Albert A. Dawson Jr. 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 17, 2012
Albert A. Dawson, the first African-American to be elected a circuit clerk in Virginia, died Nov. 27. He was 66. Mr. Dawson was elected as clerk of the Petersburg Circuit Court in 1987 and held that office until 1996. Before getting into politics, he was a teacher and administrator in the Petersburg public schools. He [...]
William B. Hopkins Sr.
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 17, 2012
William B. Hopkins Sr., a longtime Roanoke lawyer who spent 20 years in the Virginia Senate, died Dec. 11. He was 90. A native of Rocky Mount, Sen. Hopkins left Washington and Lee University during his senior year after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Marines, where he saw combat in the Pacific theater. As [...]
A. Dow Owens
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 10, 2012
Retired Circuit Judge A. Dow Owens died Nov. 28 after several lengthy illnesses. He was 86. Born in Bluefield, W.Va., Judge Owens grew up in Pulaski, Va. He entered the service as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Force in July 1944, serving until August 1946. He graduated from Roanoke College and earned [...]
R. Harvey Chappell Jr.
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 10, 2012
Robert Harvey Chappell Jr., who practiced law in Richmond for more than 50 years, died on Dec. 1 at age 86. Mr. Chappell spent his entire legal career commencing Jan. 1, 1950, with the law firm of Christian & Barton and served as chairman of the firm. Mr. Chappell was closely associated with The College [...]
Jesse B. Wilson III
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 3, 2012
Jesse Birch Wilson III, a former president of the Virginia Bar Association, died Nov. 20. He was 78. Mr. Wilson spent his entire legal career with the Fairfax firm of McCandlish Lillard. He served as VBA president in 1979; he also was a past president of the Fairfax Bar Association. A native of Charlottesville, Mr. [...]
Woodrow A. Maust
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 26, 2012
Hampton lawyer Woodrow Alan “Skip” Maust died Nov. 7 He was 65. He had battled Pompe disease, a rare form of muscular dystrophy. A native of New York City, Mr. Maust earned his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and his law degree from the College of William and Mary. In 1973, he became an [...]
Donald H. Clark
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 26, 2012
Virginia Beach lawyer Donald H. Clark died Oct. 28. He was 75. A 1959 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he earned his law degree at night from the George Washington University law school while serving in the U.S. Navy in DC. Mr. Clark was a founder in 1972 of the Beach firm of Clark [...]
William J. Cox
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 12, 2012
Retired Fredericksburg Juvenile & Domestic Relations Judge William Jerome Cox died Nov. 2. He was 81. Known as “Jerry,” Judge Cox attended Randolph-Macon College for a year and a half and then he was drafted into the Army. After discharge, he enrolled at the University of Virginia, graduating with a B.A. in English in 1955 [...]
Roy D. Turner
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 12, 2012
Bridgewater lawyer Roy Dale Turner died Nov. 2 of stomach cancer. He was 57. A native of Miami, Fla., he graduated from the University of Hartford in 1980 and received his law degree from the Catholic University of America in 1983. In 2006 he started a solo practice in Bridgewater, focusing on nursing home and [...]
Glen M. Williams
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 9, 2012
Retired U.S. District Judge Glen M. Williams died Nov. 4. He was 92. A 1940 graduate of Milligan College, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1946. He was commanding officer of the minesweeper USS Seer. Military awards and decor-ations include the Atlantic Theater Ribbon, Mediterranean Theater Ribbon with [...]
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