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2012 Contributors

The Virginia Law Foundation wishes to recognize the following donors who are generously contributing to our work. The following list includes donations received through August 8, 2012.

The 1974 Society

The Virginia Law Foundation Board of Directors established the 1974 Society to acknowledge individual donors who have given $10,000 or more over their lifetime. Members of the 1974 Society are:

John A. C. Keith
Estate of Ken McFarlane Smith
W. Scott Street, III

Trustee ($5,000+)

Founder ($2,500 - $4,999)

Partner ($1,000 - $2,499)
  • David A. Penrod

Associate ($250 - $999)
  • Michael Armstrong
  • Prof. Jayne W. Barnard
  • Barnes & Diehl, PC
  • Manuel A. Capsalis.
  • Tracy A. Giles
  • Michael HuYoung
  • Lynn L. and Neil S. Kessler
  • John E. Lichtenstein
  • William T. Mason, Jr.
  • H. Victor Millner, Jr.
  • Joseph W. Richmond, Jr.
  • Nancy N. Rogers
  • Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
  • William L. Schmidt
  • Thomas G. Slater, Jr.
  • Alexander & Mary Slaughter
  • Mary Lynn Tate
  • Taylor & Walker PC
  • Betty A. Thompson
  • John M. Tran
  • Anthony F. Troy
  • Barbara Ann Williams
  • F. Blair Wimbush

Mentor (up to $249)
  • David & Ryna Alexander
  • Bremmer Janus & Stone
  • Andrea L. Bridgeman
  • C. Richard Cranwell
  • William Drinkwater
  • Reno S. Harp, III
  • Robert J. Ingram
  • Lori Elliott Jarvis
  • Kathleen Martin
  • Wiley F. Mitchell, Jr.
  • Thurston and Correll Moore
  • Elizabeth P. Murtagh
  • Overton P. Pollard
  • Glenn W. Pulley
  • Sidney Kolb Law Office, PLLC
  • J. Warren Stephens, Jr.

In Honor of Donations
  • In Honor of Sharon Tatum
    from Robert & Mary Ann Delano

In Memoriam Donations
  • In Memory of Robert H. Patterson, Jr. from Robert C. Nusbaun & Linda Labstain

In-Kind Services
  • Everett Comstock, Webmaster

2011 Contributors

The Virginia Law Foundation wishes to recognize the following donors who are generously contributing to our work. The following list includes donations received through December 31, 2011.

The 1974 Society

The Virginia Law Foundation Board of Directors established the 1974 Society to acknowledge individual donors who have given $10,000 or more over their lifetime. Members of the 1974 Society are:

John A. C. Keith
Estate of Ken McFarlane Smith
W. Scott Street, III

Trustee ($5,000+)

Founder ($2,500 - $4,999)

Partner ($1,000 - $2,499)
  • David P. Bobzien
  • Manuel A. Capsalis
  • John W. Daniel, II
  • Karen A. Gould
  • George Keith Martin
  • Kenneth B. Murov
  • G. Michael & Nancy Pace
  • Gordon P. Peyton
  • Richard S. Glasser
  • W. Scott Street, III
  • Lewis W. Webb III
  • Jay M. Weinberg
  • Edward & Maura Weiner

Associate ($250 - $999)
  • Alan D. Albert
  • Thomas L. Appler
  • Michael Armstrong
  • C. Breckenridge Arrington, Jr.
  • Governor Gerald L. Baliles
  • Barnes & Diehl, PC
  • Edward D. Barnes
  • Stanley G. Barr, Jr.
  • Bruce H. Bernstein
  • J. Edward Betts
  • Hon. Thomas F. Betz, Jr.
  • Irving Blank
  • Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
  • Robert P. Buford
  • Peter C. Burnett
  • Stephen D. Busch
  • Marni E. Byrum
  • Edward L. Chambers, Jr.
  • Whittington W. Clement
  • Kathy Mays Coleman
  • James P. Cox, III
  • Timothy A. Coyle
  • C. Richard Cranwell
  • Roy V. Creasy
  • Chip & Mary Ann Delano
  • Hon. Robert G. Doumar
  • E. Tazewell Ellett
  • John D. Epps
  • John R. Fletcher
  • Paul E. Fletcher
  • Jeanne F. Franklin
  • Hon. Ernest P. Gates
  • Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore
  • Grayson P. Hanes
  • Hefty & Wiley, PC
  • Elizabeth G. Hester
  • James M. Hingeley
  • Leila Baum Hopper
  • Jon D. Huddleston
  • Cynthia E. Hudson
  • Michael HuYoung
  • Timothy Isaacs
  • Jackson Lewis, LLP
  • John A. C. Keith
  • Ray W. King
  • David C. Landin
  • Angelica D. Light
  • R. Peyton Mahaffey
  • Christopher M. Malone
  • Heman A. Marshall, III
  • Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr.
  • Howard C. McElroy
  • Yvonne C. McGhee
  • Charles V. McPhillips
  • James V. Meath
  • C. Kailani Memmer
  • H. Victor Millner, Jr.
  • Robert T. Mitchell, Jr.
  • William G. Murray
  • Margaret A. Nelson
  • John M. Oakey, Jr.
  • John H. Obrion, Jr.
  • Thomas C. Palmer, Jr.
  • Charles & Anita Poston
  • J. Waverly Pulley, III
  • William R. Rakes
  • Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr.
  • Gant Redmon
  • Mark & Nancy Reed
  • Joseph W. Richmond, Jr.
  • Linda F. Rigsby
  • Carlyle C. Ring, Jr.
  • George H. Roberts, Jr.
  • Judith L. Rosenblatt
  • Stephen D. Rosenthal
  • Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
  • Dexter C. Rumsey
  • Jane L. Schwarzschild
  • George Warren Shanks
  • Conway H. Sheild, III
  • Hon. Paul F. Sheridan
  • Robert E. Shoun
  • Thomas G. Slater, Jr.
  • Alexander H. Slaughter
  • George Somerville
  • Rhysa G. South
  • Thomas E. Spahn
  • E. Ford Stephens
  • Hon. Diane McQuade Strickland
  • Timothy J. Sullivan
  • John L. Walker, III
  • Taylor & Walker, PC
  • Frank A. Thomas, III
  • Lucia Anna Trigiani
  • M. Bruce Wallinger
  • Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh, PC
  • Elizabeth D. Whiting
  • Anne Marie Whittemore
  • Barbara Ann Williams
  • J. Page Williams
  • Bill & Langhorne Wilson

Mentor (up to $249)
  • Benjamin C. Ackerly
  • Alan & Barbara Anderson
  • Hon. Rosemarie P. Annunziata
  • Peter A. Arntson
  • James Rudy Austin
  • Robert N. Baldwin
  • Joel M. Birken
  • A. Hugo Blankingship, Jr.
  • Professor Richard J. Bonnie
  • Lewis T. Booker
  • William Botts, III
  • Andrea L. Bridgeman
  • Daniel S. Brown
  • Hon. Albert V. Bryan, Jr.
  • Ann T. Burks
  • Hon. R. Edwin Burnette, Jr.
  • Hon. Harry L. Carrico
  • Hon. H. Vincent Conway, Jr.
  • David P. Corrigan
  • Ann K. Crenshaw
  • Paul D’Amato
  • James A. L. Daniel
  • John J. Davies, III
  • Alexander F. Dillard, Jr.
  • Elizabeth K. Dillon
  • Bernard J. DiMuro
  • Hon. Dennis W. Dohnal
  • John Barry Donohue, Jr.
  • W. Birch Douglass, III
  • John G. Douglass
  • Mark S. Dray
  • Thomas A. Edmonds
  • Eugene M. Elliott, Jr.
  • Joe S. Frank
  • Carl Crockett Gillespie, Jr.
  • Hon. J. Samuel Glasscock
  • Michael A. Glasser
  • Robert C. Goodman, Jr.
  • Howard E. Gordon
  • Hon. Marilynn C. Goss
  • Jeffrey H. Gray
  • Robert J. Grey, Jr.
  • Gary C. Hancock
  • Warren David Harless
  • George H. Hettrick
  • Steven L. Higgs
  • Glenn M. Hodge
  • Leighton S. Houck
  • James W. Jennings
  • Phyllis C. Katz
  • Joseph C. Kearfott
  • William L. Kirby, III
  • David Lannetti
  • Hon. William H. Ledbetter, Jr.
  • Alexander N. Levay
  • George Keith Martin
  • Howard W. Martin, Jr.
  • Kathleen Martin
  • Darrel Mason
  • J. Robert McAllister, III
  • Thomas J. McCarthy, Jr.
  • Professor John C. McCoid, III
  • James R. McKenry
  • Professor Daniel J. Meador
  • David S. Mercer
  • Hon. Thomas J. Michie
  • Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.
  • Hon. Wiley Francis Mitchell, Jr.
  • Monica Taylor Monday
  • Thurston & Correll Moore
  • James W. Morris, III
  • Clinton S. Morse
  • F. Anderson Morse
  • Hon. William Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
  • Sharon D. Nelson
  • Hon. R. Terrence Ney
  • David J. Novak
  • Robert Nusbaum & Linda Laibstain
  • Kathleen O'Brien
  • Paris Blank, LLP
  • Paul & Julia Mahoney
  • Susan M. Pesner
  • C. Cotesworth Pinckney
  • Overton P. Pollard
  • Hon. William T. Prince
  • Glenn W. Pulley
  • William E. Rachels, Jr.
  • Alan B. Rashkind
  • Hon. Alan E. Rosenblatt
  • Steven D. Rosenfield
  • Hon. Jane Marum Roush
  • John M. Ryan
  • Stanley L. Samuels
  • Donald E. Showalter
  • Edward R. Slaughter, Jr.
  • Michael W. Smith
  • Hon. Joseph E. Spruill, Jr.
  • Hon. J. Warren Stephens
  • Richard C. Sullivan, Jr.
  • Sharon K. Tatum
  • William Griffith Thomas
  • Hon. Guy & Winship Tower
  • Hon. Kenneth E. Trabue
  • Russell Updike
  • George D. Varoutsos
  • Edmund Lewis Walton, Jr.
  • Guilford D. Ware
  • Hill B. Wellford, Jr.
  • Carolyn A. White
  • Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman, & Dicker, LLP
  • Robert C. Wood, III

Corporate Sponsors of our Public Service Internship Program

In Memoriam Donations

In-Kind Services
  • Everett Comstock, Webmaster


2010 Contributors

The Virginia Law Foundation wishes to recognize the following donors who have generously contributed to our work during calendar year 2010.

Trustee ($2,500 +)

Founder ($1,000 - $2,499)
  • Karen Gould
  • G. Michael Pace, Jr.
  • Alexander H. Slaughter
  • Solodar & Solodar
  • W. Scott Street, III
  • Betty Thompson
  • Vandeventer Black LLP

Partner ($500 - $999)
  • Stanley G. Barr, Jr.
  • Manuel A. Capsalis
  • Edward L. Chambers, Jr.
  • Hon. Sam
  • W. Coleman & Kathy Mays Coleman
  • Mary Ann & Robert B. Delano, Jr.
  • John R. Fletcher
  • G. Franklin Flippin
  • Jeanne F. Franklin
  • Tracy A. Giles
  • Hefty & Wiley, PC
  • Leila Hopper
  • Jon D. Huddleston
  • James W. Korman
  • Angelica D. Light
  • Christopher M. Malone
  • James V. Meath
  • David S. Mercer
  • Thurston R. Moore
  • H. Victor Millner, Jr.
  • Matthew B. Murray
  • David A. Penrod
  • Gordon P. Peyton
  • Carlyle C. Ring
  • Julious P. Smith
  • Hon. Diane M. Strickland
  • Frank A. Thomas, III
  • Anthony F. Troy
  • John L. Walker, III
  • Edward L. Weiner
  • White & McCarthy, LLP
  • J. Page Williams

Associate ($250 - $499)
  • Charles B. Arrington, Jr.
  • Edward D. Barnes
  • Irving M. Blank
  • David P. Bobzien
  • Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
  • Robert P. Buford
  • Peter C. Burnett
  • Stephen D. & Susan Busch
  • Whittington W. Clement, III
  • James P. Cox, III
  • James A.L. Daniel
  • E. Tazewell (Ted) Ellett
  • Eugene Elliott, Jr.
  • John D. Epps
  • Patricia Epps
  • Paul E. Fletcher
  • Jeffrey H. Gray
  • Brian K. Jackson
  • Marc Jacobson
  • James Jennings
  • John A. C. Keith
  • Ray Webb King
  • Hon. Elizabeth B. Lacy
  • Robert Lesniak
  • Heman A. Marshall, III
  • Howard C. McElroy
  • Charles V. McPhillips
  • C. Kailani (Kai) Memmer
  • Robert T. Mitchell
  • Monica Taylor Monday
  • Margaret A. Nelson
  • John Oakley, Jr.
  • Kathleen O’Brien
  • Thomas Palmer
  • Paris Blank LLP
  • R. Peyton Mahaffey
  • Anita A. Poston
  • Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr.
  • Joseph C. Richmond, Jr.
  • Linda & Michael Rigsby
  • Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
  • William L. Schmidt
  • Hon. Paul S. Sheridan
  • Robert E. Shoun
  • E. Ford Stephens
  • Hon. J. Warren Stephens
  • Ann K. Sullivan
  • M. Bruce Wallinger
  • Hill B. Wellford, Jr.
  • Elizabeth D. Whiting
  • Barbara A. Williams
  • Robert C. Wood, III

 

Mentor ($100 to $249)
  • Benjamin C. Ackerly
  • Thomas L. Appler
  • Robert N. Baldwin
  • Jayne W. Barnard
  • J. Edwards Betts
  • Joel C. Birken
  • Hon. Hal J. Bonney
  • Lewis T. Booker
  • Hon. James P. Brice
  • Andrea Bridgeman
  • Daniel S. Brown
  • Hon. R. Edwin Burnette, Jr.
  • Stephen D. & Susan Busch
  • John V. Cogbill
  • Ann K. Crenshaw
  • Paul D’Amato
  • Bernard DiMuro
  • Dominion Resources
  • John B. Donohue, Jr.
  • W. Birch Douglass, III
  • Mark S. Dray
  • William Drinkwater
  • Thomas A. Edmonds
  • H. Bradley Evans, Jr.
  • Cheshire I. Eveleigh
  • Hugh Fain, III
  • Hon. Johanna L. Fitzpatrick
  • Thomas Franz
  • Hon. Ernest P. Gates
  • Carl C. Gillespie, Jr.
  • Howard E. Gordon
  • Virginia H. Hackney
  • Warren David Harless
  • Michael N. Herring
  • Lee Ann & George Hettrick
  • James M. Hingeley
  • Glenn M. Hodge
  • Leighton S. Houck
  • F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr.
  • Phyllis C. Katz
  • Joseph C. Kearfott
  • David W. Lannetti
  • Alexander N. Levay
  • Brian R. Marron
  • Howard W. Martin, Jr.
  • Darrel Mason
  • William Mason, Jr.
  • Vincent Mastracco, Jr.
  • Joseph Matthews, Jr.
  • J. Robert McAllister, III
  • Thomas McCarthy, Jr.
  • John D. McGavin
  • Charles V. McPhillips
  • Hon. Wiley F. Mitchell, Jr.
  • Clinton S. Morse
  • F. Anderson Morse
  • Hon. William T. Murphy, Jr.
  • Sharon D. Nelson
  • C. Charles Pinckney
  • Overton P. Pollard
  • William E. Rachels, Jr.
  • Alan B. Rashkind
  • Nancy N. “Newnie” Rogers
  • John M. Ryan
  • Stanley Samuels
  • Jane Schwarzschild
  • Donald Showalter
  • Hunter W. Sims, Jr.
  • Edward Slaughter, Jr.
  • Rhysa G. South
  • Richard C. Sullivan, Jr.
  • Timothy J. Sullivan
  • William Thomas
  • Hon. Winship Tower & Guy Tower
  • Hon. Kenneth E. Trabue
  • Russell Updike
  • Harry Warthen, III
  • Anne Marie Whittemore
  • William T. Wilson
  • James Young

Friend (Donations up to $99)
  • James Austin
  • Denise Melton Carl
  • Joseph Matthews, Jr.
  • George Somerville
  • Sharon & Tim Tatum

Corporate Sponsors of our Public Service Internship Program
  • Vandeventer Black

In-Kind Services
  • Everett Comstock, Webmaster


2009 Contributors

The Virginia Law Foundation wishes to recognize the following donors who have generously contributed to our work during calendar year 2009.

Platinum ($5,000 +)

Founder ($2,500 - $4,999)
  • Williams Mullen

Partner ($1,000 - $2,499)
  • Manuel A. Capsalis
  • Kathy Mays Coleman &
  • Hon. Sam W. Coleman
  • Karen A. Gould
  • Donald D. Litten
  • Thurston R. Moore
  • G. Michael Pace, Jr.
  • W. Scott Street
  • Vandeventer Black
  • Jay M. Weinberg

Associate ($250 - $999)
  • Susan C. Armstrong &
  • Russell V. Palmore, Jr.
  • Peter A. Arntson
  • C. Breckenridge Arrington, Jr.
  • Jayne W. Barnard
  • Honorable Thomas F. Betz, Jr.
  • David P. Bobzien
  • Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
  • Robert P. Buford
  • Lynda Lee Butler
  • Edward L. Chambers
  • Whittington W. Clement
  • John V. Cogbill, III
  • Timothy A. Coyle
  • Mary Ann & Robert Delano
  • Robert E. Eicher
  • Patricia Epps
  • John R. Fletcher
  • Paul E. Fletcher
  • Jeanne F. Franklin
  • Virginia H. Hackney
  • Robert T. Hall
  • Warren David Harless
  • Hefty & Wiley, PC
  • Michael HuYoung
  • John A. C. Keith
  • Ray W. King
  • Honorable Elizabeth B. Lacy
  • David Craig Landin
  • Alexander N. Levay
  • Christopher M. Malone
  • Roderick B. Mathews
  • Howard C. McElroy
  • James V. Meath
  • C. Kailani Memmer
  • David S. Mercer
  • H. Victor Millner
  • Robert T. Mitchell
  • Gregory L. Murphy
  • Honorable William T. Murphy, Jr.
  • William G. Murray
  • Margaret A. Nelson
  • Sharon E. Pandak &
  • Robert M. Moss
  • Gordon P. Peyton
  • Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr.
  • Gant Redmon
  • Joseph W. Richmond, Jr.
  • James C. Roberts
  • Frank W. Rogers, III
  • Douglas P. Rucker, III
  • Jane L. Schwarzschild
  • George Warren Shanks
  • John D. Sharer
  • Thomas G. Slater, Jr.
  • Julious P. Smith
  • E. Ford Stephens
  • Hon. J. Warren Stephens
  • Hon. Diane M. Strickland
  • Richard C. Sullivan
  • Sharon & Tim Tatum
  • Frank A. Thomas, III
  • Hon. Winship Tower &
  • Guy K. Tower
  • John M. Tran
  • Anthony F. Troy
  • Wilson F. Vellines, Jr.
  • Virginia Lawyers Weekly
  • John L. Walker, III
  • M. Bruce Wallinger
  • Elizabeth D. Whiting
  • Anne Marie Whittemore
  • Roger C. Wiley
  • Barbara Ann Williams
  • J. Page Williams
  • William T. Wilson
  • F. Blair Wimbush
  • Andrew William Wood
  • Robert C. Wood, III

Corporate Sponsors of our Public Service Internship Program
  • Dominion
  • Williams Mullen
  • Vandeventer Black

In-Kind Services
  • Everett Comstock, Webmaster

Mentor (up to $249)
  • Benjamin C. Ackerly
  • Hon. Rosemarie P. Annunziata
  • Robert N. Baldwin
  • The Bar Assoc. of Richmond
  • Stanley G. Barr, Jr.
  • J. Edward Betts
  • Richard J. Bonnie
  • Lewis T. Booker
  • Hon. James P. Brice
  • Daniel C. Brown
  • Albert V. Bryan, Jr.
  • Peter C. Burnett
  • Hon. R. Edwin Burnette, Jr.
  • Robert L. Burrus, Jr.
  • M. Caldwell Butler
  • Thomas C. Callahan
  • Honorable Harry L. Carrico
  • R. Harvey Chappell, Jr.
  • George M. Cochran
  • Richard Cullen
  • James A. L. Daniel
  • Edward David
  • John J. Davies, III
  • Hon. Dennis W. Dohnal
  • Dominion
  • Alan G. Donn
  • John Barry Donohue, Jr.
  • W. Birch Douglass, III
  • Mark S. Dray
  • Thomas A. Edmonds
  • E. Tazewell Ellett
  • J. Albert Ellett
  • Eugene M. Elliott, Jr.
  • Hon. Ernest P. Gates
  • Carl C. Gillespie, Jr.
  • Hon. J. Samuel Glasscock
  • Howard E. Gordon
  • Hon. Marilynn C. Goss
  • Douglas L. Guynn
  • Harman Claytor Corrigan
  • & Wellman
  • Steven L. Higgs
  • James M. Hingeley
  • Mark Holland
  • Murray J. Janus
  • James W. Jennings
  • F. Claiborne Johnston
  • Phyllis C. Katz
  • Joseph C. Kearfott
  • Talfourd H. Kemper
  • Peter J. Kenny
  • Donald Hall Kent
  • Neil S. Kessler
  • Francis McQ. Lawrence
  • Hon. William H. Ledbetter, Jr.
  • Graham C. Lilly
  • Gail Starling Marshall
  • Howard C. Martin, Jr.
  • Joseph A. Matthews
  • J. Robert McAllister, III
  • Thomas J. McCarthy, Jr.
  • James R. McKenry
  • Daniel J. Meador
  • Steven L. Micas
  • Hon. Thomas J. Michie
  • Hon. Wiley F. Mitchell, Jr.
  • Monica Taylor Monday
  • T. Justin Moore
  • David J. Novak
  • John M. Oakey, Jr.
  • Kathleen O’Brien
  • Thomas C. Palmer, Jr.
  • Paris Blank LLP
  • Stephen R. Pickard
  • C. Cotesworth Pinckney
  • Overton P. Pollard
  • Anita Owings Poston
  • William T. Prince
  • William E. Rachels, Jr.
  • Alan B. Rashkind
  • Michael & Linda Rigsby
  • George H. Roberts, Jr.
  • Russell H. Roberts
  • Nancy N. Rogers
  • Stephen D. Rosenfeld
  • Mark E. Rubin
  • D. Alan Rudlin
  • Stanley L. Samuels
  • Birg E. Sergent
  • Donald E. Showalter
  • Edward R. Slaughter, Jr.
  • Rodney A. Smolla
  • Jacquelyn E. Stone
  • Richard C. Sullivan
  • William Griffith Thomas
  • Kenneth E. Trabue
  • Russell W. Updike
  • Wachovia Securities, LLC
  • Walter J. Wadlington
  • Edmund L. Walton, Jr.
  • Guildford D. Ware
  • Harry J. Warthen, III
  • John E. Whitfield
  • Ebb H. Williams, III
  • Woods Rogers, PLC
  • Graham C. Lilly
  • Joseph A. Matthews, Jr.
  • H. Victor Millner, Jr.
  • Hon. Wiley F. Mitchell
  • James R. McKenry
  • Hon. Thomas J. Michie
  • Mark E. Rubin
  • Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
  • Birg E. Sergent
  • John D. Sharer
  • Dean Rodney A. Smolla
  • Sharon K. Tatum
  • Hon. Kenneth E. Trabue
  • William T. Wilson
  • John E. Whitfield
  • Robert C. Wood, III