A trip to the beach: Reports from the Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 29, 2009

The Virginia State Bar’s Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach June 18-20 was quite eventful. In this week’s edition, you’ll find coverage of:

• The VSB Council’s vote establishing a Diversity Conference.

• A perspective piece on the council confab from a new council member who’ll take his seat next week.

• A story on the attorney general debate between Sen. Ken Cuccinelli and Del. Steve Shannon from the only Virginia news operation to send a reporter to cover the event (that would be us).

• Profiles of Jon Huddleston, the new VSB president, below, and Irv Blank, the new president-elect.

• Articles on winners of individuals honors, including Judge Marilynn Goss, who received the Tradition of Excellence Award from the General Practice Section.

• A list of bar groups that won awards in the Conference of Local Bar Associations’ annual competition.

• A discussion of a lawyer’s online presence from VSB Assistant Ethics Counsel Leslie Haley, appearing before the Virginia Women Attorneys Assocation.


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