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Guy K. Tower, who stepped down last month after six years as executive director of the Virginia Bar Association, has rejoined The McCammon Group. Tower was a founding member of The McCammon Group in 1995 before leaving in 2003 to become director of judicial education for the Supreme Court of Virginia. He was chosen to [...]

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Yvonne C. McGhee, the executive director of the Fairfax Bar Association since 2000, was named today as the new executive director of the Virginia Bar Association. In announcing the appointment, VBA President Pia Trigiani said McGhee “possesses a unique and impressive background that combines legal experience and association management with a record of success in [...]

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A free telephone CLE seminar will be presented at noon Thursday for attorneys wanting to provide pro bono services for those affected by tornadoes recently in Pulaski, Gloucester and Mathews counties, among other localities. Those attending the seminar will be asked to volunteer for the emergency legal services disaster program coordinated by the Young Lawyers [...]

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has accepted a proposal by a joint task force of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association that will make it easier for corporate counsel who are not licensed in Virginia to provide pro bono services. Corporate counsel now can provide such services only in programs operated and [...]

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Guy Tower will step down as executive director of the Virginia Bar Association in July 2011 after six years in the post. Tower, who will turn 70 next year, said in a letter to VBA President Steve Busch that he believes “this is an opportune time for transition” for both the association and himself. Tower [...]

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Overheard at the Homestead: “I think it’s talking out of two sides of your mouth, which we do fairly regularly.” –Sen. Rob Hurt, discussing “secondary offense” crimes like texting-while-driving. “Social media and social networking let people know, like and trust you before you ever meet them.” –Legal marketer Heather Milligan “Sure enough, the sky is [...]

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The Richmond law firm of Schettine & Nguyen will receive the Attorney General’s Cup for the second year in a row for raising the most food per capita in the third annual Legal Food Frenzy. The drive generated 1.6 million pounds of food for the state’s food banks. That tops last year’s effort by 300,000 [...]

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Today is “Lawyer Professionalism Day” and, not coincidentally, the 266th birthday of the state’s most famous lawyer, Thomas Jefferson. The Virginia Bar Association’s Commission on Professionalism is rolling out its “Principles of Professionalism” by providing electronic copies of the principles to bar organizations, law schools and law firms to e-mail to attorneys and law students. [...]

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Roanoke lawyer Mike Pace, the managing partner at Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, has had a very good month. According to a press release from his firm, Pace (right) was awarded a double whammy of good in November. Washington and Lee University awarded Pace its Honorary Order of the Coif award. The award is only [...]

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The Virginia Bar Association Foundation plans to recruit volunteer lawyers around Virginia in a program to make sure middle school students understand the importance of the rule of law in American society. VBA President Mike Pace (left) described the program last week to members of the Lynchburg Bar Association.  Lawyers would work with teachers to [...]

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