Schedule of Events

Thursday, July 15, 2004

11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Board of Governors Meeting
and Luncheon

2-6 p.m.
Registration/Information

3-5 p.m.
Videotape CLE Program
(2 Ethics Credits)
“Eye of the Beholder: Client Perceptions of Ethics Issues in Intellectual Property Law
(Expanded and Enhanced).”

6-7 p.m.
Welcome Reception
(For children too!)
Courtesy of The Homestead

Friday, July 16, 2004

8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Registration/Information

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent CLE Programs
(See separate listing.)

9-10:30 a.m.
Spouse Program:
Culinary Demonstration
The Homestead’s Executive Chef will share secrets of food preparation and presentation of
selected classic dishes from the resort’s restaurants. Recipes for all dishes will be provided so
that participants can try their hand at home. (Separate registration and fee required.)

10:30 a.m.-Noon
General Session (1.5 CLE Credits)
“The Virginia Death Penalty: There is More Than Just the Concept.”
A discussion by the Judicial Section and Criminal Law Section on some of the many
systemic issues presented by the Virginia death penalty.

12:15-1:45 p.m.
Legacy Series Luncheon
The Virginia Historical Society will present our traditional Legacy Series Luncheon which has become an exceptionally popular feature at VBA meetings. Join us for this year’s edition which promises to be an enlightening and entertaining way to spend the lunch hour with your family and friends between a morning and afternoon of programming.
(For members and guests — separate registration and fee for lunch required.)

12:30-5 p.m.
18-Hole Golf Tournament
For golfers who cannot come to The Homestead without some serious competition on the golf course! Declared play on the Cascades Course on Thursday or Friday qualifies for prizes being
awarded at the Saturday evening black-tie reception sponsored by LexisNexis.

2-4 p.m.
General Session (2 CLE Credits/2 Ethics)
“Conflicts Between Lawyers and Their Clients.”
An interactive ethics presentation by Thomas E. Spahn on behalf of the Law Practice Management
Division on issues relating to professional responsibility utilizing hypothetical situations.

6:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception (black tie)
Courtesy of Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX Corporation

7:30-10 p.m.
Banquet (black tie)
Recognition of 2004 Life Members
Entertainment by Shenandoah Shakespeare Group
Courtesy of Dominion Virginia Power

Saturday, July 17, 2004

8-9:30 a.m.
YLD Executive Council Breakfast Meeting

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration/Information

8:30-10 a.m.
Concurrent CLE Programs
(See separate listing.)

10 a.m.-Noon
General Session (2 CLE Credits)
“Review of Major U.S. Supreme Court Decisions From the Current Term.”
A presentation by the Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance and the
Civil Litigation Section.

12:30 p.m.
Golf Scramble/Tennis Round-Robin
Members, spouses and guests are welcome and every level of player is encouraged to participate!
(Advance sign-up required.)

6:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception (black tie)
Honoring Dean W. Jeremy Davis of the Appalachian School of Law
Courtesy of LexisNexis

9:30-11:30 p.m.
YLD Social: Bowling Together!
(Young Lawyers and their families welcome.)
Courtesy of Williams Mullen, LLP

Many thanks to our Summer Meeting sponsors:

BB&T Corporation

Criminal Law Section/
Capital Defense Workshop

Dominion Virginia Power

Hogan & Hartson LLP

The Homestead

Hunton & Williams

LexisNexis

Norfolk Southern Corporation
& CSX Corporation

Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company (Prolegia)

Wachovia Bank, NA

Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, PC

Williams Mullen

Dear Fellow Members:
I sincerely hope you will be able to set aside the July 15-18 weekend to attend the VBA Summer Meeting at The Homestead. We have tried to provide you and your family with a few days of welcome retreat, combined with an opportunity to enjoy friendly and intellectually stimulating conversation, as well as several superb social activities.
In addition, we have planned a number of timely and engaging general session programs, including the U.S. Supreme Court Program traditionally presented during the annual Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit, in which nationally recognized
Constitutional scholars will review decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent session. Another general session program entitled “The Virginia Death Penalty: There is More Than Just the Concept” will be of interest to members, spouses, and guests alike. And yet another general session program dealing with conflicts with clients will fulfill the yearly MCLE ethics requirement. There will also be our usual wide array of concurrent CLE programming on both Friday and Saturday focusing on topics
of particular interest to specific practice areas. A time to unwind, to learn, to be with family, and to gather with old friends and make new ones - that is what the VBA
Summer Meeting is all about. I look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
E. Tazewell Ellett
President

Banquet Entertainment!

After-dinner entertainment during our Friday evening black-tie banquet will come from the world’s only authentic recreation of William Shakespeare’s theatre, Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton. Stars of the acclaimed theatre company, the Shenandoah Shakespeare Group, will bring a unique presentation from the works of William Shakespeare that has thrilled, delighted and educated audiences across the U.S. and abroad. Click here to learn more about this interesting troupe of players!

VBA Life Members

Twenty-four members of The Virginia Bar Association will be recognized as VBA Life Members for 2004 during the banquet on Friday, July 16, at the Summer Meeting. Life Members of The Virginia Bar Association are those persons who have been members of the VBA for at least 40 consecutive years and have attained the age of 70 years no later than this year.

The 2004 VBA Life Members are as follows:

John P. Ackerly III, Richmond
John J. Adams, Washington, D.C.
Charles B. Arrington Jr., Richmond
Robert L. Bohannon, Virginia Beach
Robert L. Burrus Jr., Richmond
Randolph W. Church, McLean
E. Ralph Coon Jr., Manassas
Alvin B. Fox, Newport News
Hon. Richard R.G. Hobson, McLean
James L. Howe III, Virginia Beach
Lee C. Kitchin, Norfolk
Thomas O. Lawson, Fairfax
Jay J. Levit, Richmond
Shannon T. Mason Jr., Newport News
G. Marshall Mundy, Roanoke
Hon. Nicholas E. Persin, Grundy
Paul P. Raulet, Atlanta, Ga.
C. Arthur Rutter Jr., Norfolk
Alexander P. Smith, Norfolk
Robert E. Stroud, Charlottesville
Henry A. Thomas, Alexandria
Hon. Russell I. Townsend Jr., Chesapeake
Stephen C. Willard, Charlottesville
Jesse B. Wilson III, Fairfax

CLE Programs

You'll especially want to be with us on Saturday, July 17, as the VBA presents a panel of nationally recognized and diverse constitutional law scholars to discuss the significant opinions of the term of the U.S. Supreme Court that will have concluded just prior to our Summer Meeting. Organized by renowned constitutional authority A.E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia Law School, panelists include Akhil Amar of Yale Law School; Steve Calabresi of Northwestern School of Law, a co-founder of the Federalist Society; John Jeffries, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law; and Nadine Strossen of New York Law School, President of the American Civil Liberties Union. This program has been annually presented at the U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and broadcast by C-SPAN. The VBA has stepped in this year as the presenter of this signature discussion in light of the cancellation of the 2004 Judicial Conference.

Thursday, July 15, 2004

3-5 p.m.
Videotape Presentation (2 Credits/2 Ethics)
“Eye of the Beholder: Client Perceptions of Ethics Issues in Intellectual Property Law (Expanded and Enhanced).”
A videotape and live discussion of the Intellectual Property and Information
Technology Law Section program presented at the 2004 VBA Winter Meeting.
Introduction and Commentary: Marshall M. Curtis, Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, PC, Reston

Friday, July 16, 2004

9 -10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Virginia Joint ADR Committee and Civil Litigation and Domestic Relations Sections (1.5 Credits)
“Advocacy in Mediation: Beyond the Basics, Part II: The Use and Misuse of the Caucus.” A interactive program on advanced mediation advocacy.
Introduction: John B. McCammon, The McCammon Group, Richmond
Speakers:
Karen L. Keyes, The Law Office of Karen L. Keyes, Arlington
Lawrence Hoover, Hoover, Penrod, Davenport & Crist, Harrisonburg
Frank W. Morrison, Phillips, Morrison, Johnson & Ferrell, Lynchburg
Hon. Diane M. Strickland, The McCammon Group, Roanoke

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Criminal Law Section (1.5 Credits)
“Fourth Annual Review of Criminal Law Decisions of the Virginia Supreme Court.”
Introduction: Keith N. Hurley, Hurley & Koort, PLC, Richmond
Speaker: Professor Ronald J. Bacigal, University of Richmond School of Law

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Labor Relations and Employment Law Section (1.5 Credits)
“What Every Practitioner Needs to Know About Protecting Clients’ Trade Secrets.”
Introduction: Robert J. Barry, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk
Speaker: Daniel P. Westman, Shaw Pittman LLP, McLean

10:30 a.m.-Noon
General Session: Judicial and Criminal (1.5 Credits) Law Sections
“The Virginia Death Penalty: There is More Than Just the Concept.”
A discussion on some of the many systemic issues presented by the Virginia death penalty.
Opening Remarks: E. Tazewell Ellett, VBA President, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Hon. William G. Broaddus, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond
Speakers:
John B. Boatwright III, Capital Defender, Central Region of Virginia, Richmond
Craig S. Cooley, Richmond
Prof. Roger D. Groot, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington
Warren Von Schuch, Chief Deputy, Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney, Chesterfield County
Hon. J. Robert Stump, Judge, Wise County Circuit Court

2-4 p.m.
General Session: Law Practice Management Division (2 Credits/2 Ethics)
“Conflicts Between Lawyers and Their Clients.”
An interactive ethics presentation on issues of professional responsibility.
Introduction: Gant Redmon, Redmon, Peyton & Braswell LLP, Alexandria
Speaker: Thomas E. Spahn, McGuireWoods LLP, McLean

Saturday, July 17, 2004

8:30-10 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Business Law Section (1.5 Credits)
“International Business Issues: From Outsourcing to Corrupt Practices.”
Moderator: Randall S. Parks, Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond
Speakers:
Scott M. Hobby, Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, Ga.
Alex Lindamood, KPMG
William F. Young, Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C.

8:30-10 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Civil Litigation and Judicial Sections (1.5 Credits)
“Sixth Annual Review of Civil Decisions of the Virginia Supreme Court.”
Introduction: William R. Mauck Jr., Williams Mullen, Richmond
Speaker: Hon. Jane Marum Roush, Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Fairfax

8:30-10 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Lawyers Helping Lawyers (1.5 Credits/1.5 Ethics)
“The Changing Face of Lawyers Helping Lawyers...Helping the Legal Profession by Expanding from Addiction into Mental Health.”
Speakers:
Prof. Susan S. Grover, Director of Equal Opportunity, College of William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg
James E. Leffler, LPC, Mental Health Services Coordinator, Lawyers Helping Lawyers, Richmond

8:30-10 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Criminal Law Section (1.5 Credits)
“Innocence Happens: When the Innocent are Accused (and Convicted).”
Moderator: Richard C. Goemann, Executive Director, Virginia Indigent Defense Commission, Richmond
Speakers:
Steven D. Benjamin, Benjamin & DesPortes, Richmond
Hon. Robert J. Humphries, Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, Virginia Beach
Gerald T. Zerkin, Assistant Federal Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Richmond

10 a.m.-Noon
General Session: Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance and Civil Litigation Section (2 Credits)
“Review of Major U.S. Supreme Court Decisions From the Current Term.”
Prof. Dick Howard has organized for the VBA the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference Panel comprised of nationally recognized constitutional scholars.
Opening Remarks: E. Tazewell Ellett, VBA President, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, D.C.
Introduction: David Craig Landin, Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond
Moderator: Prof. A.E. Dick Howard, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville
Speakers:
Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn.
Prof. Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern School of Law, Chicago, Ill.
Dean John C. Jeffries Jr., University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville
Prof. Nadine Strossen, President of the American Civil Liberties Union, New York Law School, New York City

Collegiality
Recreational and Leisure Activities
All members of the Association, their family members and guests are eligible
to participate in our golf and tennis tournaments.

GOLF TOURNAMENT—All members of the VBA, their family members
and guests are eligible to participate in our golf event. This 18-hole, shotgun
start competition will take place on the Old Course Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. The format will be Captain’s Choice. A player will not be eligible to win prizes in more than one event. Players are responsible for signing up for the event by calling the Golf Operations Office at (540) 839-7620. There is a 14-day cancellation policy and fees will be charged to the individual golfer.

In addition to our Saturday event, we have an old tradition to continue as a
second event for our competitive golfers! Declared play on Thursday and
Friday on the Cascades Course will be eligible for prizes being awarded
Saturday evening at our LexisNexis sponsored black-tie reception. Call the
Activities Reservation Dept. at 1-800-838-1766 option #3 to reserve a tee time.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT—The Tennis Tournament format will be a
Round-Robin, all doubles, with interchanging partners. Men’s and women’s
doubles will be played on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. The top four scorers qualify
for the finals with the Pro determining the format. Register in advance,
identifying yourself as a VBA tournament participant, by calling the Tennis
Pro, Patrick Alle, at (540) 839-7545 or 1-800-838-1766 ext. 7545. The cost
is $22 per event and may be charged to your guest room upon arrival at The
Homestead. Non-tournament play can be arranged through the Activities
Reservation Department at 1-800-838-1766 option #3.

THE HOMESTEAD’S ACTIVITIES RESERVATION DEPARTMENT is
happy to arrange all of your individual recreational and leisure activities: Call
1-800-838-1766 option #3 for horseback riding; carriage and pony rides;
shooting; golf; tennis; spa; spa salon; kid’s club (other than the special Friday
night children’s program); transportation; gorge hike. Advance reservations
are suggested, particularly for golf, spa appointments and babysitting services.
Dinner reservations should also be made well in advance of your arrival
by calling 1-800-838-1766 option #3.

Children’s Programs
A special program is being planned for children ages 3 (and pottytrained) to 12 during the formal Friday evening reception and banquet. From 6 to 11 p.m., children will have dinner and be entertained with activities including a movie. The cost for this fun-filled evening is only $15 for each child. Register for this program using the
accompanying meeting registration form.

The Homestead’s KidsClub offers a full schedule every day of organized fun. Call KidsClub Director Alisa Lopes at (540) 839-7677 for registrations and activity information.

Other babysitting needs may be arranged on an hourly basis through The Homestead’s Activities Reservation Department at 1-800-838-1766 option #3. Advance reservations suggested.

Registration
Click here for a PDF copy of the Summer Meeting brochure and registration form.

Accommodations
VBA members will receive special group room rates at The Homestead for this meeting — you’ll want to take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy its amenities and recreational activities with collegial VBA members, their families and friends. Book your accommodations early to ensure availability — call 1-800-838-1766. Reservations must be made by June 15, 2004,* to guarantee the group rate.
*Deadline extended, but not for long! Make your reservation ASAP.

The Homestead
For more information about The Homestead and its amenities, click this link to the website.