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Nicole Marie Montalto

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 6, 2012

Nicole Marie Montalto died July 19 after a lengthy illness. She was 46. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Ms. Montalto was a graduate of George Washington University and received her law degree from Catholic University in 1992. Her professional career was varied including time spent employed by the IRS, Ernest Young, and a decade as a [...]

Benjamin R. Lacy IV

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 23, 2012

Richmond lawyer Benjamin R. Lacy died July 16. He was 61. A native of Roanoke, he graduated from Davidson College in 1972 and from the University of Richmond law school in 1975. He was a partner in the Richmond-based firm of Sands Anderson. He was an elder of River Road Presbyterian Church and a former [...]

James R. McKenry

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 23, 2012

Longtime Virginia Beach lawyer James R. McKenry died July 10 at his home. He was 77. A native of Richmond, he grew up in Lynchburg and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1959. He earned his law degree from the U.Va. law school three years later. Mr. McKenry practiced law in Virginia Beach and [...]

Robert H. Patterson

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 23, 2012

Longtime McGuireWoods leader Robert H. Patterson Jr. died July 12, 60 years after he become the ninth lawyer at a Richmond firm then called McGuire, Eggleston, Bocock & Wood. He was 85. From humble beginnings – growing up on Church Hill as a son of a railroad engineer – Mr. Patterson came to dominate the [...]

Charles H. Winberg

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 16, 2012

Charles Hilmer Winberg died July 5. He was 85. He served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and the U.S. Army in 1947 in occupied Japan. A native of Ohio, Mr. Winberg attended Ohio State University and graduated from the University of Richmond law school. He served an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Henrico County and [...]

Ingrid E. Olson

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 16, 2012

Richmond lawyer Ingrid Ellen Olson died suddenly on July 4. She was 46. A native of Wisconsin, she graduated from Wellesley College in 1987 and from the William & Mary law school in 1990. Ms. Olson was a claims attorney for the Virginia Insurance Reciprocal and more recently served as a hearing examiner for the [...]

Bess Castle Wendell

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 16, 2012

Bess Castle Wendell, the 20-year associate editor of the Virginia Bar Association Journal, died July 4 after a long illness. She was 80. As associate editor beginning in the 1980s, Ms. Wendell handled the production end of the Journal’s publication. Born in Kenbridge, Ms. Wendell was a graduate of the University of Richmond law school [...]

Roderick B. Mathews

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 7, 2012

Former Virginia State Bar President Roderick B. Mathews died of cancer April 27 at his home in Richmond. He was 71. The retired Troutman Sanders partner helped launch the World Justice Project in 2006 and was serving as its treasurer at the time of his death. Mr. Mathews was born in Lawton, Okla. and moved [...]

L. Farnum Johnson Jr.

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 7, 2012

Former Falls Church lawyer L. Farnum Johnson Jr. died March 31 in Littleton, Colo. He was 82. Mr. Johnson was a sole practitioner who maintained a law office in Falls Church from 1955 until his retirement in 2007. He was a 1954 graduate of the George Washington University law school. Mr. Johnson concentrated his practice [...]