http://www.vba.org/smtg06.htm

The Virginia Bar Association
116th Summer Meeting
July 20-23, 2006
The Homestead
The Agenda

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Noon-4:30 p.m.
Board of Governors Meeting/Luncheon

2:-6 p.m.
Registration/Hospitality
Courtesy of Kaufman & Canoles, PC and The Lewis Law Firm

6-7 p.m.
Opening Reception (Children welcome.)
Courtesy of The Homestead

Friday, July 21, 2006

8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Registration/Hospitality
Courtesy of Kaufman & Canoles, PC and The Lewis Law Firm

9 a.m.-Noon
Concurrent CLE Programs (See separate listing.)

9:15-10:30 a.m.
Spouse/Guest Program
“The ABC’s of Collecting Art.”
Ginger Levit, an award-winning journalist and private gallery owner who writes frequently about arts and antiques, will offer tips on identifying, authenticating and evaluating the intrinsic quality of paintings and other works of art that have actual and future potential for price appreciation. (Separate registration and fee required.)

12:10-1:40 p.m.
Legacy Series Luncheon
“Cussing Cousins: John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson.”
A presentation of the Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance by Dr. James C. Kelly of the Virginia Historical Society. Although cousins, Marshall and Jefferson were not only political opposites but bitter personal enemies throughout almost their entire careers. Dr. Kelly probes the reasons in this exploration of two surprisingly devious minds. (For members and guests—separate registration and fee for lunch required.)
Courtesy of Hunton & Williams LLP

12:30-5 p.m.
18-Hole Golf Tournament
For golfers who cannot come to The Homestead without serious competition on the golf course! Declared play on the Cascades Course on Thursday or Friday qualifies for prizes to be awarded at Saturday evening’s black-tie reception sponsored by LexisNexis.
Prizes Courtesy of Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.

2:30-3:30 p.m.
General Session: Transportation Law Section
“The Law of the Sea: A Current Status Report.”
A special presentation by Professor John Norton Moore, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference.

3:30-5:30 p.m.
General Session: Law Practice Management Division
“Litigation Ethics: Part I.” (2 CLE Credits/2 Ethics)
An interactive and fast-paced ethics presentation by Thomas E. Spahn, utilizing hypotheticals and focusing on lawyers’ interaction with others.
Courtesy of BB&T Corporation

6:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception (black tie)
Courtesy of Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX Corporation

7:30-9:30 p.m.
Banquet (black tie)
Presentation of VBA Honors
Presentation of Virginia CLE Award
Recognition of 2006 VBA Life Members
Presentation of Portrait to Justice Steven Agee
Dancing and Entertainment: KOS Band (Formerly known as the Kings of Swing.)
Entertainment Courtesy of U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services and Equity Concepts, QA3
Decor Design Courtesy of Wachovia/Evergreen Investments

Saturday, July 22, 2006

8-9:30 a.m.
YLD Executive Council Breakfast Meeting

8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Registration/Hospitality
Courtesy of Kaufman & Canoles, PC and The Lewis Law Firm

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent CLE Programs (See separate listing.)

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Senatorial Debate
Moderated by Professor Robert D. Holsworth

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Senatorial Candidates Reception
Courtesy of Dominion Resources

1/1:30 p.m.
Golf Scramble/Tennis Round Robin
Members, spouses and guests are welcome, and every level of player is encouraged to participate! The Golf Scramble Tournament will begin at 1 p.m. and the Tennis Tournament will begin at 1:30 p.m.. Prizes will be awarded at the Saturday evening black-tie reception sponsored by LexisNexis. (Advance sign-up required.)
Prizes Courtesy of Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.

3:30-4:30 p.m.
General Session: Judiciary Committee and Judicial Section
“Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century: To Benefit All, To Exclude None.” (1 CLE Credit)
Commission Chair Anne Marie Whittemore will present the Commission’s preliminary recommendations.

6:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception (black tie)
Courtesy of LexisNexis

9:30-11:30 p.m.
YLD Social (All lawyers and their families welcome.)
Courtesy of LeClair Ryan

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Continuing Legal Education Programming

Friday, July 21, 2006

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Civil Litigation Section
“The Great Evidence Debate.” (1.5 Credits)

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Elder Law Section
“Medicaid Planning After DRA 2005.” (1.5 Credits)

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Lawyers Helping Lawyers
“Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession.” (1.5 Credits/1.5 Ethics)

10:30 a.m.-Noon
Concurrent Session: Criminal Law Section
“Sixth Annual Review of Criminal Law Decisions of the Virginia Courts.” (1.5 Credits)
A presentation by Professor Ronald J. Bacigal.

10:30 a.m.-Noon
Concurrent Session: Labor Relations and Employment Law Section
“Thinking About the Employment Law Investigation—Even Before the Employee Complains.” (1.5 Credits)

10:30 a.m.-Noon
Concurrent Session: Taxation Section
“Shifting Sands: Congress Shakes Things Up for Nonprofits.” (1.5 Credits)

2:30-3:30 p.m.
General Session: Transportation Law Section
“The Law of the Sea: A Current Status Report.” (No CLE Credits)
A presentation and question and answer session with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, Professor John Norton Moore.

3:30-5:30 p.m.
General Session: Law Practice Management Division
“Litigation Ethics: Part I.” (2 Credits/2 Ethics)
An interactive and fast-paced ethics presentation by Thomas E. Spahn utilizing hypotheticals and focusing on lawyers’ interaction with others.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Business Law and Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Sections
“Information Security: Handling Compliance and Managing Breaches.” (1.5 Credits)

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Civil Litigation and Judicial Sections
“Eighth Annual Review of Civil Decisions of the Virginia Supreme Court.” (1.5 Credits)
A presentation by The Hon. Jane Marum Roush

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Domestic Relations and Judicial Sections
“Demystifying the Custody Statute.” (1.5 Credits)

9-10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session: Health Law Section
“Ten Ways to Avoid Errors & Think Like a Health Lawyer Even If You’re Not.” (1.5 Credits)

10:30-12:30 p.m.
Senatorial Debate (No CLE Credits)
A debate between the two major party candidates in Virginia’s 2006 U.S. Senate race.

3:30-4:30 p.m.
General Session: Judiciary Committee and Judicial Section
“Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century: To Benefit All, To Exclude None.” (1.0 Credits)
Commission Chair Anne Marie Whittemore will present the Commission’s preliminary recommendations.

I belive there will be a live blog of the debate though...

http://www.vba.org/smtg06.htm

Following graduation, he clerked for a federal judge of the United States District Court of the Western District of Virginia -- based out of Abingdon.

Federal clerkships are highly sought by law grads.

Most likely, he has either allowed his membership with VBA to lapse, or he has gone on inactive status.  This is not unusual amongst other lawyers who get elected to Congress.

It appears you have such a fine knowledge of fellow Esq. Allen's bio. Is that part of the hiring process over at the Allen campaign?

Keep typing...

Better get your digs in on me while you can because yours truly will be getting major hip surgery in Richmond followed by recuperation in Lexington, VA for much of August.

By all accounts, I won't be up for any fun -- blogging or otherwise.

So, get your digs in while you can.  God bless.

Your pal,
Rog

We'll type to a speedy recovery!

As for me, I'm preparing for the landing of my Republican parents in the DC region next week.

Who's got it worse Lewis, you or me?

The only bad part of this hip stuff is that I've got to sell the friggin' Harleys. 

So, I'll have to find a new hobby.  Maybe dirt track racing?

Codeine and I don't mix well together. If my postings seemc crazier (than usual), you'll know that the drugs had something to do with it.  Lol.

As for hobbies, I would recommend tantric yoga just yet. Also, since we're talking 'scripts, you have to ditch the Codeine. Hip surgery calls for something, shall we say, more potent.

Hear that Percocets or Dilaudid work nicely, or you could just go in for the old Elephant killer itself, Oxycodone, your buddy Rush's favorite.

And while you're doing all this "research" into recovery and pain medicine, I would have to recommend reading a few of Hunter S. Thompson's classics.

Might start off with: Hells Angels to wean you off the motorcycle (Hunter gets a beat down in this one). Then Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail of 1972 to look at the poignant similarities between 1972 and 2006 and the coming of 2008. And finally, just to wipe yourself silly I would read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

If you can't handle Going Gonzo, then I would just watch the movies: Where the Buffalo Roam and obviously Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This is just a "Starter Pack" for Lewis...we're just hoping to give him some encouragement, something to laugh at, and a reason to live.

Dr. M also prescribes checking out:

Gonzo Heaven
Gonzo Farm
Gonzo Store

And if you're looking for a new hobby after tantric meditation, check out:
Gonzo Sport

Then, to make you feel at home, please read Wm F. Buckley's HST Obit in the National Review.

Just a few recovery tips from Dr. M.

At least he was pro-Second Amendment.

I'm not sure that I have the flexibility for yoga -- which might be all the reason to try. 

I think that I am going to buy a dirt track car and start racing on Friday nights.  All part of keeping up with the NASCAR dad image ya know.

All the best.

But thanks for playing, Bubby.  Come back soon.

Mather was class of 1678 and it's obvious things have been downhill since then...but not as bad as Yale...don't get me started.

Think Yale undergrad - at least one President got in there because of his family's legacy: grandpops and pops and then him, who graduated without much of an education. Didn't know squat about history, geography, or world politics, but sure knew how to nap and take advantage of his families connections. (Couldn't even answer basic questions about world leaders during an initial interview I'm told.)

I also hear another guy went to Yale, this one ended up a V.P. or something and succeeded in flunking out of Yale not once, but twice. Talk about other priorities. I hear he's been an angry prick ever since.

Then you have Harvard B-School, they accept a guy who barely gets out of another Ivy (Yale), goes missing from the Air National Guard, then it safely ensconced into the B-School while other members of his generation are off dying in this place called Vietnam.

After graduation, this guy goes through a series of high placed gigs where his father's friends set him up again and again, but each time he manages to screw it up and their tens of millions end up flaming out like crap through a goose. Then bam! This guy goes into politics and he wins. First Gov of some backwards state and then Pres. and that's where things get real interesting.

But when you think of Felix, think of W. writ small (very small). Felix has his father's same name, but neither his courage or his success. Like W, he's managed to ride privilege to the lower depths of mediocrity and everyone under him is forced to suffer the consequences.

The longer your posts go, the more non-sensical they become, Dave. 

Your screed about breaks given to the privileged reads like the Kennedy family manifesto... I'm sure that's who you were talking about, right?

There was no insult to Texas intended, but I certainly left it open to that as they have not only elected G W. Bush as governor, but also repeatedly elected Tom Delay to Congress.

Also, when W. was gov. he made sure that Texas ranked consistently at the bottom of every possible category: education, environment, clean air etc., etc., etc.

It was a very good state however, for the corporate donor class, a model I see that W. brought to the White House. (Please defend.)

As for the Kennedy’s, I can understand your envy of this family's accomplishments as they stand head and shoulders above anything that the Bush-Cheney confab will ever achieve.

That said, I have nothing but respect for Bush 41. It's a shame the son is not more like the father. 

Anyway, have a great day!  And YES; thanks so much for playing!  :)

Jaime

kc

Waiting to see if Allen will cut and run when he see 'ole Jim comin'.

Cowards to the end, every damn time.

see post #2
http://vaconservative.com/archives/2006/07/12/more-from-that-american-legion-meeting/#comments

Now, how are you going to get these tree hugger types in the Homestead?  As PhriendlyJaime noted above, you can't wear jeans at the Homestead.

Before Warner’s WIN:
Virginia Politics
With VCU Political Analyst Robert D. Holsworth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/metro/metro_holsworth060401.htm
Monday, June 4, 2001
washingtonpost.com: Thanks for joining us today, Prof. Holsworth. What can we expect to see in the coming months in this campaign?
Robert D. Holsworth: At the moment, it is still to soon to know what the defining issues of the campaign will be. We know that everyone cares education and that taxes, economic development, transportation and abortion are big issues also. But campaigns are matters of contrast and we have to see where the candidates will decide to draw clear dividing lines and where they will blur their differences. If this Saturday's convention is any indication, however, the rhetoric will escalate quickly. The GOP will make their assault on Warner's political character an integral part of their campaign and he will have to decide relatively quickly how , if at all, he is going to respond.

After the polls were closed, and Warner wins, Holsworth take:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/metro/metro_holsworth110701.htm

Virginia Politics
With Robert D. Holsworth
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001; noon EST
Robert D. Holsworth: Warner's win was certainly not a Democratic issues mandate inasmuch as he avoided the conventional Democratic-oriented litmus test issues. His major theme was one of business-oriented leadership that could bring economic prosperity to all areas of the state and deal effectively with the state's budget problems. He did, as the results show, a remarkable job in appealing to Virginians across the state with that message. Having said this, it is also true that the budget mess provided a rationale for his candidacy and simultaneously inoculated him from the easiest argument that the GOP had to make: namely, that he had not spent a single day in elected office. Warner was able to travel around the state and say "yes, I've had no experience in not reaching a budget."