Message
From The Chair
Bruce C. Stockburger,
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP
It’s hard to believe that we are rapidly approaching
the end of the 2000-2001 Virginia State Bar year. Several
events are scheduled that we hope you will find of interest.
Our traditional May Legislative Update will take on
a new look. This year’s event will be held on Friday, May
18 th and will be a combined effort of the VSB and VBA Heath
Law Sections. In addition to eliminating a duplicative effort
by those who volunteer to make the presentations, several
lobbyists will be on the panel to discuss their perspective
of the legislative session. The event will take place:
Friday, May 18, 2001
2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Omni Richmond Hotel
James Center
100 S. 12th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804/344-7210
As Vice Chairman, Jim Daniel is in the process of organizing
our Section’s program for the Annual VSB meeting at Virginia
Beach on June 15th. The program will be “Ethical Landmines
For Health Lawyers” and will address topics that include the
attorney-client privilege, internal investigations, U.S. v.
Anderson, disclosure of medical records and insurance issues.
The program will make use of talent from among our own and
we believe will provide much useful information. Please refer
to the VSB Summer Meeting Program for time and location at
Virginia Beach.
We previously indicated that we were exploring the
possibility of sponsoring a full day Health Law CLE program
through the VSB CLE organization. This program has become
a reality and is scheduled for October 26, 2001 at the Richmond
Marriott. It will be a collaborative event with the VBA Health
Law Section and Virginia CLE. Although yet to be named, the
program is being formatted as six “round table” discussions
among colleagues, rather than as straight lectures. Block
out the day on your schedules and make plans to attend. We
believe you will find the program format refreshing and the
topics useful.
As editor of Health Law News, Tom Brown continues to
troll for articles that can be distributed through our Section’s
website. If you have an idea for an article that you believe
would be of interest, do our Section a favor and e-mail your
ideas to Tom at tbrown@mcguirewoods.com.
Better yet, e-mail an article to him!
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible
at the Legislative Update on May 18 th and then on to the
Summer meeting of the Virginia State Bar in June!
