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The philanthropic arm of the Virginia’s practicing bar for over 40 years, the Virginia Law Foundation has provided over $24 million in grants to support projects throughout the Commonwealth that facilitate access to justice, improve the administration of justice, and promote law-related education.

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PRESIDENT Hon. Jane Marum Roush
The McCammon Group
PRESIDENT-ELECT Colleen M. Quinn
Quinn Law Centers
VICE PRESIDENT Stephen E. Noona
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT John D. McGavin
McGavin, Boyce, Bardot, Thorsen & Katz
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Raymond M. White
Virginia Law Foundation
SECRETARY Teresa L. Moore
Virginia Law Foundation
TREASURER Stacie M. Merriam
Virginia Law Foundation

BOARD MEMBERS

Carole H. Capsalis
Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC

Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
University of Richmond School of Law

Lauren Ellerman
Frith & Ellerman 

David J. Gogal
Blankingship & Keith

Jeffrey B. Hassler
Truist Wealth

Cynthia Hudson
Sands Anderson

Barbara Joynes
Valley Road Vineyards

Darrel Tillar Mason
Darrel Tillar Mason, PLC

Margaret A. Nelson
Margaret A. Nelson, PLC

J. Lee E. Osborne
Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

Stephen D. Otero
Capital One

Roscoe C. Roberts 
Former Senior Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia

Hon. Theophani Stamos
United States Department of Justice

Farnaz F. Thompson
McGuireWoods

Henry N. ”Harry” Ware, Jr.
Spotts Fain

Edward L. Weiner
Weiner, Spivey & Miller

Mary C. Zinsner
Troutman Pepper

2023 COMMITTEE CHAIRS

CLE: Cynthia E. Hudson
Development & Philanthropy: Barbara Joynes
Fellows: Margaret A. Nelson
Finance: Colleen M. Quinn
Gift Acceptance Policy: Barbara Joynes
Governance: John D. McGavin
Grants: Stephen E. Noona
History: Darrel Tillar Mason

PAST PRESIDENTS

2022 John D. McGavin
2021 Jon D. Huddleston
2020 Matthew E. Cheek
2019 F. Anderson “Andy” Morse
2018 Stephen D. Busch
2017 Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani
2016 Irving M. Blank
2014-15 John D. Epps
2013-14 James V. Meath
2012-13 Hon. Manuel A. Capsalis
2011-12 Frank A. Thomas, III
2010-11 David P. Bobzien ‡
2009-10 Hon. Whittington W. Clement
2008-09 Mary Ann Delano
2007-08 John L. Walker, III
2006-07 John A. C. Keith
2005-06 John R. Fletcher
2004-05 W. Scott Street, II ‡
2003-04 Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
2002-03 Robert J. Merrick
2001-02 Nancy N. Rogers
2000-01 William R. Van Buren, III
1999-00 Joseph W. Richmond, Jr.
1998-99 Gail Starling Marshall
1997-98 Stephen R. Pickard
1996-97 F. Blair Wimbush
1995-96 Howard W. Martin, Jr.
1994-95 George H. Roberts
1993-94 James R. McKenry ‡
1992-93 Russell V. Palmore, Jr. ‡
1991-92 Anne M. Whittemore
1990-91 Thomas C. Palmer, Jr.
1989-90 Reginald N. Jones
1988-89 Lewis M. Costello ‡
1987-88 David Craig Landin
1986-87 Andrew J. Brent ‡
1985-86 Robert P. Buford ‡
1984-85 Hunter W. Martin ‡
1981-84 Turner T. Smith ‡
1979-81 Herndon P. Jeffreys, Jr. ‡
1978-79 Philip M. Sadler ‡
1977-78 John S. Davenport ‡
1974-77 Richard W. Smith ‡

‡ Deceased

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