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FELLOWS DINNER & INDUCTION CEREMONY January 20, 2011 Williamsburg Lodge and Convention Center Welcome Stanley G. Barr, Jr. Chair, Fellows Committee David P. Bobzien President, Virginia Law Foundation Invocation Douglas P. Rucker, Jr. Dinner Induction of the 2011 Class of Fellows Stanley G. Barr, Jr. Speaker Introduction Stanley G. Barr, Jr. “Three Justices from Virginia" James B. O’Hara Trustee, Supreme Court Historical Society Adjourn FELLOWS OF THE VIRGINIA LAW FOUNDATION The Virginia Law Foundation Fellows program was created in 1983 by the Board of Directors to encourage and recognize excellence in the practice of law and public service and to support the programs and objectives of the Foundation. The Foundation’s by-laws state that Fellows shall be “persons of integrity and character who have maintained and upheld the highest standards of their profession and who shall be deemed outstanding in their profession and in their community.” The ongoing membership of the Fellows is comprised of outstanding lawyers, law professors, and retired members of the judiciary who are nominated by the Fellows Committee and elected by the Foundation Board. New Fellows are recognized at a yearly induction ceremony held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of The Virginia Bar Association, and selection of the Fellows is publicized by the Virginia Law Foundation as a professional honor. The Fellows Committee is the administrative body of the Fellows. The organization currently sponsors a Mentor Program to utilize the talents of its membership. The Fellows mentors strive to serve the profession by assisting any active Virginia State Bar member in practice fewer than three years who requests participation in the Mentor Program. Fellows are strongly encouraged to make annual donations to the Foundation to support projects of the Foundation that promote the rule of law, access to justice, and law related education. THE VIRGINIA LAW FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS David P. Bobzien, President Frank A. Thomas, III, President-Elect Manuel A. Capsalis, Vice-President Whittington W. Clement, Immediate Past President Guy K. Tower, Secretary Karen A. Gould, Treasurer E. Ford Stephens, CLE Chairman Stanley G. Barr, Jr., Fellows Committee Chair Barbara Ann Williams, Fellows Committee Appointee Honorable Paul F. Sheridan, Fellows Committee Appointee And James L. Banks, Jr. Kathy Mays Coleman John D. Epps Jeffrey H. Gray Angelica D. Light James V. Meath Monica Taylor Monday F. Anderson Morse John M. Oakey, Jr. G. Michael Pace, Jr. Anthony F. Troy J. Page Williams The Fellows Committee Stanley G. Barr, Jr., Chair Nancy N. “Newnie” Rogers Edward L. Chambers, Jr. George W. Shanks Karen A. Gould Hon. Paul F. Sheridan Hon. Marilynn C. Goss Hon. Diane M. Strickland C. Kailani Memmer Guy K. Tower Thomas C. Palmer, Jr. Elizabeth D. Whiting Anita O. Poston Barbara Ann Williams THE 2011 CLASS OF FELLOWS Thomas L. Appler (McLean) Edward D. Barnes (Richmond) James P. Cox, III (Charlottesville) Roy V. Creasy (Roanoke) John D. Epps (Richmond) Cheshire I’Anson Eveleigh (Virginia Beach) Lelia Baum Hopper (Richmond) Jon D. Huddleston (Leesburg) David W. Lannetti (Norfolk) R. Peyton Mahaffey (Fairfax) Brian R. Marron (Richmond) Charles V. McPhillips (Norfolk) Monica T. Monday (Roanoke) Clinton S. Morse (Roanoke) Matthew B. Murray (Charlottesville) Stephen D. Rosenthal (Richmond) William L. Schmidt (Fairfax) E. Ford Stephens (Richmond) Ann K. Sullivan (Norfolk) Edward L. Weiner (Fairfax) Carolyn A. White (Midlothian) THOMAS L. APPLER Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP (McLean) Personal: Born in Washington, DC; spouse: Nancy Babb Appler; daughter: Alexandra. Education: B.A., Princeton University (1965); J.D., George Washington University School of Law (1968). Military Service: United States Army Reserve. Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1968). Currently of Counsel with Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, is concentrating in civil litigation. Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: member, Bar Council (1985-1991); past-Chair, Committee on Lawyer Malpractice Insurance; faculty member, Mandatory Course on Professionalism. The Virginia Bar Association: Boyd-Graves Conference, Chair (2005-2007); Member, Steering Committee (2005-present); Chair, Membership Committee (2005-present); former member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section; former Chair, Federal Judgeship Committee, Eastern District. President, Fairfax Bar Association (1985); member, Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability, American Bar Association (2005-2008). Other Professional/Civic Activities: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. EDWARD D. BARNES Barnes & Diehl, PC (Richmond) Personal: Born in Frankfort, KY; spouse: Joan Barnes; children: Stefan, Elena and Jessica. Education: B.A., East Carolina University (1966); J.D., University of Richmond School of Law (1972). Military Service: First Lieutenant, United States Army Corps of Engineers (1966-1969). Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1972); United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (1972); Supreme Court of Virginia (1971); United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1972); The United States Supreme Court (1974). Currently a partner and shareholder with Barnes & Diehl, PC, concentrating in Family Law. Served as law clerk to the Honorable Harry L. Carrico, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (1971-1972) and as adjunct faculty, University of Richmond School of Law (1978- 1979). Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Family Law Section (2008); member, Family Law Section (2006); Chairman, Board of Governors, Family Law Section (2004). Virginia Bar Association: member, Family Law Section (2006); member, Law Practice Management Division (2006); member, Committee, Special Issues (2000). Member, Family Law Section, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; President, Chesterfield/Colonial Heights Bar Association (1998-1999); President, Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association (1998-1999); Chairman, The City of Richmond Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section (1978) Other Professional/Civic Activities: Chairman, National Center for Family Law, University of Richmond School of Law; President-Elect, Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2009); Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; member, Board of Managers, Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2001-2004); member, MENSA Society; Chairman, National Center for Family Law (2008); liaison, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers to Supreme Court of Virginia Committee to Implement a Virginia Family Court (2005). JAMES P. COX, III Michie, Hamlet, Lowry, Rasmussen & Tweel, PLLC (Charlottesville) Personal: Born in Richmond, VA; spouse: Kara O’Brien Cox; children: Ryan and Caroline. Education: B.A. Duke University (1980); J.D., University of Virginia Law School (1983). Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1983); Currently a partner at Michie, Hamlet, Lowry, Rasumussen & Tweel, PLLC, concentrating in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, estate litigation and real estate (1983–present). Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: member, Chairman; Wills Trust & Estate Section (2009-2011); vice-chairman (2007-2009); secretary (2005-2011); member, Legislative Committee; Wills Trust & Estate Section; member, Real Estate Section (Chairman 1995–present); member, Virginia CLE (2002–Present); member, Charlottesville- Albemarle Bar Association (1983–present), President (June 2009– June 2010); Coordinator, Rule of Law Program in local secondary schools (2009-2011); Co-Coordinator of Senior Law Day, winner of Award of Merit from Virginia State Bar. Other Professional/Civic Activities: Author, Fourth Edition and annual supplements to, Harrison on Wills and Administration in Virginia and West Virginia, published by Lexis; Editor and contributing author to the Virginia CLE publication, Estate and Trust Administration in Virginia, first published in 1997; named in current edition of the Best Lawyers in America, in both Trust and Estates and Real Estate Law for the past several years; board Member of Community Services Housing, Inc. and other related non-profit housing corporations for low income and mentally disabled individuals; member, Duke University Estate Planning Council (1996–present); member and past president, Central Virginia Estate Planning Council (1983-present); past member and Chairman, Independence Resource Center; member, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, Virginia. ROY V. CREASY Law Office of Roy Creasy (Roanoke) Personal: Born in Roanoke, VA; spouse: Barbara Meyer Creasy; children: William Taylor, Jesse Jarrett, and Justin Alexander. Education: B.S., Virginia Polytechnic/Aerospace (1968); MBA, University of Tennessee – Industrial Management (1970); J.D., West Virginia University. Military Service: Captain, United States Army/Air Defense. Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1975); West Virginia (1975); Currently a principal at the Law Office of Roy Creasy, concentrating in bankruptcy, real estate, and general practice; also serving on U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee Panel, Former Special Justice, 23rd Judicial District; President, Legal Aid Society of Roanoke; Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Western Community College. Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: member, Bankruptcy Section, lecturer Virginia State Bar CLE; President; Roanoke City Bar (2009- 2010); Chairman; Roanoke Bar Foundation.