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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
