Leaders in the Law

Below is a list of past honorees of the Leaders in the Law and Up & Coming Lawyers awards program. The program recognizes attorneys and professionals in law-related fields who have a significant accomplishment or achievement. These include outstanding contributions to the practice of law in Virginia, significant achievements through the practice of law, leadership in improving the justice system and important contributions to Virginia’s legal community and/or the community at large. Jump to year: 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 Return to top

Class of 2021

The Class of 2021 “Leaders in the Law” are:

D. Cameron Beck Jr., McCandlish Holton, Richmond James Y. Boland, Venable, Tysons Les Bowers, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Wanda Cooper, The Cooper Law Firm, Virginia Beach Rachael Deane, Legal Aid Justice Center, Richmond Irene C. Delcamp, Barnes & Diehl, Richmond Thomas D. Domonoske, Consumer Litigation Associates, Harrisonburg Julie Curran Gerock, Maddox & Gerock, Falls Church Amy S. Griggs, Regan Zambri Long, Washington, DC Michael N. Herring, McGuireWoods, Richmond Cynthia E. Hudson, Sands Anderson, Richmond Suzanne Kerney-Quillen, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond Jonathan C. Kinney, Bean, Kinney & Korman, Arlington Adam M. Krischer, Dennis, Stewart & Krischer, Arlington Todd A. Leeson, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Manuel E. Leiva, The Leiva Law Firm, Fairfax K. Matthew Long, Bowen Ten, Richmond Malcolm P. McConnell III, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond Geoff McDonald, Geoff McDonald & Associates, Richmond John M. Mercer, Williams Mullen, Richmond Mitchell K. Morris, Butler Snow, Richmond Jason G. Moyers, Frankl Miller Webb & Moyers, Roanoke Edward A. Mullen, Reed Smith, Richmond Thomas W. Repczynski, Offit Kurman, Tysons Alberto Salvado, Salvado, Salvado & Salvado, Falls Church Bryan Slaughter, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Chuck Slemp, Wise County/Norton Commonwealth’s Attorney, Wise Michael L. Sterling, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk Robert B. Webb III, Miles & Stockbridge, Tysons Corner Hugh B. Wellons, Spilman Thomas & Battle, Roanoke

The Class of 2021 “Up & Coming Lawyers” are:

Tiago D. Bezerra, MercerTrigiani, Alexandria Taylor D. Brewer, Moran Reeves Conn, Richmond Graham K. Bryant, Byrne Canaan Law, Richmond Katie M. DeCoster, Frith Anderson + Peake, Roanoke Lee Adair Floyd, Butler Snow, Richmond D. Scott Foster Jr., Gentry Locke, Roanoke Linh H. Ly, Pesner, Altmiller, Melnick & Demers, Tysons Corner Griffin O’Hanlon, Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers, Norfolk Nisha Patel, Dunlap Law, Richmond Jessica Merry Samuels, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond Ehsan Sanaie, Reed Smith, McLean Justin Sheldon, Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond Sean A. Sherlock, King, Campbell, Poretz & Mitchell, Alexandria Alexandra J. Sipes, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Alexandria Kenneth T. Stout, Miles & Stockbridge, Richmond Michael L. Teich, Harness Dickey, Reston William Wides, Manassas Law Group, Manassas Return to top

Class of 2020

The Class of 2020 “Leaders in the Law” are:

Judge (ret.) Jonathan M. Apgar, Lawrence Law Firm, Roanoke Sean P. Byrne, Byrne Legal Group, Richmond David W. Clarke, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Richmond Stephen Cobb, Troutman Pepper, Richmond Lacey U. Conn, Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, Fairfax G. Rex Flynn Jr., Flynn Law Firm, Arlington Jennifer M. Fox, Barnes & Diehl, Richmond Elizabeth L. Gray, McCandlish Lillard, Fairfax W. William Gust, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Jonathan P. Harmon, McGuireWoods, Richmond Stephen T. Harper, Reinhardt Davis & Harper, Richmond Nicole J. Harrell, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk James G. Hurley Jr., Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers, Norfolk Stacey Rose Harris, DiMuroGinsberg, Alexandria Macel H. Janoschka, Frith Anderson + Peake, Roanoke Lawrence A. Katz, Hirschler, Fairfax Mark C. Leffler, Boleman Law Firm, Virginia Beach Richard H. Ottinger, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk Susan M. Pesner, Pesner, Altmiller, Melnick & DeMers, Fairfax Craig L. Rascoe, Williams Mullen, Richmond Catherine M. Reese, ReeseLaw, Fairfax Bruce H. Russell II, Bruce H Russell II PC, Lebanon Robert J. Stoney, Blankingship & Keith, Fairfax Derrick L. Walker, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond Kedrick N. Whitmore, Venable LLP, Tysons Thomas M. Wolf, Miles & Stockbridge, Richmond

Class of 2020 Up & Comers

John G. Baker, Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers, Norfolk Kevin Biniazan, Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Virginia Beach Nicole L. Brenner, Reed Smith, Richmond Jennifer L. Eaton, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk Kyle R. Elliott, Ogletree Deakins, Richmond Latosha M. Ellis, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, DC Shemeka C. Hankins, Invictus Law, Virginia Beach Julie D. Hoffmeister, Troutman Pepper, Richmond Laura May Hooe, Moran Reeves Conn, Richmond Sarah C. Jessee, Lewis Brisbois, Roanoke Jennifer Ligon, Williams Mullen, Richmond Clarissa K. Pintado, Fiske Law Group, Alexandria Jonathan D. Puvak, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Rodolfo R. “Rudy” Remigio, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond Emily C. Russell, Chesterfield County Attorney’s Office, Chesterfield Victoria Walker, VA Board of Veterans Appeals, Washington, DC Jennifer Wheeler, Lafayette, Ayers & Whitlock, Glen Allen Wes B. Witmeyer, Witmeyer Law Firm, Ashland Rebecca Wolozin, Legal Aid Justice Center, Falls Church Return to top

Class of 2019

Phillip V. Anderson, Frith, Anderson + Peake, Roanoke Renu M. Brennan, Virginia State Bar, Richmond Elliott M. Buckner, Breit Cantor Grana Buckner, Richmond John M. Cooper, Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers, Norfolk John G. “Chip” Dicks, Gentry Locke, Richmond Ronald S. Evans, Barnes & Diehl, Richmond William E. Franczek, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk Melanie A. Friend, CowanGates, Richmond T. Daniel Frith III, Frith Ellerman Dacis, Roanoke Rebecca Geller, The Geller Law Group, Fairfax Mark K. Groves, Glasser and Glasser, Norfolk Claire Guthrie Gastanaga, ACLU of Virginia, Richmond Elizabeth Hanes, Consumer Litigation Associates, Richmond Monroe “Mike” Kelly, Williams Mullen, Virginia Beach Jason W. Konvicka, Allen Allen Allen & Allen, Richmond Anne C. Lahren, Pender & Coward, Virginia Beach Christie A. Leary, Leary Porter Law, Fairfax Deborah G. Matthews, Law Office of Deborah G. Matthews, Alexandria John B. Mumford Jr., Hancock Daniel & Johnson, Richmond Paul F. Nichols, Nichols Zauzig Sandler, Woodbridge Eric M. Page, Eckert Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Richmond Hon. Jayne A. Pemberton, Chesterfield County J&DR Court, Chesterfield Brian R. Pitney, Sands Anderson, Richmond Christine L. Poarch, Poarch Law Firm, Roanoke Michael W. Robinson, Venable, Tysons Corner Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant Jr., The Rawls Law Group, Richmond Lorrie Sinclair Taylor, Biberaj, Snow & Sinclair, Leesburg J. Tracy Walker, McGuireWoods, Richmond Kathleen Grace Walsh, Law Office of Kathleen Grace Walsh, Occoquan Jeremy P. White, Virginia Legal Aid Society, Lynchburg Class of 2019 In-House Leaders Joseph H. Carpenter IV, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk Adam Casagrande, ADS Inc., Virginia Beach Andrea Z. Warmbier, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton Class of 2019 Up & Comers Nicholas V. Albu, Reed Smith, McLean Nina-Alice Antony, Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Charlottesville W. Thomas Chappell, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk Deborah Yeng Collins, Sullivan Collins Law Group, Norfolk Diana H. D’Alessandro, Pesner Altmiller Melnick & DeMers, Tysons Corner Amanda E. DeBerry, Boleman Law Firm, Richmond Audra M. Dickens, McCandlish Holton, Richmond William Dickinson III, Kaleo Legal, Richmond Catherine J. Huff, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Del. Jay Jones, Bischoff Martingayle, Norfolk H. Scott Kelly, Troutman Sanders, Richmond Jordan E. McKay, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville Daniel M. Payne, Murphy & McGonigle, Richmond Ryan D. Ruzic, Public Defender’s Office, Warrenton Nathan H. Schnetzler, Frith Anderson + Peake, Roanoke Caroline W. Stanton, Williams Mullen, Charlottesville

Class of 2018

Nupur Sidhu Bal, DeFazio Bal PC, Glen Allen Polly Chong, The Law Office of Polly Chong, Newport News Martin A. Conn, Moran Reeves Conn PC, Richmond Craig B. Davis, Reinhardt Harper Davis PLC, Richmond Robert B. “Chip” Delano, Sands Anderson, Richmond Marla J. Diaz, Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP, Falls Church Humes J.“Tripp” Franklin III, Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver PLC, Staunton Erik Gustafson, LeClairRyan PLLC, Alexandria Catherine C. Hammond (ret.), Juridical Solutions, Richmond Chidi I. James, Blankingship & Keith, Fairfax Michael P. Lafayette, Lafayette, Ayers & Whitlock PLC, Glen Allen Matthew W. Lee, Wilson Elser, McLean David Ludwig, Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig, Leesburg Brett Marston, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Channing J. Martin, Williams Mullen, Richmond James M. McCauley, Virginia State Bar, Richmond C Kailani Memmer, Glenn Robinson Cathey Memmer & Skaff PLC, Roanoke Mary Burkey Owens, Owen & Owens PLC, Midlothian Randall S. Parks, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond Nancy G. Parr, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Chesapeake Joanna L. Suyes, Marks & Harrison, Richmond Kelly A. Thompson, Thompson Wildhack PLC, Arlington Anthony F. Troy, Eckert Seamans, Richmond Marie Washington, Law Office of Marie Washington, Warrenton Carl J. Witmeyer II, Witmeyer Law Firm, Ashland

Class of 2018 Up & Coming Lawyers

Wesley D. Allen, Blankingship & Keith PC, Fairfax Erik D. Baines, Barnes & Diehl PC, Richmond David G. Boyce, Sands Anderson, Richmond Veronica D. Brown-Mosley, Boleman Law Firm, Richmond Lindsay C. Brubaker, BotkinRose PLC, Harrisonburg Mayme Beth F. Donohue, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond Christin L. Georgelas, Beckman Schmalzie Georgelas & Ross, Leesburg Andrew S. Gerrish, Frith Anderson + Peake PC, Roanoke Kristen R. Jurjevich, Pender & Coward PC, Virginia Beach Katie Lipp, Berenzweig Leonard LLP, McLean Preston Lloyd Jr., Williams Mullen, Richmond Joel R. McClellan, Marks & Harrison, Richmond Matthew R. McGuire, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond Heather Scott Miller, Sevilla Saunders Huddleston & White, Leesburg Michael A. Nicholas, Daniel, Medley & Kirby PC, Danville Jeffrey S. Palmore, Reed Smith LLP, Richmond Michael D. Pierce, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk Kim Rolla, Legal Aid Justice Center, Richmond William W. Sleeth III, LeClairRyan PLLC, Williamsburg Timothy J. St. George, Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond Daniel R. Sullivan, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Michael P. Tittermary, Witmeyer Law Firm, Ashland Return to top

Class of 2017

Hon. Penney S. Azcarate, Fairfax Circuit Court, Fairfax G. Russell “Rusty” Boleman III, Boleman Law Firm PC, Richmond Carlos M. Brown, Dominion Energy Inc., Richmond Brenda Castañeda, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville Timothy Coyne, Indigent Defense Commission, Winchester Thomas M. Dunlap, Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig, Leesburg Dennis M. Fitzpatrick, U.S. Department of Justice, Alexandria William “Bill” Fralin, The Estate Planning & Elder Law Firm PC, Arlington Daniel P. Frankl, Frankl Miller Webb & Moyers LLP, Roanoke Howard E. Gordon, Williams Mullen, Norfolk James Patrick Guy II, LeClairRyan, Richmond Del. Gregory D. Habeeb, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Brian M. Hirsch, Hirsch & Ehlenberger PC, Reston La Bravia J. Jenkins, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Fredericksburg Nosuk Pak Kim, Cowardin, Kim & Riddle, Newport News Bradford A. King, Sands Anderson, Richmond James “Jim” T. Lang, Pender & Coward PC, Virginia Beach Kimberly C. MacLeod, Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond Michele A.W. McKinnon, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond Martha JP McQuade, McQuade Byrum PLLC, Alexandria Stephen Otero, Capital One, Richmond Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow, Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke Anita O. Poston, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk Brewster S. Rawls, Rawls Law Group, Richmond Lawrence Roberts, Venable, Tysons Corner Craig W. Sampson, Barnes & Diehl PC, Richmond John C. Shea, Marks & Harrison, Richmond Lewis T. Stoneburner, Cantor, Stoneburner, Ford, Grana & Buckner, Richmond Shannon L. Taylor, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Henrico Michael H. Terry, Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond

Class of 2017 Up & Coming Lawyers

Faith A. Alejandro, Sands Anderson, Richmond Lindsey A. Coley, Gentry Locke, Roanoke Robert E. Dean, Rob Dean Law, Roanoke Stacey C. Forbes, Reed Smith LLP, McLean Nicholas J. Gehrig, Redmon, Peyton & Braswell LLP, Alexandria Helen O’Beirne Hardiman, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Richmond Nicholas Johnson, Berenzweig Leonard LLP, McLean Jamilah D. LeCruise, Law Office of J.D. LeCruise, Norfolk Stacy E. Lee, Harrell & Chambliss, Richmond Jeremy R. Moss, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk Cartwright R. “Cart” Reilly, Williams Mullen, Virginia Beach Simon Y. Sandoval-Moshenberg, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke Julia A. Yolles, The Havrilak Law Firm PC, Fairfax Return to top

Class of 2016

Jonathan T. Blank, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlottesville Roberta Motherway Bondurant, Bondurant Law, Bent Mountain Thomas J. Bondurant Jr., Gentry Locke, Roanoke Harris D. Butler, Butler Royals, Richmond David C. Canfield, Bean, Kinney & Korman PC, Arlington Victor O. Cardwell, Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke T. Shea Cook, T. Shea Cook PC, Richlands Sherry A. Fox, ThompsonMcMullan PC, Richmond Stephanie E. Grana, Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana Buckner, Richmond John T. Jessee, LeClairRyan, Roanoke Brian H. Jones, Barnes & Diehl PC, Richmond Reginald N. Jones, Williams Mullen, Richmond Lorri Kleine, Norfolk Southern, Norfolk Declan C. Leonard, Berenzweig Leonard, McLean Hon. Michael J. Lindner, Fairfax General District Court, Fairfax Hon. Marcus H. Long Jr., 27th Judicial Circuit, Christiansburg R. Peyton Mahaffey, McCandlish & Lillard, Fairfax Mary T. Morgan, Golightly, Mulligan & Morgan PLC, Chesapeake Jay Prabhu, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Alexandria Gene Schleppenbach, Miles & Stockbridge, Tysons Corner Cullen D. Seltzer, Sands Anderson PC, Richmond Kristina Keech Spitler, Vanderpool, Frostick & Nashanian PC, Manassas Melissa S. VanZile, Barnes & Diehl PC, Richmond Susheela Varky, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond James L. Weinberg, Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond John E. Zydron, The Zydron Law Firm, Virginia Beach

Class of 2016 Up & Coming Lawyers

Brett A. Callahan, Vanderpool, Frostick & Nashanian PC, Manassas Alyssa C. Embree, Williams Mullen, Norfolk Robert F. Friedman, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond Melanie A. Friend, CowanGates, Richmond Ryan A. Glasgow, Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond Colleen M. Haddow, Colten Watson Vincent Law Group PC, Fairfax Lisa J. Hedrick, Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond Patice L. Holland, Woods Rogers, Roanoke Macel H. Janoschka, Frith Anderson & Peake PC, Roanoke Laura Golden Liff, Miles & Stockbridge, Tysons Corner Bradley Marshall, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, Manassas Edward A. Mullen, Reed Smith LLP, Richmond Dipti Pidikiti-Smith, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Alexandria Jeremy S. Williams, Kutak Rock LLP, Richmond Return to top

Class of 2015:

Everette G. “Buddy” Allen Jr., LeClairRyan, Richmond Cheryl L. Black, Evergreen Enterprises, Richmond Doris Henderson Causey, Central Virginia Legal Aid, Richmond Joseph A. Condo, The Condo Law Group, McLean John T. Frey, Chief Clerk, Fairfax Circuit Court, Fairfax Frank K. Friedman, Woods Rogers, Roanoke J. William Gray, Hunton & Williams, Richmond Jonathan Halperin, Halperin Law Center, Glen Allen Amberley G. Hammer, Hammer Law, Chesapeake Sandra L. Havrilak, The Havrilak Law Firm, Fairfax Collin J. Hite, Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond James W. Korman, Bean Kinney & Korman, Arlington Del. James M. LeMunyon, Member of the House of Delegates, Fairfax Michael S. Lieberman, DiMuroGinsberg, Alexandria Thomas A. Lisk, Eckert Seamans Cherin Mellott, Richmond John R. Maus, Law Office of John R. Maus, Louisa Kathleen M. McCauley, Moran Reeves Conn, Richmond Thomas H. Miller, Frankl Miller & Webb, Roanoke Elizabeth P. Murtagh, Albemarle County Deputy Public Defender, Charlottesville Sharon D. Nelson, Sensei Enterprises, Fairfax John R. Owen, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond John D. Padgett, McGuireWoods, Norfolk Sharon E. Pandak, Greehan, Taves, Pandak & Stoner, Woodbridge J. Jonathan Schraub, Sands Anderson, McLean Rupen R. Shah, Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney, Staunton Brooks M. Smith, Troutman Sanders, Richmond Judge James R. Spencer, U.S. District Court, Richmond William L. Stauffer Jr., Williams Mullen, Newport News Del. Scott A. Surovell, Surovell, Isaacs, Petersen & Levy, Fairfax Charles J. Zauzig III, Nichols Zauzig Sandler, Woodbridge Return to top

Class of 2014:

Ralph L. “Bill” Axselle Jr., Williams Mullen, Richmond Thomas R. Bagby, Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke Matthew P. Bosher, Hunton & Williams LLP, Richmond Dawn Butorac, Fairfax County Public Defender’s Office, Fairfax Donald Caldwell, Roanoke Commonwealth’s Attorney, Roanoke Manuel A. Capsalis, Capsalis Fitzgerald PLC, Leesburg Vinceretta Taylor Chiles, Chiles Law Offices PC, Richmond Roger T. Creager, Creager Law Firm PLC, Richmond Dean Nora V. Demleitner, Washington & Lee University law school, Lexington Bernard J. DiMuro, DiMuroGinsberg PC, Alexandria Hugh M. Fain III, Spotts Fain, Richmond Michael Goodove, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove, Norfolk Linda M. Jackson, Littler, Washington, DC Kristi Cahoon Kelly, Kelly & Crandall PLC, Fairfax Judge Stanley P. Klein (ret.), Blankingship & Keith PC, Fairfax Jeffrey K. Lehrer, DLA Piper LLP, Reston Bryant C. McGann, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk Judge John J. McGrath Jr. (ret.), Juridical Solutions PLC, Harrisonburg Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne, Eastern District, Richmond Dennis J. Quinn, Carr Maloney PC, Vienna Douglas Ramseur, Office of the Capital Defender, Norfolk Kenneth T. Roeber, Sands Anderson PC, Richmond O. Randolph Rollins, Drive to Work, Richmond Stephen R. Romine, LeClairRyan, Norfolk Robert Tayloe Ross, Midkiff, Muncie & Ross PC, Richmond James W. “Jay” Speer, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond James W. Theobald, Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond Robert Wagner, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Richmond Edward S. Whitlock III, Lafayette, Ayers & Whitlock PLC, Glen Allen Larry D. Youngner, Tully Rinckey PLLC, Arlington Return to top

Class of 2013:

Heidi W. Abbott, Hunton & Williams Joel R. Branscom, Botetourt County Commonwealth’s Attorney Matthew W. Broughton, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore Marni E. Byrum, McQuade Byrum PLLC Sandra Chinn-Gilstrap, Woods Rogers PLC Thomas J. Curcio, Curcio Law S. Miles Dumville, Reed Smith LLP Karen L. Fortier, Karen L. Fortier PC Jeffrey H. Geiger, Sands Anderson PC Nina J. Ginsberg, DiMuroGinsberg PC Jill A. Hanken, Virginia Poverty Law Center Patrick W. Herman, Vandeventer Black James Hingeley, Albemarle-Charlottesville Public Defender Stephen A. Isaacs, Law Office of Stephen A. Isaacs Gary W. Kendall, MichieHamlett Thomas C. Kleine, Troutman Sanders LLP Tara M. Lee, DLA Piper George K. Martin, McGuireWoods LLP Bruce H. Matson, LeClairRyan John B. McCammon, The McCammon Group John D. McGavin, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins PC Neil A.G. McPhie, Tully Rinckey PLLC James V. Meath, Williams Mullen Jay B. Myerson, The Myerson Law Group U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Novak, Eastern District of Virginia Paula L. Peaden, Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden Mark E. Rubin, Virginia Commonwealth University James R. Schroll, Bean, Kinney & Korman PC Thomas R. Scott Jr., The Street Law Firm John R. Walk, Hirschler Fleischer PC Return to top

Class of 2012:

Steven D. Benjamin, Benjamin & DesPortes PC David Bernhard, Bernhard & Gardner Donald H. Clark, Williams Mullen Joseph P. Corish, Bean, Kinney & Korman PC James C. Cosby, Vandeventer Black LLP David G. DeFazio, Barnes & Diehl PC Sen. John S. Edwards Evan H. Farr, CELA, Law Firm of Evan H. Farr PC Robert M. Galumbeck, Galumbeck, Dennis & Kegley Tracy A. Giles, Giles & Lambert PC Franklin P. Hall, Hall & Hall PC Jack L. Harris, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association F. Warren Haynie Jr. Harry M. “Pete” Johnson III, Hunton & Williams LLP Sharon K. Lieblich, Lieblich & Grimes PC Edward B. Lowry, MichieHamlett Scott C. Oostdyk, McGuireWoods LLP Mary M. H. Priddy, Goodman Allen & Filetti Robert A. Pustilnik, Richmond General District Court Roscoe C. Roberts, Virginia State University David R. Ruby, ThompsonMcMullan Douglas P. Rucker Jr., Sands Anderson PC Sandra L. Sampson, Byler & Sampson PC Edward E. Scher, Law Office of Edward Scher Susan Stoney, Legal Services of Northern Virginia Richard C. Sullivan Jr., Reed Smith LLP Lori D. Thompson, LeClairRyan Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani, MercerTrigiani Return to top

Class of 2011:

Irving M. Blank, ParisBlank Jeffrey A. Breit, Breit Drescher Imprevento & Walker Craig S. Cooley, Attorney at Law Elizabeth K. Dillon, Guynn, Memmer & Dillon Michael R. Doucette, Commonwealth’s Attorney Cheshire I’Anson Eveleigh, Wolcott Rivers Gates Carolyn M. Grimes, Lieblich & Grimes Phoebe P. Hall, Hall & Hall Micheal L. Hern, LeClairRyan Jon D. Huddleston, Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White Judge J. Samuel Johnston (retired), Campbell County Circuit Court J. Jack Kennedy, Circuit Clerk of Wise County Neil S. Kessler, Troutman Sanders H. Lane Kneedler, Reed Smith Richard E. Ladd Jr., PennStuart David W. Lannetti, Vandeventer Black U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck, U.S. District Court Christopher M. McCarthy, White & McCarthy Dale G. Mullen, Louisa County Attorney Albert M. Orgain IV, Sands Anderson W. Joseph Owen III, Owen & Owens Luis A. Perez, Luis A. Perez PC Sen. J. Chapman Petersen, Surovell, Isaacs, Petersen & Levy Todd A. Pilot, The Trademark Institute Andrew J. Reinhardt, Reinhardt & Harper Linda F. Rigsby, Williams Mullen Arthur E. Schmalz, Hunton & Williams Guy K. Tower, The McCammon Group John M. Tran, DimuroGinsberg Stanley P. Wellman, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman David M. Zobel, Poole Mahoney Return to top

Class of 2010:

Del. David B. Albo, Albo & Oblon LLP Stephan F. “Hobie” Andrews, Vandeventer Black LLP James L. Banks, Alexandria City Attorney Linda Bryant, Norfolk Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter C. Burnett, Burnett & Williams PC Irvin V. Cantor, Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana Buckner Michael S. Dingman, Reed Smith LLP U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis W. Dohnal, U.S. District Court Melinda Douglas, Office of the Public Defender Paul B. Ebert, Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Melissa Glassman, McGuireWoods LLP Karen A. Gould, Virginia State Bar Robert T. Hall, Hall Sickels Frei & Mims PC George H. Hettrick, Hunton & Williams LLP Helivi L. Holland, Department of Juvenile Justice Timothy R. Hughes, Bean Kinney & Korman PC Michael HuYoung, Barnes & Diehl PC John C. Johnson, Frith Anderson & Peake PC Judge Colleen K. Killilea, Williamsburg and James City County General District Court R. Shawn Majette, ThompsonMcMullan Andrew R. McRoberts, Sands Anderson Judge Becky J. Moore, Alexandria General District Court Tony H. Pham, Richmond City Sheriff’s Office Dale W. Pittman, The Law Office of Dale W. Pittman PC William L. Schmidt, William L. Schmidt & Associates PC J. Scott Sexton, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP Larry W. Shelton, Federal Public Defender Julious P. Smith Jr., Williams Mullen Vanessa L. Allen Sutherland, Altria Client Services Ronald R. Tweel, Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel PLLC Charles F. “Rick” Witthoefft, Hirschler Fleischer Return to top

Class of 2009:

W. Coleman Allen Jr., Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen Jayne W. Barnard, William and Mary Law School Leonard A. Bennett, Consumer Litigation Associates PC Jack W. Burtch Jr., Macaulay & Burtch PC. Beverly A. Burton, Richmond City Attorney’s Office, and President, Old Dominion Bar Association Brett Coffee, Computer Systems Center Inc. John L. Costello, George Mason University Law School Raighne C. Delaney, Bean, Kinney & Korman PC Lawrence D. Diehl, Barnes & Diehl PC Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr., Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. PC Richard E. Garriott, Clarke, Dolph, Rapaport, Hull, Brunick & Garriott PLC Michael L. Goodman, Goodman Allen & Filetti PLLC The Hon. Karen A. Henenberg, Arlington General District Court Katja H. Hill, LeClairRyan James W. Hopper, Office of the Attorney General The Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee, U.S. District Court Alexander N. Levay, Alex Levay PLLC Christopher M. Malone, ThompsonMcMullan PC Henry W. McLaughlin III, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc. G. Andrew Nea Jr., Williams Mullen JoAnne L. Nolte, The Nolte Law Firm PC John M. Oakey Jr., McGuireWoods LLP Norman F. Oblon, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP G. Michael Pace Jr., Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP Glenn W. Pulley, Clement & Wheatley Colleen M. Quinn, Locke, Partin, DeBoer & Quinn Robert D. Seabolt, Troutman Sanders LLP Edward L. Weiner, Weiner, Rohrstaff & Spivey PLC Return to top

Class of 2008:

David P. Baugh, Virginia Capital Defender (Central) Mark D. Braley, Legal Services Corp. of Virginia Frank O. Brown Jr., Frank O. Brown Jr. PC S. Jane Chittom, Appellate Defender Julie M. Cillo, Hall & Hall PLC Terrence L. Graves, Sands Anderson Marks & Miller Frank Kilgore, Frank Kilgore PC Gary D. LeClair, LeClairRyan John E. Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein Fishwick & Johnson PLC Darrel Tillar Mason, Darrel Tillar Mason PLC Jennifer L. McClellan, Verizon Corporation Steven R. Minor, Elliott, Lawson & Minor PC Wiley F. Mitchell Jr., Willcox & Savage David A. Oblon, Albo & Oblon LLP W. Taylor Reveley III, College of William & Mary Carol Schrier-Polak, Bean, Kinney & Korman PC Mark E. Slaughter, Troutman Sanders LLP Stephen M. Smith, Brain Injury Law Center Rodney A. Smolla, Washington & Lee University School of Law Thomas E. Spahn, McGuireWoods LLP Jacob P. Stroman IV, Spotsylvania County Attorney John L. Walker III, Williams Mullen Jay M. Weinberg, Hirschler Fleischer Return to top

Class of 2007:

Richard J. Bonnie, University of Virginia, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy Richard Cullen, McGuireWoods LLP Kyung N. (Kathryn) Dickerson, Smolen Plevy Wyatt B. Durrette Jr., DurretteBradshaw PLC Thomas A. Edmonds, Virginia State Bar Betsy Wells Edwards, Virginia Fair Trial Project L. Steven Emmert, Sykes, Bowden, Ahern & Levy Robert L. Harris Sr., The McCammon Group Robert R. Hatten, Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein LC Corinne J. Magee, The Magee Law Firm PLLC Stephen A. Northup, Troutman Sanders LLP William R. Rakes, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore Diane M. Strickland, The McCammon Group William R. Van Buren III, Kaufman & Canoles William T. Wilson, Wilson, Updike & Nicely Return to top

Class of 2006:

Edward D. Barnes, The Barnes Law Firm Robert L. Bushnell, Henry County Commonwealth’s Attorney Mary G. Commander, Commander & Carlson Lucius F. Ellsworth, Appalachian School of Law Robert J. Grey Jr., Hunton & Williams David J. Johnson, Virginia Indigent Defense Commission Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Appalachian School of Law David S. Mercer, Troutman Sanders LLP Craig T. Merritt, Christian & Barton Monica Taylor Monday, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore Robert F. Redmond Jr., Williams Mullen Andrew M. Sacks, Sacks & Sacks Susan B. Tarley, Spirn, Tarley, Robinson & Tarley Joseph T. Waldo, Waldo & Lyle Anne Marie Whittemore, McGuireWoods LLP Return to top