About the Bar
Lawyer Referral
The Special Committee on Lawyer Referral oversees the Virginia Lawyer Referral Service in order to promote the goals of:
- Providing citizens from the general public (who might otherwise consult unauthorized practitioners) access to legal services through an immediate referral to qualified, competent, fully-licensed practitioners in their specific area of need;
- Referring citizens to other appropriate resources able to assist them with their legal or law-related problems;
- Encouraging the practice of “preventive law" by assisting citizens in solving many potential problems before they become more serious;
- Generally, bringing the public to a better understanding of the law and legal profession.
The committee also establishes policies and procedures that may include membership and consultation fees, marketing strategies, community outreach, budget planning, and membership guidelines. The committee's work may include other specific assignments or requests in its general area of responsibility from the bar's officers, the Executive Committee, or Council.
2018-19 Committee
| Jack Larry Harris, Esq. Chair |
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Suite 620 919 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 |
804-343-1143 | 2020 / 1 |
| Eugene Millan Elliott, Jr., Esq. Vice Chair |
Professional Arts Bldg 30 Franklin Rd Ste 202 Roanoke, VA 24011-2411 |
540-981-0164 | 2021 / 2 |
| Joseph Meek Bowen, Esq. |
Bowen & Bowen, P.C. 114 West Main Street P.O. Box 688 Tazewell, VA 24651-0688 |
276-988-4830 | 2019 / U |
| Angela Tanisha Isabell, Esq. |
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. Suite 600 3033 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22201 |
703-247-9406 | 2021 / 1 |
| John Ara Kassabian, Esq. |
Kassabian & Kassabian, P.L.C. Attorneys at Law 4201 Annandale Road Annandale, VA 22003 |
703-750-3622 | 2021 / 2 |
| Neil Samuel Lowenstein, Esq. |
Vandeventer Black LLP World Trade Center 101 W Main St Ste 500 Norfolk, VA 23510 |
757-446-8672 | 2020 / 2 |
| David Adam McKelvey, Esq. |
Crandall and Katt 366 Elm Ave, SW Roanoke, VA 24016 |
540-342-2000 | 2019 / 2 |
| Sarah Marie Morton, Esq. |
Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc. 204 North High Street P. O. Box 551 Harrisonburg, VA 22803 |
540-433-1830 | 2019 / 2 |
| Duane David Parr, Jr., Esq. |
8703 Craig Creek Rd Eagle Rock, VA 24085 |
540-567-2332 | 2020 / 2 |
| Todd Allen Pilot, Esq. |
The Trademark Institute P.O. Box 320578 Alexandria, VA 22320 |
703-299-9500 | 2019 / 1 |
| Christopher Leonard Spinelli, Esq. |
Emroch & Kilduff, LLP 3600 West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23230 |
804-358-1568 | 2020 / 2 |
| VACANCY |
2021 / U | ||
| Ms. Toni B. Dunson Liaison |
Virginia State Bar 1111 E Main St Ste 700 Richmond, VA 23219-3565 |
804-775-0591 | ---- / - |
