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The new proposed slate of officers for the Virginia Bar Association includes Richmond’s Harry M. “Pete” Johnson III. Johnson has been nominated for chair of the VBA executive committee, a post that puts him in the leadership pipeline to the VBA presidency. Johnson, a partner at Hunton & Williams, is a trial lawyer focusing on [...]

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ROANOKE – Increasing money for both legal aid and for the judiciary are two key items on the Virginia Bar Association’s agenda for the 2013 General Assembly session. VBA president Hugh M. Fain said reforming Virginia’s actual innocence law also ranks high among the VBA’s legislative goals. Speaking to the Roanoke Bar Association Tuesday, Fain [...]

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Lawyers and judges again will fan out to more than 60 middle school civics classes in the Roanoke Valley this month with a message about the central role of law in a constitutional democracy. The annual Rule of Law Day is Monday, Oct. 22 in the schools of Roanoke City, Salem and Roanoke County. Volunteers [...]

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A project of lawyers and educators to spread the word among young people about the importance of the rule of law is being institutionalized. Roanoke College has established The Center for Teaching the Rule of Law, an independent non-profit educational organization. Roanoke attorney Mike Pace is founder and CEO. Educator Tim Isaacs is the center’s [...]

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Yvonne Cockram McGhee, the executive director of the Virginia Bar Association, has become president of the National Association of Bar Executives. McGhee assumed her new post Aug. 2 at NABE’s annual meeting in Chicago, which was held in conjunction with the American Bar Association’s annual meeting. She will serve a one-year term. She is the [...]

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CNN anchor Candy Crowley will moderate the Virginia Bar Association’s debate between U.S. Senate candidates George Allen and Tim Kaine July 21, the VBA has announced. CNN’s chief political correspondent, Crowley joined the network in 1987. The Senate debate will cap the VBA’s statewide meeting this month at The Homestead.

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Roanoke lawyer G. Michael Pace Jr. has been selected to receive the Patrick Henry Award, given by the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest at Hampden-Sydney College. Pace, a 1979 graduate of Hampden-Sydney, is being recognized for career as a dedicated public servant. The award is named for the patriot Patrick Henry, an [...]

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Two circuit judges and two lawyers in private practice have won the recommendation of the Virginia Bar Association as the General Assembly considers a replacement for Virginia Court of Appeals Judge James Haley Jr. In a Feb. 15 letter to chairmen of the Assembly’s Courts committees, the VBA supports – in alphabetical order: Tazewell County [...]

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WILLIAMSBURG–The Virginia Bar Association presented its Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism to Virginia Lawyers Weekly and Virginia Business on Jan. 20 at the group’s winter meeting. The award is given in recognition and appreciation of exceptional legal journalism. In 2010, the VBA presented the award to the Bristol Herald Courier for a Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]

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Virginia Bar Association President Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani (right) has been named to the Hall of Fame of the Italian American Business and Professional Societa. The Societa is a Richmond business group dedicated to promoting relationships between Italian American-owned or related businesses and other companies. Every five years the organization acknowledges the outstanding contributions made [...]

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