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Local Government Attorneys of Virginia Named 2026 Specialty Bar of the Year

Posted on 5/20/2026
The Local Government Attorneys of Virginia (LGA) was named the Specialty Bar of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Local and Specialty Bar Section (LSBS).

  

Richmond Bar Association Named 2026 Bar Association of the Year

Posted on 5/19/2026
The Richmond Bar Association (RBA) was named the Bar Association of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Local and Specialty Bar Section (LSBS).

  

Shelbie Hampton Receives Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/15/2026
Shelbie Hampton of the University of Richmond School of Law has been awarded the 2026 Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award.

  

Danny Zemel Receives 2026 Powell Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/11/2026
Danny Zemel has been awarded the 2026 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award, given by the Access to Legal Services Committee of the Virginia State Bar to honor an attorney who has made outstanding pro bono contributions in the Commonwealth.

  

Local and Specialty Bar Associations Receive 2026 Awards of Merit

Posted on 5/11/2026
The Local and Specialty Bar Section has recognized four projects completed by four individual bar associations with Awards of Merit.

  

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Receives 2026 Organizational Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/11/2026
The VSB Access to Legal Services Committee has awarded Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP the 2026 Frankie Muse Freeman Organizational Pro Bono Award.

  

Mikaela Phillips Receives 2026 Young Lawyer of the Year Award

Posted on 5/6/2026
The Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Section has named Mikaela Phillips, assistant solicitor general for the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, as the R. Edwin Burnette Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year.

  

Molly E. Newton Awarded 2026 Specialty Bar Leader of the Year

Posted on 5/6/2026
Molly E. Newton, president of the Greater Penninsula Women's Bas Association (GPWBA), has been awarded Specialty Bar Leader of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Local and Specialty Bar Section (LSBS).

  

Martha McQuade Receives the Edward L. Chambers Jr. Lifetime Bar Service Award

Posted on 4/30/2026
Martha McQuade, partner at McQuade Byrum PLLC, received the Edward L. Chambers Jr. Lifetime Bar Service Award.

  

The Hon. Roger L. Gregory Receives 2026 Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Award

Posted on 4/29/2026
The Hon. Roger L. Gregory, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, has been awarded the 2026 Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Achievement Award, given by the VSB Diversity Section.

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