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Posted on 4/24/2024 The Northern Virginia Black Attorneys' Association (NOVABAA) has been named the 2024 Bar Association of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations (CLSBA).
Posted on 4/24/2024 Richmond lawyer and former Virginia State Bar President Irving M. Blank of Blank & Marcus, LLC has been awarded the General Practice Section’s Tradition of Excellence Award.
Posted on 3/27/2024 Eugene M. Elliott Jr. of Roanoke, and Lisa A. Wilson of Alexandria are the co-recipients of the 2024 Edward L. Chambers Jr. Lifetime Bar Service Award.
Posted on 3/13/2024 B. Keith Faulkner, president of Charleston Southern University in South Carolina, has been named this year’s recipient of the William R. Rakes Leadership in Education Award by the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers in Virginia.
Posted on 3/12/2024 The VSB Real Property Section and Virginia CLE have named James L. Windsor as the recipient of the 2024 Traver Award, given each year to honor a lawyer who embodies the highest ideals in the practice of real estate law.
Posted on 3/8/2024 Charles E. Powers, a shareholder in the Richmond firm of Stiles Ewing Powers PC, has been awarded the Family Law Service Award by the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section Board of Governors.
Posted on 3/8/2024 James Ray Cottrell, founder of Cottrell Fletcher Cottrell PC in Alexandria has been awarded the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section’s highest accolade, the Betty Ann Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posted on 2/14/2024 If you are a member of the Virginia State Bar and have demonstrated a devotion to wellness and well-being, consider nominating yourself, your colleague, or your group for the Award for Excellence in Wellness and Well-Being in the Legal Profession.
Posted on 1/25/2024 Howard E. Gwynn, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Newport News, has been named the recipient of the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Award by the Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section.
Posted on 10/13/2023 William E. “Bill” Shmidheiser III of Harrisonburg, who recently retired from Flora Pettit, has been named the 2023 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Pro Bono Award recipient.
Pay 2024 dues online in July. Dues statements will no longer be mailed.
VSB Annual Meeting May 30 – June 1, 2024