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VBA on Main

Adjacent to the VBA staff office in downtown Richmond is a technology-filled location for VBA and attorney business and meetings, called VBA on Main.

Your professional hub is meant to provide members with a centralized site for VBA business as well as an office away from your office for when members are in Virginia's capital city. The address is 1111 E. Main St., Suite 905, in the Bank of America Center.

For Richmond-area attorneys, VBA on Main serves as a convenient gathering spot for VBA events and activities. Many attorney destinations - the Capitol, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, U.S. District Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, law firms, state agencies and regulatory offices - are conveniently nearby.

The VBA moved into the space in the fall of 2017 from a downtown Richmond building five blocks away.

Some features

• Four conference and huddle rooms, accommodating four to 26-plus (the large conference room can seat even more classroom-style; glass doors allow the room to expand to include the lounge/refreshments area)
• Each conference/huddle room carries the name of a VBA judicial region. From left to right, they are: Potomac, Tidewater, Southside, the carrels opposite are Blue Ridge, the reception area is Capitol. The conference room at bottom right is Southwest and is a VBA staff office.
• Technologywise, the large conference room is outfitted with a 90" monitor with HDMI connections, and has four ceiling speakers and a webcam conference system. Forty-eight-inch monitors with HDMI connections are available in the Potomac, Southside and Southwest meeting rooms.
• Three study carrels provide semi-private workspace
• A bright, airy lounge seating area with great views to recharge your phone, renew a friendship or rehydrate your body
• A private phone room/nursing space
• A printing/copying facility
• Rocking chairs on the "front porch"
• Robust Wi-Fi
• An award gallery wall near the entrance
• Adjacent to VBA staff offices

Reserve Your Space

If you'd like to visit or work at VBA on Main, please submit a reservation request. Reservations are first-come, first-served, including walk-ins. Time restrictions may apply for prolonged use. Submit your request at vba.org/reserve or by using the button below.

Please note that in case of inclement weather, the VBA on Main schedule follows that of state agencies in Richmond.

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Who Uses VBA on Main?

VBA on Main is available to VBA members and some others at no charge. Experience this unique-in-Virginia bar facility. The member center is part of the VBA's initiative to be a law partner for life for all interested attorneys.

Events are scheduled throughout the year in VBA on Main. Some of the Young Lawyers Division meetings and section socials have taken place in the space. The Virginia Family Law Coalition, the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Council and the Appellate Practice Section Council have convened meetings on-site. And the VBA Board of Governors has held quarterly gatherings in the large conference room of VBA on Main.

Attorneys find that the neutral ground VBA on Main provides is great for mediations. Depositions also have been taken on-site.

Additionally, the VBA welcomes other bar groups to meet at VBA on Main. The Virginia Employment Lawyers Association and the Virginia Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association have gathered here, as has the Hill Tucker Bar Association.

Stop by to see how the space can serve you. We encourage members and prospective members to visit.

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Free member services

As a benefit of your VBA membership, access to the following amenities at VBA on Main are free:

• Large boardroom that seats 26 conference-style or 49 lecture-style
• One conference room that seats 6* (~165 square feet)
• Two conference rooms that seat 4* (140 square feet)
• Advance reservations are encouraged.
• Use of carrels
• Use of lawyer lounge area
• Wi-Fi access
• Recharging stations for electronic devices
• Copies* - up to 25 pages
• Printouts* - up to 25 pages
• Water, coffee, tea
• Use of microwave ovens
• On-site publications to read

Additionally, event space in a shared business conference center on the third floor of the building may be available by contract. Required fees apply.

If you are an attorney, judge, law professor, student or retired lawyer interested in using VBA on Main, the VBA staff is eager to answer your questions and ensure that the space meets your needs.

To serve you best, please let us know what questions you have about the new space.

Ask VBA on Main

Special hotel room discounts for VBA members

The VBA has arranged for members planning an overnight stay in Richmond to receive a 15% discount on room rates at the Omni Richmond Hotel in 2024. Discounts are based on room availability.

Use this link to book the hotel conveniently across the street from our building.

Media About VBA on Main

More than 100 members and guests experienced the VBA in a whole new way, at a Dec. 5, 2017, open house and grand opening of VBA on Main. Watch for other events at VBA on Main in member emails and on the VBA online calendar, viewable at www.vba.org/events/.

The story behind VBA on Main is told in the cover article "New VBA home adds work, social space for members," in the spring 2017 issue of the VBA Journal. Click the image to see the article.

Construction photographs and pictures from a hardhat tour by board members and other VBA leaders appeared in the fall issue of the VBA Journal.

The team making this dream a reality

RGI General Contractors is constructing the design created by architects SMBW. 7 Hills Advisors represented the VBA in the search for this space, the first new location for the VBA since the first paid staff member was hired 33 years ago.

VBA members of the Strategic Facility Plan Advisory Committee are George Braxton, Miles Dumville, Karen Gould, Steven Gould, Jim Guy, Jack Harris, Micheal Hern, Katja Hill, Michael HuYoung, Pete Johnson, Matt Kirsner, VBA Executive Director R. Yvonne Cockram, David Mercer, Dean Wendy Perdue, Michael Quinan, Rhodes Ritenour and Steuart Thomas.

Revisit elements of the journey that brought us here

A video tour of VBA on Main during construction and pre-furniture, with 2017 President David S. Mercer. Shared via a VBA email titled See what sets the VBA apart from other bar groups-VIDEO (9/21/2017)

A full-page ad on the back cover of the October 2017 Virginia Lawyer promoting membership and the unique benefit VBA on Main presents.

The fall 2017 VBA Journal featured construction photos and images from a hard-hat tour by VBA leaders.

Explore more

• Slideshow initially presented at the 2017 VBA Annual Meeting, with designer renderings
• Emails from 2017 with content about VBA on Main
• Moving forward - The VBA Voice for October
• Catch a glimpse of the new VBA headquarters
• A moving month - The VBA Voice for September
• Catching up on the Summer Meeting - and previewing fall - The VBA Voice for August
• VBA on Main Hard Hat Tour
• Construction progress and much more from the VBA - The VBA Voice for July
• At the VBA, it's happening - The VBA Voice for June
• "May" it please the court - The VBA Voice for May
• VBA Valentine - The VBA Voice for February
• Lease signing (12/7/2016)