Publisher's Notebook

WILLIAMSBURG–The Virginia Law Foundation inducted 17 Virginia lawyers last night as its 2013 Class of Fellows. The VLF holds its induction dinner each year in connection with the Virginia Bar Association winter meeting. Members of the Class of 2013 are:

David N. Anthony, Richmond – Troutman Sanders
William L. Babcock Jr., Alexandria – William L. Babcock Jr. PC
Jonathan T. Blank, Charlottesville – McGuireWoods LLP
Jack W. Burtch Jr., Richmond – Macaulay and Burtch PC
Robert L. Calhoun, Alexandria – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr., Midlothian – solo practitioner
Thomas R. Frantz, Virginia Beach – Williams Mullen
Jacob A. Lutz III, Richmond – Troutman Sanders
Albert M. Orgain IV, Richmond – Sands Anderson PC
J. Lee E. Osborne, Roanoke – Woods Rogers PLC
Don W. Piacentini, Henrico – Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden, PC
Gregory B. Robertson, Richmond – Hunton & Williams, LLP
Melissa Walker Robinson, Roanoke – Glenn Robinson & Cathey PLC
Bruce C. Stockburger, Roanoke – Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
John Tarley Jr., Williamsburg – Tarley Robinson PLC
Lucia Anna Trigiani, Alexandria – MercerTrigiani
J. Page Williams, Charlottesville – Feil, Petit & Williams PLC

Induction as a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation is a special honor conferred by the VLF Board on selected Virginia attorneys, law professors, and retired members of the judiciary who are deemed to be outstanding in their profession and in their community.

Sharon Tatum spent nearly 27 years working at the Virginia Law Foundation, much of that time as its executive director.

Her last day with the VLF was Aug. 31 – she is making a career move. This fall, she is taking classes at Virginia

Commonwealth University to earn an accounting certificate that will let her sit for the CPA exam.

Tatum started working at the VLF in 1985 and became executive director in 1989. Take a look at the VLF mission statement and you can see the kind of fine work Tatum did:

The law foundation, started in 1974, was set up as the nonprofit vehicle for lawyers in the commonwealth to improve the legal system and the administration of justice. According to the VLF website, the group supports projects that:

• Provide civil legal services to the poor
• Educate the public about law and about the legal profession
• Offer not-for-profit continuing legal education of Virginia lawyers
• Support public service internships for Virginia law students
• Recognize and encourage excellence in the practice of law

Tatum noted that the foundation has been able to make grants of nearly $24 million over the years. That’s a lot of good done.

Like a lot of charitable entities, the VLF has taken a hit following the recession. But in the late 1990s, the group was among the 40 largest charities in Virginia, with revenues north of $5 million a year.

Tatum said she was very proud of the grant program that the VLF has been able to have. She added it was “a privilege” to work with “so many outstanding lawyers” at the foundation. Like many organizations, the leadership turns over every year.

And each year, there is a new class of Fellows (somewhere around 20 to 25) that needs to be brought into the fold.

Anyone who has been among that group knows the time and the degree of care Tatum put into the annual Fellows installation banquet, held each January in Williamsburg as part of the Virginia Bar Association winter meeting.

Frank Thomas, the current president of the VLF, said that the leadership saluted Tatum and wished her well as she pursued her plans to move into accounting.

“We will miss her professionalism and enthusiasm,” he said.

Indeed – best of luck to you, Sharon, and kudos for a job well done at the VLF. It has been a real pleasure.

WILLIAMSBURG — The Virginia Law Foundation inducted the Fellows Class of 2012 at a dinner ceremony held in Williamsburg Jan. 19. Twenty-three lawyers were honored:

The persons listed below were inducted as the 2012 Class of Fellows:
• Alan D. Albert (Norfolk), shareholder with LeClairRyan.
• Andrea L. Bridgeman (McLean), Associate General Counsel at Freddie Mac.
• Stephen D. Busch (Richmond), partner with McGuireWoods LLP.
• Marni E. Byrum (Alexandria), partner with McQuade Byrum PLLC.
• David P. Corrigan (Richmond), managing partner with Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman.
• C. Richard Cranwell (Roanoke), senior partner with Cranwell, Moore & Emick, PLC.
• John W. Daniel, II (Richmond), partner with Troutman Sanders.
• Alexander F. Dillard, Jr. (Tappahannock), managing partner with Dillard and Katona.
• Elizabeth K. Dillon (Salem), principal with Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, PC.
• Richard S. Glasser (Norfolk), member of Glasser & Glasser.
• Robert C. Goodman Jr. (Norfolk), partner with Kaufman & Canoles, PC.
• Elizabeth G. Hester (Richmond), partner with Kaufman & Canoles, PC.
• John E. Lichtenstein (Roanoke), founding member of LichtensteinFishwick, PLC.
• Kenneth B. Murov (Newport News), a sole practitioner.
• Elizabeth P. Murtagh (Charlottesville), Deputy Public Defender at Charlottesville-Albemarle Public Defender Office.
• Glenn W. Pulley (Danville), managing partner with Clement & Wheatley.
• J. Waverly Pulley III (Richmond), partner with Hunton & Williams, LLP.
• Judith L. Rosenblatt (Virginia Beach), partner with Brydges, Geroe, Rosenblatt & O’Brien, PLLC.
• Steven D. Rosenfield (Charlottesville), a sole practitioner.
• Conway H. Sheild III (Newport News), principal with Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly.
• Alexander H. Slaughter, (Richmond), Counsel, McGuireWoods.
• Mary Lynn Tate (Abingdon), principal with The Tate Law Firm.
• Lewis W. Webb III (Norfolk), partner with Kaufman & Canoles.

Induction as a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation is a special honor conferred by the VLF Board on selected Virginia attorneys, law professors, and retired members of the judiciary who are deemed to be outstanding in their profession and in their community.

The Virginia Law Foundation held its annual induction dinner in Williamsburg last night. Induction as a Fellow is a special honor conferred by the VLF Board on selected Virginia attorneys, law professors, and retired members of the judiciary who are deemed to be outstanding in their profession and in their community. The 21 new Fellows are:

Thomas L. Appler, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, McLean
Edward D. Barnes, Barnes & Diehl PC, Chesterfield
James P. Cox, III, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville
Roy V. Creasy, sole practitioner, Roanoke
John D. Epps, Hunton & Williams, Richmond
Cheshire I’Anson Eveleigh, Wolcott Rivers Gates, Virginia Beach
Lelia B. Hopper, Court Improvement Program, OES, Supreme Court of Virginia, Richmond
Jon D. Huddleston, Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White, Leesburg
David W. Lannetti, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk
R. Peyton Mahaffey, McCandlish & Lillard, Fairfax
Brian R. Marron, Spotts Fain PC, Richmond
Charles V. McPhillips, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk
Monica Taylor Monday, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP, Roanoke
Clinton S. Morse, LeClair Ryan, Roanoke
Matthew B. Murray, Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Charlottesville
Stephen D. Rosenthal, Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond
William L. Schmidt, William L. Schmidt & Associates PC, Fairfax
E. Ford Stephens, Christian & Barton LLP, Richmond
Ann K. Sullivan, Crenshaw Ware & Martin PLC, Norfolk
Edward L. Weiner, Weiner Rohrstaff & Spivey PLC, Fairfax
Carolyn A. White, White & McCarthy, Richmond

WILLIAMSBURG–The Virginia Law Foundation held its induction dinner last night here in the Colonial Capitol, welcoming 25 new Fellows. They are:

* David P. Baugh, Richmond
* Craig D. Bell, Richmond
* Lynda Lee Butler, Williamsburg
* Thomas J. Cawley, McLean
* Edward L. Chambers, Yorktown
* John G. Douglass, Richmond
* Hon. Ernest P. Gates, Chesterfield
* Tracy Allen Giles, Roanoke
* Michael HuYoung, Richmond
* Brian K. Jackson, Richmond
* Peter J. Kenny, Charlottesville
* William L. Kirby III, Martinsville
* Robert T. Mitchell Jr., Winchester
* Margaret A. Nelson, Lynchburg
* David J. Novak, Richmond
* G. Michael Pace Jr., Roanoke
* Alfred M. Randolph Jr., Norfolk
* Michael L. Rigsby, Richmond
* Carlyle C. Ring Jr., Washington, DC
* Jacquelyn E. Stone, Richmond
* Richard C. “Rip” Sullivan Jr., Falls Church
* John M. Tran, Alexandria
* Russell W. Updike, Covington
* Kimberly Slayton White, Halifax