Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame Nominee Questionnaire

We have received a nomination for you to be included in the 2025 Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame, sponsored by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. We would appreciate your providing us with some information that our team will use when selecting the honorees for this year and if selected, this information will be used to develop speeches and be included in the special section that will be published in the May 19 issue.

Please fill in your answers in the form below and please provide a color photo that we may use in the supplement (at least 5x7 and 300 dpi .jpg or .tif preferred).

We greatly appreciate your input, and we look forward to learning more about you. If you are selected as an honoree, please know that our editorial team may edit your responses for the supplement (grammar, typos, length). If you have any questions about the form, please contact our Event Manager, Anthony Jones, at [email protected] or 314-558-3202.

Your name (as it appears on your firm/organization website):

Phonetic spelling of your name:

Name of Firm/Organization:

Number of years with company/firm?

Business Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Phone Number

Email

Are you affiliated with any affinity groups and, if so, which group(s)?

Education, degree(s) and year(s) of graduation:

Please tell us about your personal background, such as where you grew up, and what impact that location/environment had on you.

Please describe your efforts to mentor other lawyers, providing names of particular mentees, if appropriate.

What do you see as your most important professional accomplishments? Examples may include, but aren’t limited to include important matters you have handled, legislation you have worked on, or leadership roles in the legal community.

What has been your biggest challenge during your legal career?

Have you done pro bono or community outreach work? Civic involvement? If so, please list recent examples. (or what you’re most proud of?)

How would a teacher have described you when you were in elementary or middle school?

What was your first job? What did you learn from the experience?

If you hadn’t become a lawyer, what field would you have entered?

Everyone has a “guilty pleasure.” What is yours?

What’s a favorite getaway spot?

What would you like to do in the next act of your life?

What are two things about you that most people may not know?

High Resolution Color Photo

Please upload a high-resolution color photo, minimum size of 5" x 7" and 300 dpi. Usually the file size will come in around 1MB (1,000kb) or greater. If you have any issues uploading through this form, please email your file(s) directly to [email protected]. Thank you!

File

Max. file size: 20 MB.

File

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RSVP

Please confirm whether or not you will be attending the event. You may also indicate here if you plan to bring any guests and if you have any special dietary needs or restrictions. If you are unable to attend the event, please provide a shipping address below so we may send your award to you. Thanks so much, we're looking forward to celebrating with you!

RSVP Information

Address for shipping my award as I am unable to attend the event