WILLIAMSBURG -- Sixteen members of The Virginia Bar Association were recognized on Jan. 22 by the Virginia Law Foundation as Fellows in the Class of 2026. A total of 23 new Fellows were inducted at the VLF’s annual dinner and celebration.

Nominated confidentially by their peers, VLF Fellows are recognized for leadership in their practices, their communities, and the Commonwealth. The Class of 2026 joins more than 800 of the top legal practitioners in Virginia who are committed to the highest ideals of the law and exemplify the concept of citizen lawyer.

The VBA members in the VLF Fellows class of 2026 are:

• Matthew W. Broughton, Gentry Locke Attorneys, Roanoke

• W. Hamilton Bryson, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond

• Trevor S. Cox, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond

• Mark D. Cummings, Sher, Cummings and Ellis, Arlington

• Douglas S. Granger, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond

• Sandra L. Havrilak, Blankingship & Keith PC, Fairfax

• Rudene Mercer Haynes, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond

• Justice (Ret.) Elizabeth A. McClanahan, Virginia Tech Foundation and Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg

• VBA Past President Richard H. Ottinger, Woods Rogers, Norfolk

• Randall S. Parks, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond

• VBA Immediate Past President Kimberlee Harris Ramsey, FloranceGordonBrown PC, Richmond

• Cliona Mary Robb, Thompson McMullan PC, Richmond

• Brooks Meredith Smith, Troutman Pepper Locke, Richmond

• W. Edgar Spivey, Kaufman & Canoles PC, Norfolk

• Matthew C. Sunderlin, Clark & Bradshaw PC, Harrisonburg

• Carlyle R. Wimbish III, Wimbish Gentile McCray & Roeber PLLC, Richmond