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In Response to “Legal Deserts in Rural Virginia” I believe that the October 2020 issue has some serious flaws in its representation of the number of l..

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Each year we recruit hundreds of the most highly regarded lawyers and professionals in Virginia and beyond to share their expertise with the Virginia ..

President’s Message

Author: Brian L. Buniva

Bias – Can We Eliminate It? EVERY SO OFTEN THERE COMES a time in our history when we are forced by the events around us to pause and look inward. I be..

Executive Director’s Message

Author: Karen A. Gould

You Should Join a Statewide, Local or Specialty Bar Association WHEN I WAS A YOUNG lawyer in private practice, I attended a Metropolitan Richmond Wome..

Ethics Counsel

Author: James M. McCauley

Can We Talk? Communications with Employees of a Represented Organization RULE 4.2 OF THE VIRGINIA RULES of Professional Conduct states that: [i]n repr..

Yet Another Message From A Conference Chair!

Author: Susan H. Godman

Greetings! It’s okay if you don’t recognize my name. I’m a true solo in the Northern Neck of Virginia, a rural peninsula between the Potomac and the R..

CLSBA Leaders Share Their Diverse Experiences

Author: Charles M. Lollar

The Executive Committee of the VSB Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations is composed of appointed leaders of bar associations around the ..

Perspective Of A Female Attorney

Author: Lindsey A. Strachan

As a millennial female attorney, my initial foray into the legal profession and my experience practicing law in Richmond in the subsequent eight years..

Perspective Of A Hispanic Attorney

Author: Luis A. Perez

I feel fortunate to have been born on a small island in the Caribbean called Puerto Rico. I am privileged in having been raised in the best of two wor..

Reflections Of An Attorney Of Color

Author: Wayne Marcus Scriven

I am an African American attorney who has been a member of the Virginia State Bar for more than 40 years. My experience has been a varied and mixed ba..

You Are More Of A Bar Leader Than You Think: Join Us At The Bar Leaders Institute

Author: Christine H. Mougin-Boal

The Bar Leaders Institute provides a treasury of resources for any attorney involved in any level of local or state bar association work. However, man..

Why Every Bar Association Should Have A CLSBA Representative: Why Not You?

Author: Lewis A. Martin III

The purpose of this article is to describe the role of a CLSBA conference representative; to recommend that those of you who are currently serving as ..

Talking To Two Million People At A Time: How Lawyers Can Build Business With Social Media

Author: Jennifer Jessie

I’ve been a social media practitioner for as long as I’ve been a lawyer; I created my own system, ignoring the “rules” we have all seen. My tweets sho..

Pro-Se Prosecution In Virginia

Author: Henry H. Perritt Jr

Virginia law permits any private citizen to obtain an arrest warrant when he or she can convince the magistrate that probable cause exists to believe ..

Family Law: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Child Support Cases In 2020 And Beyond

Author: Bretta Z. Lewis

As the nation experiences a spike in COVID cases, and as we embark on what is likely to be a bizarre holiday season (because…2020), family lawyers con..

Wellness

Author: Barbara Mardigian

How Helping Others Helps Your Mental Health When I am not feeling great, having a difficult day emotionally, or just feeling blah, the last thing I wa..

Highlights Of The October 23 Virginia State Bar Council Meeting

At its meeting on October 23, 2020, in Hot Springs, the Virginia State Bar Council heard the following significant reports and took the following acti..

Former VSB President Receives Governor’s 2020 Volunteerism Award

Edward L. Weiner, founder and senior partner at Weiner Spivey & Miller PLC of Fairfax, and 2015-16 Virginia State Bar president, has received a 20..

Young Lawyers Create Foster Care Resource Guide For Hampton Roads

The Young Lawyers Conference (YLC) of the Virginia State Bar has created a foster care resource guide to assist children and families involved in the ..

Check Your MCLE Hours Online Now

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the completion deadline for the 2020 MCLE requirement has been extended from October 31 to midnight EST December 31, 2020..

Join The Leadership Of Your Virginia State Bar

Since 1938, the Virginia State Bar has operated as an administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, unifying Virginia lawyers into a mandato..

Bernard S. Cohen

January 1934 — October 2020 Bernard S. Cohen, who together with Philip Hirschkop won the 1967 Loving v. Virginia case before the United States Supreme..

The Honorable Jackson L. Kiser

June 1929 — October 2020 The Hon. Jackson L. Kiser died on October 20, 2020, at the age of 91. Judge Kiser served the United States District Court fo..

Access To Legal Services

Author: Ami Kim

Pro Bono Service Makes You Happy “We were so poor. But we were happy.” —my mom, reflecting on living as a grad student in the 1960s. “They were so hap..

Law Libraries

Author: Isaac Needell

Moving Forward Together: Local Bar Associations and Law Libraries in 2020 After nearly nine months of turmoil amid all the challenges posed in 2020, t..

Technology And The Future Practice Of Law

Author: Seth Lindberg

Benefits to Remote Cloud Service for Small Law Firms In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms of all sizes have adopted work from home policies..

Risk Management

Author: Mark Bassingthwaighte

To Text or Not to Text, that is the Question Many people today prefer to communicate by texting. What does this mean for lawyers and malpractice? Text..

Virginia Lawyer Register

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES The following are summaries of disciplinary actions for violations of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) or anoth..

Professional Notices

Shannon Peak has joined Shannon Mullins & Wright LLP as an associate where she focuses her practice on civil/commercial Litigation, construction a..

The Last Word

Author: Joe Fore

On the Writing Process, Part II In my last column, I shared some tips for going from blank page to finished first draft. As we discussed, many writing..