About the Bar
Past Presidents of Virginia State Bar
1938-40 | Samuel H. Williams * | Lynchburg, VA |
1940-41 | John S. Battle * | Charlottesville, VA |
1941-42 | Guy B. Hazelgrove * | Richmond, VA |
1942-43 | Charles E. Pollard * | Petersburg, VA |
1943-44 | John C. Parker, Jr. * | Franklin, VA |
1944-45 | Homan W. Walsh * | Charlottesville, VA |
1945-46 | Ashton Dovell * | Williamsburg, VA |
1946-47 | Macon M. Long * | St. Paul, VA |
1947-48 | Thomas H. Willcox * | Norfolk, VA |
1948-49 | Frank Talbott, Jr. * | Danville, VA |
1949-50 | Thomas W. Phillips * | Arlington, VA |
1950-51 | Robert T. Barton, Jr.* | Richmond, VA |
1951-52 | Stuart T. Saunders * | Richmond, VA |
1952-53 | Blackstone D. Ayres * | Accomac, VA |
1953-54 | The Hon. Langhorne Jones * | Chatham, VA |
1954-55 | William Rosenberger, Jr. * | Lynchburg, VA |
1955-56 | Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr. * | Richmond, VA |
1956-57 | Edwin Ralph James * | Hampton, VA |
1957-58 | Robert E. Taylor * | Charlottesville, VA |
1958-59 | James H. Simmonds * | Arlington, VA |
1959-60 | Edward R. Baird * | Norfolk, VA |
1960-61 | William H. King * | Richmond, VA |
1961-62 | E. Griffith Dodson, Jr.* | Roanoke, VA |
1962-63 | C. Venable Minor * | Redart, VA |
1963-64 | William E. White * | Petersburg, VA |
1964-65 | The Hon. Fred W. Bateman * | Newport News, VA |
1965-66 | The Hon. Edward P. Simpkins, Jr. * | Lynchburg, VA |
1965-67 | John D. Carr * | Roanoke, VA |
1967-68 | William C. Worthington * | Norfolk, VA |
1968-69 | H. Marston Smith * | Warsaw, VA |
1969-70 | William H. Woodward * | Salem, VA |
1970-71 | W. Hutchings Overbey * | Rustburg, VA |
1971-72 | C. Wynne Tolbert * | Arlington, VA |
1972-73 | Philip L. Lotz * | Staunton, VA |
1973-74 | James A. Howard * | Norfolk, VA |
1974-75 | Howard W. Dobbins | Richmond, VA |
1975-76 | Philip M. Sadler * | Pulaski, VA |
1976-77 | The Hon. Joseph E. Spruill, Jr. | Tappahannock, VA |
1977-78 | R. Harvey Chappell, Jr. | Richmond, VA |
1978-79 | The Hon. William T. Prince | Norfolk, VA |
1979-80 | William M. Baskin * | Great Falls, VA |
1980-81 | James C. Roberts | Richmond, VA |
1981-82 | William B. Poff* | Roanoke, VA |
1982-83 | Waller H. Horsley | Richmond, VA |
1983-84 | Alexander T. Mayo, Jr. | Chesapeake, VA |
1984-85 | William D. Dolan, III | McLean, VA |
1985-86 | Robert H. Patterson, Jr.* | Richmond, VA |
1986-87 | William W. Eskridge | Abingdon, VA |
1987-88 | Roderick B. Mathews* | Richmond, VA |
1988-89 | J. Jay Corson, IV * | McLean, VA |
1989-90 | Philip B. Morris | Richmond, VA |
1990-91 | C. Flippo Hicks | Richmond, VA |
1991-92 | Raymond J. Diaz | Vienna, VA |
1992-93 | William R. Rakes | Roanoke, VA |
1993-94 | R. Edwin Burnette, Jr. | Lynchburg, VA |
1994-95 | Kathleen O'Brien | McLean, VA |
1995-96 | Michael W. Smith | Richmond, VA |
1996-97 | Robert B. Altizer | Tazewell, VA |
1997-98 | Edward B. Lowry | Charlottesville, VA |
1998-99 | John A.C. Keith | Fairfax, VA |
1999-00 | W. Scott Street, III | Richmond, VA |
2000-01 | Joseph A. Condo | Vienna, VA |
2001-02 | Michael A. Glasser | Norfolk, VA |
2002-03 | Bernard Joseph DiMuro | Alexandria, VA |
2003-04 | Jean Patricia Dahnk | Fredericksburg, VA |
2004-05 | David P. Bobzien | Fairfax, VA |
2005-06 | Phillip V. Anderson | Roanoke, VA |
2006-07 | Karen Ann Gould | Richmond, VA |
2007-08 | Howard W. Martin, Jr. | Norfolk, VA |
2008-09 | Manuel A. Capsalis | Arlington, VA |
2009-10 | Jon D. Huddleston | Leesburg, VA |
2010-11 | Irving M. Blank | Richmond, VA |
2011-12 | George Warren Shanks | Luray, VA |
*deceased
Updated: Nov 01, 2012