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Mitchell, Henrico 4 VIRGINIA LAWYER | DECEMBER 2020 | VOL. 69 www.vsb.org Forum In Response to “Legal Deserts in Rural Virginia” I believe that the October 2020 issue has some serious flaws in its representation of the Letters number of lawyers in the Northern Neck of Virginia. You have shown Northumberland County as having 21 lawyers and Lancaster County as having 43 lawyers. While it may be true that there are a number of lawyers living in those counties who are members Send your letter to the editor to: of the Bar, the actual number of practicing lawyers is dramatically less. I would suggest [email protected] or that the statistics be directed more to the number of lawyers in active practice. Virginia State Bar Virginia Lawyer Magazine Matson C. Terry II 1111 E Main St., Suite 700 Hubbard, Terry & Britt Richmond, VA 23219-0026 Irvington Letters published in Virginia Editor’s Note: Our legal desert data was compiled