R. Edwin Burnette Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year Award
This award honors an outstanding young Virginia lawyer who has demonstrated dedicated service to the Young Lawyers Conference, the legal profession and the community and is presented at the VSB Annual Meeting in June. The nomination deadline is March 29. Please send any questions to [email protected].
Online Burnette Award Nomination Form
Past Recipients
- 2022-2023 Alicia M. Penn
- 2021-2022 Courtney M. Frazier
- 2020-2021 Christina Compagnone
- 2019-2020 Jamiliah D. LeCruise
- 2018-2019 Nicolle Vasquez Del Favero
- 2017-2018 Charles H. Slemp III
- 2016-2017 Melissa Little and Crystal Shin
- 2015-2016 Giovanni DiMaggio
- 2014-2015 Helen Chong
- 2013-2014 Edwin J. Wu
- 2012-2013 Christopher R. Fortier
- 2010-2011 Joanna L. Faust
- 2009-2010 Robert E. Byrne Jr.
- 2007-2008 Kenneth L. Alger II and Hugo R. Valverde
- 2006-2007 Sarah Louppe Petcher
- 2005-2006 Christy E. Kiely
- 2004-2005 O’Kelly E. McWilliams III
- 2003-2004 K. Brett Marston
- 2002-2003 Richard H. Ottinger
- 2001-2002 Jennifer L. McClellan
- 2000-2001 Edward B. Walker
- 1999-2000 Shawn A. Copeland
- 1998-1999 Maya M. Eckstein
- 1997-1998 Barry G. Logsdon
- 1996-1997 Pamela Meade Sargent
- 1995-1996 Tracy A. Giles
- 1994-1995 Julie D. McClellan
- 1993-1994 Scott D. Oostdyk