister C. Marshall II, Hunton & Williams, Richmond.
Professionalism & Civility in Practice: David N. Anthony, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk; Jeffrey L. Marks, Willcox & Savage, Norfolk.
Substantive Law Sections YLD Representative Coordinator: Mary Catherine Zinsner, Mays & Valentine, McLean.
Town Hall Meeting/Abingdon: Edward B. Walker, Mundy, Rogers & Frith, Roanoke.
Town Hall Meeting/Charlottesville: Michael E. Derdeyn, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe, Charlottesville; Donald D. Long, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Charlottesville.
Town Hall Meeting/Hampton Roads: Jeff Miller, Cooper, Spong & Davis, Portsmouth; Brandon H. Zeigler, Stallings & Richardson, Virginia Beach.
Town Hall Meeting/Northern Virginia: Sean C.E. McDonough, Hudgins Law Firm, Alexandria; Jennifer C. Payne and Carine M. Saddy, Hogan & Hartson, McLean.
Town Hall Meeting/ Richmond: Jennifer L. McClellan, Hunton & Williams, Richmond; Rudolph “Dutch” Bumgardner IV, Virginia Power, Richmond.
Town Hall Meeting/Roanoke: Mark W. Dellinger, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke.
Upward Bound: Daniel C. Summerlin III, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke.
The Virginia Lawyer: Roderick W. Simmons, Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen, Richmond. Return to Top

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