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The 2021 Stars
The 2021 award winners were honored throughout the Annual Meeting by VSB commitees, sections and conferences. These honorees, in addition to the winners honored earlier in the year and from 2020, were recognized. Full articles may be found on the VSB website.
Nooreen Reza, Oliver Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award
A Wise native and Yale graduate, Reza received a fellowship to study at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom before beginning law school at The University of Virginia School of Law.
Amy Disel Allman, Legal Aid Award
Managing Attorney of the VLAS Foreclosure Prevention & Consumer Protection Project was nominated by David B. Neumeyer, executive director of the Virginia Legal Aid Society.
Christina Compagnone, Young Lawyer of the Year Award
Compagnone and her co-chair, Courtney Frazier, revived the Professional Development Conference (PDC), a program that had been inactive since 2018.
Edward L. Chambers Jr., Edward L. Chambers Jr. Lifetime Bar Service Award
Edward L. Chambers has posthumously received the inaugural award bearing his name, a memorial award established by the Virginia State Bar to honor Chambers’s commitment to service to the Bar.
Jeannie P. Dahnk, Bar Leadership in Education Award
In her extensive career, Dahnk, the 2003–04 president of the Virginia State Bar, and the second woman to hold the position, has found numerous ways to put her love of teaching to use.
M. Bryan Slaughter, Local Bar Leader of the Year Award
Slaughter became president of the bar association in July 2020, months into the COVID-19 pandemic. He then managed the transition to an online presence and organizational platform.
The Alexandria Bar Association, Bar Association of the Year
The Alexandria Bar Association, founded in 1928, organizes outreach efforts and strives to promote the relationships between its 309 members and their community.
The Conference of Local and Speciality Bar Associations 2021 Awards of Merit
The CLSBA has recognized 12 bars and seven projects across the Commonwealth with Awards of Merit. The judges were Marni Byrum, VSB past president; Paul Fletcher, Virginia Lawyers Weekly; and Professor Andrew Connors, Liberty University School of Law. This year’s winners are:
• Roanoke Bar Association (2 awards) – Keeping it Clean and Meals for Heroes
• Russell County Bar Association – Advancing the Rule of Law (Law Day Program)
• The Alexandria Bar Association – Enhanced Monthly Membership Meetings During COVID
• The Bar Association of the City of Richmond – Virtual Bench-Bar Conference — In association with:
• Chesterfield County Bar Association
• Greater Richmond Criminal Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association
• Hill-Tucker Bar Association
• Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
• Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association
• The Prince William County Bar Association – Pivoting During the Pandemic
• Virginia Beach Bar Association (sustained project) – C.L.A.S.S. Program (Concerned Lawyers Advocating Spousal Safety)
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