Virginia Lawyer The Official Publication of the Virginia State Bar February 2014 Volume 62/ Number 7 Features GENERAL INTEREST 12 Pilgrimage to the D-Day Beaches by Sharon D. Nelson 18 D-Day Memorial Honors the Bedford Boys by Linda S. Westenburger 20 2014: A Year of Significant Change for Health Insurance by Robert Spicknall 21 Guidance Through Maze of Personal Insurance by Daniel L. Rosenthal 22 Georgia Continues to Build on Virginia’s Model by Gordon Hickey Noteworthy VSB NEWS 42 Nominations Sought for Committee Vacancies 43 VSB Techshow PEOPLE 44 In Memoriam 44 Local and Specialty Bar Elections 45 The Virginia Law Foundation Inducts Fellows Class of 2014 45 2014 John C. Kenny Pro Bono Award 50 Nominations Sought for Virginia Legal Aid Award and Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award ET AL. FAMILY LAW 25 Cohabitation, Gay Marriage, Equal Access, Equitable Distribution: Family Law’s Greatest Hits by Carl J. Witmeyer II 26 Do All Virginians Have Equal Access to the Courts? by Richard E. Garriott Jr. 30 Marriage, State Domestic Regulations Power and Family Strength by Lynne Marie Kohm 36 Enactment of Virginia’s Equitable Distribution Law: A Memoir in Mixed Metaphors by Donald K. Butler 38 The Repeal of the Cohabitation Statute and Child Custody Cases by Afshin Farashahi 46 Is there a Pro Bono Gap in Virginia? 56 Call for Nominations: VSB Conference Awards Departments 54 59 61 62 CLE Calendar Professional Notices Classified Ads Rediscover the VSB Annual Meeting Columns 6 8 51 52 President’s Message Executive Director’s Message Law Libraries Technology and the Practice of Law Cover: Virginia State Bar members at the Midyear Legal Seminar in France last November visited the beaches of Normandy. Among their stops was the American Cemetery and Memorial, where 307 tombstones bear the inscription, “Here rests in honored glory a fallen comrade, known but to God.” Photo by Sharon D. Nelson