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In 2015, Causey was named a "Leader in the Law" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. [4] The same year she announced her bid for president-elect of the Virginia State Bar. [2] She ran unopposed, and in August 2017, Causey became the first African-American and first legal aid lawyer to serve as president of the bar association. [2] [1] [5]
Virginia Lawyers Weekly is a weekly newspaper published on Mondays in Richmond, Virginia, United States. [1] It reports digests of recent court opinions handed down in Virginia’s state and federal courts. The paper also covers legal news and publishes Verdict & Settlement Reports provided by lawyers in the Commonwealth.
Virginia Law Weekly was first printed in 1948 and has been cited by several courts in published judicial opinions, including the U.S. Supreme Court (Patterson v. New York), the Fifth Circuit (Thermo King v. White's Trucking Service, 292 F.2d 668 (5th Cir. 1961)), and numerous state courts.
However, the Supreme Court of Virginia enacted a rule regularizing the existence of such specialty dockets. [15] Lindner's accomplishments both in private practice and as a judge, and perseverance in nurturing the Veterans Treatment Docket, resulted in him being named a "Leader in the Law" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2016. [16]
In 2009, Dunnaville was named a “Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly [13] and the Virginia State Bar awarded him its Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award. [14] In 2010, the Old Dominion Bar Association awarded him its Harold Marsh Award. [15]
One year later, he was selected as one of Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” for his leadership in criminal law and the Asian American community. He has further been recognized in 2011 and 2012 as one Virginia Business’s "Legal Elite in Criminal Law."
Legislative Service Award from Planned Parenthood of Virginia (2012); [2] named a "Leader in the Law" by Virginia Law Weekly (2012); [3] and; Legislator of the Year Award from the Sierra Club of Virginia (2013). [4] Edwards ran for Attorney General of Virginia in 2001. He finished second to Donald McEachin in a four-way Democratic primary. [5]
Former Executive Director Henry W. McLaughlin [33] has received a number of awards and honors, including the Virginia State Bar's Annual Legal Aid Award in 1994, Virginia Lawyers Weekly's Leader in the Law title in 2009, and the Richmond Bar Association's Hill-Tucker Public Service Award in March 2010.