7nd Annual Meeting Virginia Beach, Virginia June 7 0, 00 At the Virginia State Bar s Seventy-second Annual Meeting, Irving M. Blank of Richmond was sworn in as president of the VSB, succeeding Jon D. Huddleston of Leesburg. George Warren Shanks of Luray became president-elect. The program included a showcase continuing legal education program, Chasing the Internet Is the Law Keeping Up? sponsored by the Litigation Section and the Bench-Bar Relations Committee. Other programs included The Paper Chase of the Twenty-first Century A Town Hall Meeting, sponsored by the Section on the Education of Lawyers in Virginia, and Law & (Dis) Order Help for the Organizationally Challenged, featuring a professional organizer. Special events at this year s Lawyers Expo included family bingo and book sales by Fountain Books and Prince Booksellers. And VSB groups honored Virginia lawyers, including attorneys who are in their fiftieth year of practice (see page 67). Irving M. Blank of Richmond (center) assumed the role of VSB president, succeeding Jon D. Huddleston of Leesburg (left), who led during the 009 0 bar year. George Warren Shanks (right) is now president-elect and will become president in 0. VIRGINIA STATE BAR 7ND ANNUAL MEETING 66 VIRGINIA LAWYER June/July 00 Vol. 59
Photo courtesy of Alan Cooper. At a Saturday brunch sponsored by the Senior Lawyers Conference, the Virginia State Bar honored lawyers who have been members in good standing for fifty years.. Janet James, a member of the Virginia State Bar Committee on Access to Legal Services, introduced award honorees Robert J. Poggenklass (left) (Oliver W. Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award), William B. Reichhardt (Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award), and Kathryn L. Pryor (right) (Virginia Legal Aid Award). Photo courtesy of Alan Cooper 5. The Local Bar Leader of the Year Award was presented to Raymond B. Benzinger (center) by outgoing VSB President Jon D. Huddleston and Conference of Local Bar Association President Gifford R. Hampshire. The weekend activities included an array of athletic activities, including golf, tennis, volleyball, a 5K Run in the Sun, and, for the first time this year, early morning yoga on the beach. Run in the Sun winners were (Photo, left right) Nathan J. Olson, second place; Thomas K. Kirui, first place; and Stefan M. Calos, third place. The race was sponsored by Virginia Lawyers Media. In Photo 5, former VSB president Jeannie P. Dahnk is on the left. JUNE 7 0, 00 VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Vol. 59 June/July 00 VIRGINIA LAWYER 67
. Dean Rodney A. Smolla of Washington and Lee University School of Law moderated a panel at a continuing legal education program, Chasing the Internet Is the Law Keeping Up?, sponsored by the VSB Litigation Section and Bench-Bar Relations Committee. Shown (from left) are Smolla, Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn, Supreme Court of Virginia; Prof. James Gibson, University of Richmond School of Law; Thomas E. Albro; Dean John G. Douglass, University of Richmond School of Law; Magistrate Judge B. Waugh Crigler, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia; David P. Baugh, capital defender, Indigent Defense Commission; Hampton Circuit Judge Wilford R. Taylor Jr.; Timothy J. Heaphy, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia; Dean Davison M. Douglas, College of William and Mary School of Law; Leanne M. Shank, general counsel, Washington and Lee University School of Law; Mary Lynn Tate, Virginia Board of Bar Examiners; and Karen A. Gould, executive director, Virginia State Bar.. The Paper Chase of the Twenty-first Century A Town Hall Meeting was sponsored by the VSB Section on the Education of Lawyers in Virginia. On the panel were (from left) unidentified student; Prof. Scott E. Thompson, Liberty University School of Law; unidentified student; Prof. James E. Moliterno and Assistant Dean and Professor Mary Z. Natkin, both of Washington and Lee University School of Law; Dean Clinton W. Wes Shinn, Appalachian School of Law; William R. Rakes, former president, Virginia State Bar; Dean Davison M. Douglas, William and Mary School of Law; Associate Dean and Professor M. Elizabeth Magill, University of Virginia School of Law; Dean John G. Douglass, University of Richmond School of Law; Dean Jeffrey A. Brauch, Regent University School of Law; Judge Robert W. Wooldridge Jr., George Mason University School of Law; and Magistrate Judge B. Waugh Crigler, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. VIRGINIA STATE BAR 7ND ANNUAL MEETING 68 VIRGINIA LAWYER June/July 00 Vol. 59
. The VSB General Practice Section s Tradition of Excellence Award was presented to V.R. Shack Shackelford III (center). Shown (left right) are outgoing VSB President Jon D. Huddleston, section chair Elizabeth K. Dillon, Shackelford, Gail S. Marshall, and incoming VSB President Irving M. Blank.. Attending the annual meeting from the Young Lawyers Conference were (front) past YLC president Jennifer L. McClellan, YLC President-elect Carson H. Sullivan, YLC President Lesley Pate Marlin; (back row from left) YLC past president Daniel L. Gray, and Judge R. Edwin Burnette Jr, a past president of the YLC and VSB.. Irving M. Blank was administered the presidential oath of office by his son, attorney Jonathan T. Blank, managing partner of McGuireWoods LLP in Charlottesville.. Robert E. Bob Byrne (center) of Charlottesville, winner of the 00 R. Edwin Burnette Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year Award, with Virginia Court of Appeals Judge D. Arthur Kelsey (left) and Judge Burnette, who sits in Lynchburg General District Court. Burnette is a former president of the Young Lawyers Conference, which bestows the award. Byrne clerked for Kelsey. JUNE 7 0, 00 VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Vol. 59 June/July 00 VIRGINIA LAWYER 69
. The Lawyers Expo, sponsored by the VSB General Practice Section, featured the latest in law office technology and related products and services.. VSB President Irving M. Blank and his wife, Rhona, at the Lawyers Expo reception and raffle.. Virginia Law Foundation Immediate Past President Mary Ann Delano at the Expo.. Activities for children included a sand castle contest, family bingo, a children s dinner, and camps provided by beach hotels. The sand castle contest was sponsored by Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company. 5. Attending the annual meeting were VSB past president David P. Bobzien and past VSB Council member James W. Korman. 5 Mark your calendar for the VSB 7rd Annual Meeting June 5 9, 0 VIRGINIA STATE BAR 7ND ANNUAL MEETING 70 VIRGINIA LAWYER June/July 00 Vol. 59