Obituaries « Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Bobby B. Stafford

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 21, 2011

Former Alexandria criminal defense lawyer Bobby B. Stafford died Nov. 8 in Winnsboro, S.C.
He was 71.
Mr. Stafford, who stood 6’8”, was known for his flamboyant but effective style in and out of the courtroom. He also was a volunteer, serving a member of the Board of Visitors of Norfolk State University, as president of the [...]

Chandler Anderson Nelson Sr.

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 14, 2011

Chandler Anderson Nelson Sr., a lawyer and civic leader in Halifax County, died Nov. 7 at his Virgilina home. He was 79.
Mr. Nelson practiced law for four decades with the firms of Tuck, Dillard, Bagwell, Mapp, Nelson and Dillard; and Dillard, Nelson and Dillard before his retirement.
In addition to serving as an attorney for the [...]

David F. “Buddy” Guthrie

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: October 31, 2011

Halifax attorney David Franklin Guthrie died Oct. 14 at his home. He was 82.
Despite blindness from an early age, “Buddy” Guthrie enrolled at Ferrum College, received an undergraduate degree from Lynchburg College and earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University in 1953.
Mr. Guthrie practiced law in Halifax County for more than 50 [...]

Richard F. Hall Jr.

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: October 3, 2011

Richard Fuller “Dick” Hall Jr., an Accomac lawyer and businessman, passed away at Weatherlea, his home on Onancock Creek, Sunday, Sept. 25. He was 86 years old.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Hall was educated in Brooklyn Public Schools, Accomac School, Fishburne Academy and the University of Virginia. A Navy veteran, he received his law [...]

Simon M. Osnos

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Published: September 19, 2011

Simon M. Osnos of Potomac, Md., an attorney in Fairfax, died Aug. 18 of cancer.
Mr. Osnos was a graduate of Boston University and Georgetown Law School. After working at the Central International Law Firm in Seoul, Korea, he founded his own firm of Osnos & Associates in 1982, where he practiced law for the past [...]

Elizabeth Pignatello

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Published: August 23, 2011

Elizabeth Fawn Slack Pignatello, a trademark and securities lawyer who lived in Mount Vernon, died August 7 in a private airplane crash at Warrenton Air Park. She was 39.
Also killed in the crash was the pilot, LTC Shannon Beebe, Ms. Pignatello’s companion.
A native of Washington, D.C., she grew up in Rockford, Mich., and graduated from [...]

Bobbie Jane Denny

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 23, 2011

Bobbie Jane Denny, a retired former director of the Fairfax County Law Library, died July 28 at her home on the Mississippi River. She was 63.
A native of Illinois, Ms. Denny graduated from the University of Illinois and the American University law school and also earned master’s degrees in education and in library and [...]

James A. Gammon

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 15, 2011

James A. Gammon, a founding partner in the McLean law firm of Gammon & Grange PC, died Aug. 3. He was 74.
A native of Kerokuk, Iowa, Mr. Gammon graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Gammon co-founded Gammon & Grange in 1977 and had been of counsel to the [...]

T.C. Lea Jr.

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 15, 2011

Thurmond Carlyle Lea Jr., a retired attorney from Orange, died Aug. 5 after a long illness. He was 74.
Mr. Lea was born in Washington, Va., and graduated from Augusta Military Academy, Virginia Tech and the University of Richmond law school. He began practicing law in 1962 and practiced most recently at Lea Law Inc. with [...]

Thomas C. Dawson Jr.

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Published: August 1, 2011

Thomas Charles Dawson Jr., a partner in the Virginia Beach firm of McHenry, Dancigers, Dawson & Lake PC, died July 20 in Virginia Beach. He was 50.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Dawson was a graduate of James Madison University and the University of Richmond law school, where he was a member of the Law Review. [...]

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