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Posted on 5/11/2026 Danny Zemel has been awarded the 2026 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award, given by the Access to Legal Services Committee of the Virginia State Bar to honor an attorney who has made outstanding pro bono contributions in the Commonwealth.
Posted on 5/11/2026 The Local and Specialty Bar Section has recognized four projects completed by four individual bar associations with Awards of Merit.
Posted on 5/11/2026 The VSB Access to Legal Services Committee has awarded Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP the 2026 Frankie Muse Freeman Organizational Pro Bono Award.
Posted on 5/11/2026 The Supreme Court of Virginia, Office of the Executive Secretary (OES), is seeking applicants interested in serving as hearing officers for Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) special education cases.
Posted on 5/6/2026 The Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Section has named Mikaela Phillips, assistant solicitor general for the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, as the R. Edwin Burnette Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year.
Posted on 5/6/2026 Virginia State Bar (VSB) Executive Director Cameron M. Rountree has temporarily stepped down from his position to take a military leave of absence.
Posted on 5/6/2026 Molly E. Newton, president of the Greater Penninsula Women's Bas Association (GPWBA), has been awarded Specialty Bar Leader of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Local and Specialty Bar Section (LSBS).
Posted on 5/6/2026 The VSB News monthly email was sent to all Virginia lawyers on May 1, 2026.
Posted on 5/1/2026 The Virginia State Bar has been made aware of a sophisticated immigration-related fraud that is directly impacting licensing attorneys and the vulnerable populations they serve.
Posted on 4/30/2026 Martha McQuade, partner at McQuade Byrum PLLC, received the Edward L. Chambers Jr. Lifetime Bar Service Award.