The Richmond BarA newsletter for members of The Bar Association of the City of RichmondVolume 28, Number 1 June 2019

Officers installed, awards presented at Bar’s Law Day luncheon

Membership in the Richmond Bar now gives you an easy, FREE way to satisfy your yearly MCLE ethics requirement. As an added benefit, RBA members who pay their dues by September 1st are now eligible to register for one of the Association’s 2-hour ethics programs at no additional charge. Four ethics seminars will be offered: October 2, 2019, October 22, 2019 and seminars in March and April 2020 (dates TBA). Program details and registration information will be available shortly via our website, social media and blast e-mails. Due to space limitations, registrations will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Should a conflict arise, members who notify the Bar office at least 3 days in advance of a program will be able to re-schedule to a dif-ferent date if space is available. Members who fail to show up without prior notification forfeit their right to re-schedule.

Pay your Bar dues by September 1 and receive free ethics CLE

President Terrence L. Graves passed the gavel to Daniel E. Lynch at the Association’s Law Day luncheon on May 1st. Other highlights included the installation of new Officers and Board of Directors members and the presentation of the Liberty Bell Award to the John Marshall Foundation.

Mark your calendar with the following RBA luncheon dates - luncheons are held at the Omni Hotel beginning at 12:30 p.m.:

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Thursday, October 24, 2019 Speaker: Clint Van Zandt

Former Chief Hostage Negotiator for the FBI

Thursday, November 14, 2019Speaker: Mike Henry

Voice actor and comedian

Thursday, February 20, 2020Speaker: Whit Babcock

Athletic Director at Virginia Tech

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Friday, May 1, 2020 (Law Day)

2019-2020 luncheon dates announced

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If you are affiliated with one of the fol-lowing firms, your 2019-2020 dues bill was submitted directly to the organization for payment:

Allen, Allen, Allen & AllenBoleman LawBurtch LawChristian & BartonDuane, Hauck, Gravatt & Campbell, P.C.Durrette, Arkema, Gerson & Gill PCFlorance, Gordon and BrownFreeborn & PetersHarman, Claytor, Corrigan & WellmanHirschlerHunton Andrews Kurth LLPKutak RockLeClair RyanMcCandlish Holton MorrisMG LawMidkiff, Muncie & RossParker, Pollard, Wilton & PeadenRandolph, Boyd, Cherry and VaughanSands AndersonSpotts FainThompson McMullanUniversity of Richmond Law SchoolWilliams Mullen

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THE BAR ASSOCIATIONOF THE CITY OF RICHMOND

The views expressed in The Richmond Bar do not represent the policy or carry the endorsement of the Association unless specifically noted.

Office AddressEighth and Main Building707 East Main Street, Suite 1620Richmond, Virginia 23219

Mailing AddressP.O. Box 1213Richmond, Virginia 23218-1213

www.richmondbar.org

Phone: (804) 780-0700Fax: (804) 648-7118

OfficersDaniel E. Lynch, PresidentT. O’Connor Johnson, President-ElectHon. Richard S. Wallerstein, Jr. Honorary Vice PresidentJohn W. Anderson, Vice PresidentR. Braxton Hill IV, Secretary-TreasurerTerrence L. Graves, Immediate Past President

Directors Julie M. Cillo, 2016-2020 Melanie A. Friend, 2016-2020 Charles G. Meyer III, 2016-2020 Douglas R. Burtch, 2017-2021 Annemarie D. Cleary, 2017-2021 Deanna H. Hathaway, 2017-2021 Brian L. Hager, 2018-2022 G. Williams Norris, Jr., 2018-2022 Jennifer J. West, 2018-2022 A. Tevis Marshall, 2019-2023 W. Benjamin Pace, 2019-2023 Carole Yeatts, 2019-2023 Sarah B. Boehm, Bankruptcy Section

Brian J. Daly, Business Law SectionJohn M. Oakey III, Corporate Counsel SectionGina M. Pisoni, Environmental & Energy Law SectionPatricia B. (PJ) Turner, Litigation SectionLisa K. Tully, Real Estate SectionKyle R. Elliott, Young Lawyers SectionDabney J. Carr IV, Virginia State Bar Council Representative

Staff

Lelia N. Martin, Executive DirectorSharon R. Potter, Membership Director

If you’ve recently landed a new job or promotion, share the good news with the Rich-mond Bar. Include your full name, your company’s name and location, your new title and your areas of concentration in your letter, press release, fax or e-mail. Announcements can be e-mailed to lmartin@richmondbar.org or mailed to Lee Martin, at P.O. Box 1213, Richmond, VA 23218

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Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman welcomes three new lawyers to its Richmond office.

Michael C. Litman and Soroush “Surge” Moghaddassi have joined as Associates. Mr. Litman focuses his practice on the defense of lawsuits involving local governments and

public entities, premises and products liability, motor vehicle liability, and commercial disputes. Mr. Moghaddassi primarily defends cases involving motor vehicle liability, premises

and products liability, and commercial litigation. In addition, Kenneth C. Hirtz has joined as Of Counsel. He will focus his practice on

the defense of motor vehicle, premises, and professional liability, commercial litigation and medical malpractice defense.

Two new lawyers have joined Eckert Seamans’ Richmond office: E. Duffy Myrtetus has become a member in the firm’s Business Division. His practice

concentrates in the areas of business transactions, real estate, and commercial litigation matters.Cody T. Murphey joins the firm’s Litigation Division as an associate. His practice focuses

on commercial litigation, including matters related to regulated and non-regulated utilities.

Williams Mullen announces the addition of attorneys to their Richmond office.Four attorneys have joined the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights practice: Michael

Mueller (partner), Jennifer McLemore (partner), Gus Epps (partner), and Bennett Eastham (associate). As a group, they focus their practices on insolvency law and financial restructuring, and they advise commercial creditors, business creditors, banks and credit unions in commer-cial restructuring and collections, insolvency, bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation matters.

Two lawyers have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property Section: Ed White and Janet Cho focus their practices on intellectual property matters related to domestic and international brand management where they counsel clients on a myriad of matters related to branding, including the clearance, registration, maintenance and acquisi-tion of intellectual property assets.

Edited by Lelia N. Martin

A new Bar year has begun! Promote Association membership and earn incentives during the 2019-2020 membership drive.

Total # of new members recruited/member reward (redeemed during the 2020-2021 Bar year):

1-2 1 free reservation to a 2020-21 luncheon 3-4 1 free reservation to the Spring Cocktail Party 5-6 1 free reservation to the Holiday Cocktail Party 7-9 2 free reservations to the Cocktail Party of your choice 10+ Your 2020-2021 dues are free!

To be eligible, you must sign the new member’s application on the “referred by” line.

REFER NEW MEMBERS, REAP THE BENEFITS!

Daniel E. Lynch is RBA’s 135th PresidentDaniel E. Lynch became the Richmond

Bar Association’s 135th President when he took office on June 1, 2019. In addition to serving two terms on the Association’s Board of Directors, Dan has served on the Execu-tive Committee, the Finance Committee, the Administration of Justice Committee, the CLE Committee, the Long Range Plan-ning Committee, the Publications Com-mittee, and the Public Relations Commit-tee.

Dan is principal of Lynch Seli, P.C., where his practice in-cludes the defense of workers’ compensa-tion claims, motor ve-hicle liability claims, premises liability, and professional liability claims. He has been elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Dan is AV

Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and he has been recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers® in workers’ compensation. He is a member of the Virginia Association of De-

fense Attorneys, and the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Amer-ican Inn of Court. He is licensed to prac-tice before all state and federal courts in Virginia and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Dan received a B.B.A. degree from James Madison Uni-versity in 1984, and he is a 1987 graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law. Following law school, he completed a clerkship with the Supreme Court of

Virginia. Dan and his wife, Alice, have one daughter, Caroline, who will be attending James Madison University in the fall.

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At the Bar’s Law Day luncheon, RBA President Terrence Graves presents the Liberty Bell Award to the President of the John Marshall Foundation Kevin Walsh. The Foundation was recognized for its numerous projects that promote a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law and encourage greater respect for the courts.

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Tom Dorsey, Sam Moore, Reilly Moore, Gordon Phillips, Jen Wuebker and Ashley Phillips

Harry Ware and Kasey Hoare

Jill Nunnally, Athena Dufour, Carole Yeatts, Grace Nichols and Jackie Cipolla Nick Simopoulos with Rhodes & Alana Ritenour

The perfect spring evening - fabulous weather, great food and good friends at the Bar’s Spring Cocktail Party

John & Susan Claytor with Jim Shannon

Lee Byrd, Judge Eugene Cheek and Jackie & Terrence Graves

Judge Brad Cann, Dr. Norma Murdoch-Kitt, Hon. Tom Hoover and Jonathan Murdoch-Kitt

Doug Pittman, Katie Rockwell, Matt Rosendahl, Shervarma Pemberton and John Dunnigan

Scott Seymour, Ken Stout and Karen Elliott

Jack Catlett and Eddie Lumpkin

Randy Rollins and Judge Jacqueline McClenney

Attendees at the RBA’s Spring Cocktail Party were treated to picture perfect weather, great food and frosty beverages. The Association appreciates the generosity of our Select Sponsors: Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., Halasz Court Reporting, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co., Precision Legal Marketing, Park Sterling Bank, Protiviti, Superior Document Services, Tranzon Fox and Union Bank Wealth Management. More photos at https://www.richmondbar.org/wppg_photogallery/gallery13/.

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Sections elect new officers for 2019-2020

Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. Halasz Court Reporting

Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company Precision Legal Marketing

Protiviti, Inc. Superior Document Services

Tranzon Fox Union Bank Wealth Management

The Richmond Bar appreciates the patronage of its 2018-2019 Select Sponsors:

Bankruptcy Section

Officers:Sarah B. Boehm, ChairW. Alexander Burnett, Chair-ElectPeter J. Barrett, Secretary-TreasurerElizabeth L. Gunn, Immediate Past Chair

Executive Committee:Amanda E. DeBerry Johnie R. MuncyJustin F. Paget Hunter R. Wells Jennifer E. Wuebker

Business Law Section

Officers:Brian J. Daly, ChairSarah R. Pylant, Chair-ElectEdward R. Turnbull, Secretary

Executive Committee:L. Daniel Bidwell Rebecca C. Bowen W. Ashley Burgess Charles J.B. HorneEdward B. Lumpkin Alex M. Lurie J. Thomas O’Brien, Jr. Katheryn E. Surface Burks

Corporate Counsel Section

Officers:John M. Oakey III, ChairHeath H. Galloway, Chair-ElectWhitney W. Pinna , Secretary

Executive Committee:Nicholas G. Sladic Sean M. Beard Jessica E. Barile Anthony S. Yoo

Environmental & Energy Law Section

Officers:Gina M. Pisoni, ChairPatrick J. Fanning, Chair-ElectJennifer M. Coleman, Secretary

Executive Committee:Shawn J. O’Brien Paul L. SpauldingTimothy L. McHugh Ellen Egen

Litigation Section

Officers:Patricia B. (PJ) Turner, ChairNicole H. Brakstad, Chair-ElectMeagan A. Mihalko, SecretaryCorey S. Booker, Immediate Past Chair

Executive Committee:Edward E. Bagnell W. Alexander Burnett Jason M. Hart Kelly B. MartinJace M. Padden Robert C.T. Reed Ryan E. Wind

Real Estate Section

Officers:Lisa K. Tully, ChairFaisal S. Qureshi, Chair-ElectJoseph A. Perini, SecretarySean D. Hicks, Immediate Past Chair

Executive Committee: Callaghan S. Guy Jonathan G. KastenbaumKimberly A. Keith Mark H. Miller Henry R. Pollard V Adam S. Young

Young Lawyers Section

Officers:Kyle R. Elliott, ChairAlexandria E. Cuff, Chair-ElectAllison F. Rienecker, SecretaryAmanda E. DeBerry, Immediate Past Chair Executive Committee:Lindsey A. Strachan Joel R. McClellan

Douglas E. Pittman William J. EgenShannan M. Fitzgerald Reilly C. Moore

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Richmond, Virginia 23218-1213 4-5 Bar office closed for the holiday 7 Bench-Bar Conference Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m., 2nd floor conference room 9 CLE Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., 2nd floor conference room

3 Executive Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., Bar office 5 Bench-Bar Conference Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m., 2nd floor conference room 6 Board of Directors meeting & Retreat, 12:30 p.m., Hunton Andrews Kurth10 Programs Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., Bar office11 Long Range Planning Committee, 12:30 p.m., 2nd floor conference room24 YLS Executive Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., small 2nd floor conference room

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2 Section Chairs/Chairs-Elect meeting, 12:30 p.m., 2nd floor conference room

2 Bar office closed for the holiday 3 Executive Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., Bar office 5 Board of Directors meeting, 12:30 p.m., Hunton Andrews Kurth, 20th floor10 CLE Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., 2nd floor conference room12 RBA Luncheon, 12:30 p.m., Omni Hotel Speaker: TBA30 Executive Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m., Bar office