The Honoring Past Presidents Sponsorship Program recognizes volunteers who dedicated themselves to the highest level of service with The Virginia Bar Association. Sponsors in this program provide vital support, enabling the VBA to continue and to expand programs for the bench, the bar and the public. Their gifts assist VBA efforts to:
- Improve the law through legislative advocacy
- Benefit the public through service programs, including those sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division
- Present the biennial Chief Justice’s Pro Bono Summit
- Produce high-quality educational programs for Virginia attorneys
All law firms of past VBA presidents are eligible and encouraged to support the Honoring Past Presidents Sponsorship Program. If your firm would like to participate, please contact Executive Director Paul Fletcher at 804-644-0041, ext. 111 or at pfletcher@vba.org.
We acknowledge and appreciate these law firms that took part in the 2026 Honoring Past Presidents Sponsorship Program. We also echo their praise for the volunteer VBA leaders they honor with their generous contributions.
| Blankingship & Keith | Spotts Fain |
| A. Hugo Blankingship Jr. (1977) | Hugh M. Fain III (2012) |
| Christian & Barton | TimberlakeSmith |
| J. Edward Betts (2002) | C.J. Steuart Thomas III (2018) |
| A.C. Epps (1966-67) | |
| Alexander W. Parker (1951-52) | Williams Mullen |
| John L. Walker III (2014) | |
| Crenshaw, Ware & Martin | James V. Meath (2005) |
| W. Ryan Snow (2024) | Lewis C. Williams (1938-39) |
| Gentry Locke Attorneys | Woods Rogers |
| G. Michael Pace Jr. (2008) | Victor O. Cardwell (2022) |
| G. Franklin Flippin (1998) | Richard H. Ottinger (2021) |
| Thomas R. Bagby (2013) | |
| McCandlish Lillard | Anita O. Poston (2000) |
| Jesse B. Wilson III (1979) | Thomas T. Lawson (1989) |
| Robert J. McCandlish Jr. (1960-61) |

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