Legal Ethics
The Standing Committee on Legal Ethics meets regularly to consider attorneys’ formal requests for advisory opinions seeking guidance on legal ethics and the unauthorized practice of law as well as to analyze and debate proposals to amend the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Unauthorized Practice Rules. The committee adopts proposed advisory opinions or rule amendments for consideration by council and the Supreme Court of Virginia. The nine committee members are appointed by the president of the Virginia State Bar and may serve two consecutive three-year terms. The committee’s work may include other specific assignments or requests in its area of general responsibility from the bar’s officers, the Executive Committee or council.
2019-20 Committee
| Dennis John Quinn, Esq. Chair |
Carr Maloney P.C. Tycon Towers 8000 Towers Crescent Dr Ste 1350 Tysons, VA 22182 |
202-310-5519 | 2022 / 2 |
| Denise Alethea Jackson, Esq. Vice Chair |
2216 Tuliptree Circle Suffolk, VA 23435 |
757-761-3914 | 2021 / 2 |
| Randy Virlin Cargill, Esq. |
2618 Wycliffe Ave Roanoke, VA 24014 |
540-777-0880 | 2021 / 2 |
| Jeffery Keith Mitchell, Esq. |
The Mitchell Law Firm, A Professional Corporation 1700 Kraft Dr Ste 2000 Blacksburg, VA 24060 |
540-443-9272 | 2022 / 1 |
| Jay Barry Myerson, Esq. |
Suite 100 11860 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20191 |
703-715-9600 | 2020 / 2 |
| Michael Wayne Robinson, Esq. |
Venable LLP 8010 Towers Crescent Dr Ste 300 Tysons Corner, VA 22182 |
703-760-1600 | 2020 / U |
| Shannon Leigh Taylor, Esq. |
Commonwealth's Attorney Office for Henrico County P. O. Box 90775 Henrico, VA 23273-0775 |
804-501-4218 | 2020 / 2 |
| Nathan J. Dougles Veldhuis, Esq. |
VeldhuisLawGroup, PLLC 2310 W Main St Richmond, VA 23220 |
804-215-0019 | 2021 / 2 |
| Michael Mackager York, Esq. |
Wehner & York, P.C. 11860 Sunrise Valley Dr Ste 100 Reston, VA 20191 |
703-476-8000 | 2022 / 1 |
| James Michael McCauley, Esq. Liaison |
Virginia State Bar 1111 E Main St Ste 700 Richmond, VA 23219-0026 |
804-775-0565 | ---- / - |
