Committee on Special Issues of National & State Importance   

Members

Chair: W. Taylor Reveley IV | Longwood University

Immediate Past Chair: David Craig Landin | The Landin Law Group

Robin Baliles | Honorary Member

J. Edward Betts (Ret.) | Christian & Barton

Prof. Richard J. Bonnie | University of Virginia School of Law

Dr. & Dean Pam F. Cipriano, Ph.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN | University of Virginia School of Nursing

Hon. Whittington W. Clement | Hunton Andrews Kurth

Rev. Dr. George E. Conway | IES Consulting

Pres. Ronald A. Crutcher | University of Richmond

Hon. Richard Cullen | Governor's Office

Hon. Thomas T. Cullen | U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Patricia M. Dove | Virginia Tech

John D. Epps (Ret.) | Hunton Emeritus

Andrew Ferguson | Office of the Attorney General of Virginia

Prof. & Dean Emerita Dorrie Fontaine RN, PhD, FAAN | University of Virginia School of Nursing

Jeanne F. Franklin | FranklinSolutions

Dean Risa L. Goluboff | University of Virginia School of Law

Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte

Hon. S. Bernard Goodwyn | Supreme Court of Virginia

Hon. Marla Graff Decker | Court of Appeals of Virginia

Leslie Greene Bowman | Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Hon. Roger L. Gregory | U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

W. David Harless | Christian & Barton

Todd Haymore | Secretary of Commerce and Trade

Dr. Bob Holsworth | DecideSmart

Prof. A. E. Dick Howard | University of Virginia School of Law

Dean John C. Jeffries | University of Virginia School of Law

John A.C. Keith | Blankingship & Keith

Pres. Penelope W. Kyle (Ret.) | Radford University

Hon. M. Hannah Lauck | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Hon. Stacy E. Lee | Henrico County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court

Hon. Donald W. Lemons | Supreme Court of Virginia

Hon. Louis R. Lerner (Ret.)

Maureen R. Matsen | Christopher Newport University

Alison McKee (Ret.)

James V. Meath (Ret.)

Hon. William C. Mims | Supreme Court of Virginia

Bernard A. Niemeier | MilanoRVA

Hugh L. Patterson (Ret.)

Hon. Cleo E. Powell | Supreme Court of Virginia

William R. Rakes | Gentry Locke Attorneys

Pres. W. Taylor Reveley III (Ret.) | William & Mary

Pres. James E. Ryan | University of Virginia

Dean Ian H. Solomon | University of Virginia

Hon. Jeri K. Somers | The McCammon Group

Hon. James R. Spencer (Ret.) | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Phillip C. Stone Sr. | Stone Law Group

Hon. John Charles Thomas (Ret.) | Supreme Court of Virginia

Guy K. Tower | Member, City Council (Beach District), City of Virginia Beach

Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani | MercerTrigiani

William R. Van Buren III | Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

John L. Walker III | Williams Mullen

Ex Officio

Paul E. Fletcher | The Virginia Bar Association | 804-644-0041 ext. 111

Last updated: 3/9/26