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