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FELLOWS DINNER & INDUCTION CEREMONY January 21, 2010 Williamsburg Lodge and Convention Center Virginia Room F Welcome Howard C. McElroy Chair, Fellows Council Whittington W. Clement President, Virginia Law Foundation Invocation Douglas P. Rucker, Jr. Dinner Induction of the 2010 Class of Fellows Howard C. McElroy Speaker Introduction Stanley G. Barr, Jr. “A Trader Looks at the World" Dennis Gartman Financial Expert, The Gartman Letter 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 Council 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 fourteen-member Fellows Council 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 for less 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 Whittington W. Clement, President David P. Bobzien, President-Elect Frank A. Thomas, III, Vice-President Mary Ann Delano, Immediate Past President Guy K. Tower, Secretary Karen A. Gould, Treasurer E. Ford Stephens, CLE Chairman Howard C. McElroy, Fellows Council Chair And James L. Banks, Jr. Thomas P. Callahan Manuel A. Capsalis Kathy Mays Coleman Jeffrey H. Gray Angelica D. Light Roderick B. Mathews James V. Meath Monica Taylor Monday G. Michael Pace, Jr. Frank A. Thomas, III Anthony F. Troy J. Page Williams The Fellows Council Howard C. McElroy, Chair Dexter C. Rumsey, III Stanley G. Barr, 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 Nancy N. “Newnie” Rogers Elizabeth D. Whiting Thomas C. Palmer, Jr. Barbara Ann Williams Anita O. Poston THE 2010 CLASS OF FELLOWS David P.Baugh (Richmond) Craig D. Bell (Richmond) Lynda Lee Butler (Williamsburg) Thomas J. Cawley (McLean) Edward L. Chambers (Yorktown) John G. Douglass (Richmond) Hon. Ernest P. Gates (Chesterfield) Tracy Allen Giles (Roanoke) Michael Herring (Richmond) Michael HuYoung Richmond) Brian K. Jackson (Richmond) Peter J. Kenny (Charlottesville) William L. Kirby, III (Martinsville) Jennifer McClellan (Richmond) Robert T. Mitchell, Jr. (Winchester) Margaret A. Nelson (Lynchburg) David J. Novak (Ri0chmond) G. Michael Pace, Jr.( Roanoke) Alfred M. Randolph, Jr. (Norfolk) Michael L. Rigsby (Richmond) Carlyle C. Ring, Jr. (Washington, DC) Jacquelyn E. Stone (Richmond) Richard C. Sullivan, Jr. (Falls Church) John M. Tran (Alexandria) Russell W. Updike (Covington) Kimberly S. White (Halifax) DAVID P. BAUGH Capital Defender - Central Commonwealth of Virginia (Richmond) Personal: Born in Washington, DC; daughters: Miranda and Katherine; granddaughter: Constance Celia. Education: B.S., Virginia State University (1971); J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University (1975); Honorary Doctor of Laws, Coe College (2004). Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1983); Texas (1975). Currently serving as Capital Defender for the Central Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Previously a sole practitioner concentrating in criminal litigation, slander and defamation, and first amendment law; United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia (1981-1983); United States Attorney, Eastern District of Texas (1978-1981); attorney with Bennett, Baugh & Brastine. Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: past chair, Criminal Law Section; recipient of the 2006 Lewis F. Powell Pro Bono Award. The Virginia Bar Association: recipient, L. Douglas Wilder Vangaurd Award; recipient, Bill Geimer Award; speaker and member of the planning committee, Capital Defense Workshop. Old Dominion Bar Association: member; recipient, Harold Marsh, Sr. Community Service Award. Recipient, “Human Rights Hero” award, American Bar Association; member and past president, Richmond Criminal Bar Association; Other Professional/Civic Activities: ACLU of Virginia: member, Board of Directors; member, Legal Advisory Panel; cooperating attorney. Member, Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; vice chair, Richmond Metropolitan Authority; member and past president, Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys; former representative, Third District, Richmond City School Board. Leader in the Law, Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Career Defining cases: United States of America v. Osama Bin Laden, Southern District of New York, successfully defended from the death penalty, Mohammad al- Owhali, convicted of over two hundred death counts in the bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; Commonwealth of Virginia v. Barry E. Black, defended the Grand Dragon of the Klu Klux Klan, charged with cross burning in Southwest Virginia. CRAIG D. BELL McGuireWoods LLP (Richmond) Personal: Born in Buffalo, New York; spouse: Karen Leo Bell. Education: B.S., Syracuse University (1979); M.B.A., Syracuse University (1980); J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (1983); LLM in Tax, College of William and Mary School of Law (1986). Military Service: Lieutenant Colonel (retired), United States Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps (27 years active and reserve service). Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1990); New York (1983); Florida (1985). Currently a partner with McGuire Woods LLP concentrating in state and local tax and civil tax litigation. Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: chairman, Section of Taxation (1997-1998; member, Board of Governors 1994-2000); chairman, Section of Military Law (1997-1999; member, Board of Governors 1993-2006). The Virginia Bar Association: chairman, Section of Taxation (2003-2004); member, Tax Council (1997-2006). Member, Barrister, J. Edgar Murdock Inn of Court (2004-present); Other Professional/Civic Activities: member, William & Mary Tax Council (1999-present; former chairman); former chair, University of Richmond State and Local Tax Institute (1999-2003); lecturer, Virginia CLE for various tax related presentations (1992-present); trustee, Virginia War Museum; trustee, Henricus Historical Park Foundation; General Counsel, American Society of Arms Collectors; President, American Society of Arms Collectors Foundation; director, Company of Military Historians; former chairman, Virginia United Methodist Church Endowment Foundation; chairman and member, Board of Directors, Village Bank Financial Corp.; member, Board of Directors, The Community Tax Law Project (1992-present; past president); Virginia correspondent, State Tax Notes, published by Tax Analysts, Inc. (1992-present). LYNDA LEE BUTLER Chancellor Professor of Law William & Mary School of Law (Williamsburg) Personal: Born in Frankfurt, Germany; son: Matthew. Education: B.S., College of William & Mary (1973); J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1978). Law Practice: Admitted to Virginia Bar (1982); District of Columbia (1978). Currently a Chancellor Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary, School of Law, concentrating in property law, land use, and environmental policy. Also served as the Interim Dean (2008-2009) and as Vice Dean (2000-2008); co- chair/director, Committee on Sustainability, (2008-present); director, Environmental Science & Policy Cluster (1996-2000); President, Faculty Assembly (1994-1995). Previously a visiting associate professor of law at Ohio State University (1987); practiced with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now Wilmer Hale) in Washington, DC (1978-1979). Bar Activities: Virginia State Bar: editor and contributing author, Fee Simple, publication of the Real Property Section (1986-present); member (ex-officio), Board of Governors, Real Property Section (1986-present). Other Professional/Civic Activities: President, Parent Board, Walsingham Academy (2002-2003); Co-director, Faculty Women’s Caucus (1990-1991); Consultant, Governor’s Study Commission on Virginia’s Royalty Assessment Program (1988). Presenter on various water rights and submerged beds issue: e.g., Testimony before Virginia Senate Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (Feb. 16, 2004); Presentation to Virginia Delegation of the Chesapeake Bay Commission (Aug. 15, 2003); Author of a book on Virginia Tidal and Costal Law (1988) and numerous law review and journal articles. THOMAS J. CAWLEY Hunton & Williams, LLP (McLean) Personal: Born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania; spouse: Mariann Lynett Cawley; children: Tucker, Justin, and Elizabeth. Education: B.S., University of Scranton (1966); LL.B., University of Virginia School of Law (1969). Law Practice: