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Leroy R. Hassell Sr. Indigent Criminal Defense Seminar May 3, 2024 Registration Open
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Posted on 3/18/2024 Running unopposed, K. Brett Marston, managing partner of Gentry Locke Attorneys in Roanoke, has been named 2024–25 president-elect of the Virginia State Bar.
Posted on 3/18/2024 VSB Council, the Virginia State Bar’s governing body, will hold its annual elections by electronic ballot in April 2024 for terms beginning July 1.
Posted on 3/15/2024 Online registration is open for the 2024 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be in Virginia Beach May 29 – June 1. We hope to see you there!
Posted on 3/13/2024 The Virginia State Bar mourns the loss of Bernard Joseph DiMuro, the 2002–2003 president of the VSB, who died on March 8, 2024, at the age of 70.
Posted on 3/13/2024 B. Keith Faulkner, president of Charleston Southern University in South Carolina, has been named this year’s recipient of the William R. Rakes Leadership in Education Award by the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers in Virginia.
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Posted on 3/13/2024 Effective March 1, 2024, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand without terms to Jennifer Terrell Dilworth. Order published.
Posted on 3/1/2024 Effective February 23, 2024, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board issued a public reprimand with terms to Ashkira Hassan Mohamud.
Posted on 3/1/2024 Effective February 29, 2024, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Joshua Nathaniel DeBold’s license. Order published.
Posted on 2/26/2024 Effective February 20, 2024, the Fourth District, Section I Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand without terms to John Edward Williams for violating professional rules that govern fees. Order published.
Posted on 2/26/2024 By Order entered February 20, 2024, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Mark Alan Black’s license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia based on his affidavit that consented to the revocation. Order published.
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