Appellate Practice Section Council   

Officers

Chair: Robert Loftin | McGuireWoods | 804-775-4715

Vice Chair: Trevor Cox | Hunton Andrews Kurth | 804-788-7221

Secretary: Julie Palmer | Harman, Claytor, Horrigan & Wellman | 804-762-8027

Treasurer: Juli Porto | Blankingship & Keith | 703-691-1235

Immediate Past Chair: Norman Thomas | Norman A. Thomas, PLLC | 804-303-9538

Council Members

Tillman Breckenridge | Breckenridge PLLC | 202-567-7733

Graham Bryant | Troutman Pepper Locke | 804-697-1409

W. Thomas Chappell | Woods Rogers | 757-446-8653

Michael Finney | Gentry Locke Attorneys | 540-983-9373

Hon. Stephen R. McCullough | Supreme Court of Virginia | 804-786-2251

Hon. Patricia A. Millett | U.S. Court of Appeals, DC | 202-216-7110

Jay O’Keeffe | MichieHamlett | 540-491-0634

John O’Herron | ThompsonMcMullan | 804-780-1813

Rachel Yates | The Law Office of Rachel Yates | 804-814-2022

Ex Officio

Board of Governors Liaison: Dan Gray | Cooper Ginsberg Gray

YLD Representative: John Woolard | McGuireWoods

Last updated: 7/9/26