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  • VWAA 2013 Annual Meeting

    June 14, 2013 - Captains's A&B, Cavalier Beach Club

    MEETING: 2:00 - 2:30 pm

    PROGRAM: 2:30 - 4:00 pm
    (1.5 Hours CLE Credit Pending)

    RECEPTION: Following Program, Garden Suite, Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel

    Diversity and the Rule of Law: Complementary or Contradictory?
    Moderated by: Honorable Barbara M. Keenan, U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

    PROGRAM SPEAKERS:
    Jonathan Alger - attorney and President of James Madison University
    Roger Clegg - President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity
    Freeman Hrabowski - President of the University of Maryland - Baltimore County

  • 2013 Influential Women of Virginia Awards

    Congratulations to our members who are among the 2013 Influential Women of Virginia. The honor is extended to individuals who are making notable contributions to their chosen professions, their communities and society at large. Our distinguished members are:

    Leisa Ciaffone
    Leisa K. Ciaffone PC, Salem

    Lauren K. Ellerman
    Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, Roanoke

    Margaret F. Hardy
    Sands Anderson, Fredericksburg

    Hon. Rondelle Herman
    Henrico Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, Henrico

    Kamala Hallfren Lannetti
    City Attorney’s Office, Virginia Beach

    Monica Taylor Monday
    Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke

    Hon. Mary Grace O'Brien
    Prince William County Circuit Court, Manassas

  • The VWAA Thanks the 2013 Conference Sponsors

    Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen
    Compton & Duling, L.C.
    Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C.
    Hampton Roads Chapter of VWAA
    Law Offices of Kelly Hite, PLLC
    LexisNexis
    McGuire Woods, LLP
    The McCammon Group
    Zavos Junker Law Group, PLLC
    Cooper Ginsberg Gray, PLLC
    McCandlish & Lilliard, P.C.
    Northern Virginia Chapter of VWAA
    Mary Grace A. O'Malley, PLLC
    Prince William Chapter of VWAA
    Law Offices of Cynthia Kaplan Revesman, PLC
    Law Office of Elizabeth Pendzich, PC
    Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, PC
    Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, P.C.
    Greehan, Taves, Pandak & Stoner
    Ritenour Paice Mougin-Boal & Wexton
    Law Office of Laurie Forbes, LLC
    Minnesota Lawyers Mutual
    DiMuro Ginsberg, PC
    McQuade Byrum, PLLC
    Reese Law Office
    Farrell & Croft, PC
    Virginia Lawyers Weekly
    Burnett and Williams, PC
    Brolero LLC
    Detect Inc
    Greenberg Costle, PC
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The mission of the VWAA is to assist women attorneys in developing their professional practice and in achieving their potential, to bring about changes in the law and to affect public policy for the benefit of the women of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The VWAA was formed in 1981 to advance the interests of women attorneys in Virginia, to encourage their mutual improvement and social interaction, and to promote the interests of women under law. The VWAA remains the only statewide bar association dedicated to the needs of women attorneys in Virginia as professionals and as women.

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June 14, 2013

VWAA Annual Meeting

Meeting: 2:00 - 2:30 pm, Captains's A&B, Cavalier Beach Club
Program: 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Captains's A&B, Cavalier Beach Club (1.5 Hours CLE Credit Pending)
Reception: Following Program, Garden Suite, Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel
 Additional details are available on the Conferences page.

Loudoun Chapter

May 9, 2013

CLE: Managing One's Self
12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Cost: Free to VWAA members and ALPS Insureds, $25 for all others
Courthouse Community Events Room
Leesburg, VA
Presented by Wendy Inge, Esq., in-house counsel at ALPS. ALPS is a VSB-approved professional liability carrier.

May 16, 2013

After-Work Gathering

New River Valley Chapter

May 9, 2013

Monthly Luncheon
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Amelia's Restaurant
Christiansburg, VA

Roanoke Chapter

May 9, 2013

Monthly Luncheon and Elections
12:00 pm
Carlos Brazilian International Restaurant
4167 Electric Road
Roanoke, VA

Please visit our Chapter pages for additional event information and join the Listserv for regular news updates.