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IN THIS ISSUE: 2 Judge Haddocks Portrait 3 Highlights of Council Meeting 4 Miss Mallory 5 George Fath Remembered 6 Law Library News 7 Get Involved with your Foundation 8 Boy Scouts Attorney of the Year 9 Mentors Dinner 10 Senior Citizen Law Day 12 Calendar

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Presidents Letter

Volume 29, Number 5

Nov 2011

For those of you were able to join us on the Ms. Mallory, we were privileged to hear from our guest speaker, Virginia State Bar President, George Shanks. One of Mr. Shanks platforms for his term is to promote mentorship within the Bar. Mentorship has always been an important part of the Alexandria Bar Association and in October we celebrate our Mentorship program and our seasoned mentors at our membership dinner. Members often tell us that one of the most important benefits of membership in the Bar is access to the Mentors list. We have many younger members and many members who are working in solo practices. The ability to contact an experienced attorney within their practice area is a valuable resource. It is a way to talk through a challenging case, look at a legal problem from a new angle, or a way to ask about resources that may be available, including referrals to another attorney who could assist. We have a wonderful group of Mentors who have agreed to make themselves available for questions or to be a resource, but there is always room for more. I often hear from attorneys who I talk to about mentorship, Im too young to be a mentor. There is no age requirement for being a mentor. The only requirement is the willingness to make yourself available. Even attorneys with only a few years of experience in a particular practice area can be of assistance to a new attorney. Building a mentoring relationship can be mutually beneficial. It is important for the mentees to share success stories with the mentors and to let the mentors know how important their time and efforts are to the mentee. It is also a way for mentors to improve their own communication and leadership skills. The Alexandria Bar takes great pride in our sense of community and collegiality. If you want to do more to engage with other professionals in your field and become more involved in the bar, please consider joining our mentors list. You can sign up by emailing the bar office at alexbar@alexandriabarva.org. In November, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we will also be promoting other opportunities for our members to engage with our community. There will be several special guests at our November membership meeting. We have invited representatives from Habitat for Humanity, Space of Her Own, SCAN, ACT for Alexandria, and Senior Services of Alexandria to talk about their programs and opportunities for individuals and groups to become involved. It is a way to learn about the many needs of people in our community and to celebrate all of the good work that is being done. We hope members will find this inspirational and motivationaall while enjoying Charlies Thanksgiving feast! The next membership meeting will be held on November 17th beginning at 6:00 pm at the American Legion Hall I certainly look forward to seeing everyone there. Heather Jenquine, President

NEW MEMBERS Please welcome: James Zelloe Peter Hawkins Mary Bram Carolyn Abbate Jennifer Gniady Cary Citronberg Merdith Hudson Lavonda Graham-Williams RETURNING MEMBERS Gregory Murphy Gregory English

ANNOUNCEMENTS Congratulations to: Carolyn Grimes of Lieblich and Grimes, Todd Pilot of The Trademark Institute, and John Tran of DiMuro Ginsburg on their selection by Virginia Lawyers Weekly as Leaders in the Law for 2011. Their accomplishments were celebrated at a dinner in Richmond on October 20th.

Please send us your announcements!

portrait of judge haddock

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2011-2012 EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS Heather N. Jenquine, President Kathleen M. Uston, President-Elect Sean Schmergel, Secretary Sarah McElveen, Treasurer Barbara S. Anderson, Past President BOARD MEMBERS Stephen C. Swift Nicholas Gehrig Shelly Collette David Lord EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Sidoux Mitchell Mary Burgess BAR OFFICE HOURS 9 am to 3:30 pm Monday to Friday LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE 9 am to 3:30 pm Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri Closed Wednesdays

Pictured are from left, Henry Wingate, the artist, Judge Haddock, the portrait, and Judge Haddock. The portrait has been completed and been sent to New York for framing. After being framed but before the official unveiling, the artist will borrow the portrait for an exhibition.

Portrait Fund

Contributions to the portrait fund can be made to the Alexandria Bar Association with a notation that the check is for the portrait. All donations will be listed in the program for the dinner and later at the unveiling. Our thanks to: Barbara and Alan Anderson, Plato Cacheris, John B. Connor, Stephen Mitchell, Michael Paturis, and Jonathan Westreich and to the firms of DiMuro Ginsberg; Dingman Labowitz; Grenadier, Anderson, Starace, & Duffett; The Hudgins Law Firm; Leiblich & Grimes and William G. Thomas for their generous donations.

Highlights of the October 21, 2011, Virginia State Bar Council Meeting
At its meeting on October 21, 2011, in Winchester, the Virginia State Bar Council heard the following significant reports and took the following actions: Rules 7.1-7.5, Regarding Advertising The council unanimously approved amendments to Rules 7.1-7.5 of the Rules of Professional Conduct proposed by the Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and by the Executive Committee. The proposed amendments would make these rules more general in their application by removing the specific examples of lawyer advertising statements or claims from the body of the rules to the comment section. They would also remove unnecessary and redundant language. Council members engaged in a spirited discussion on Rule 7.3, which maintains the requirement that advertisements targeted to potential clients known to be in need of legal services be labeled ADVERTISING MATERIAL. Ultimately a motion to eliminate that requirement failed. Rule 1A:3, Regarding Reciprocity Admissions The Rule 1A:3 Study Committee received numerous comments in response to the proposed revisions to Virginia Supreme Court Rule 1A:3 and Part 6, IV, 136(F) that would change the current procedure for revoking certificates issued to lawyers admitted to practice under the reciprocity rule. Many of those comments addressed admissions issues within the jurisdiction of the Court. The committee referred the comments to the Court and will wait for further direction. Resolution The council approved without dissent a resolution honoring Justice Cleo E. Powell. Council received a report on the proposed codification of the Virginia rules of evidence. The Virginia Supreme Court presented the rules to the Virginia Code Commission and the General Assembly will consider them during its session. Alexandria is well-represented on Bar Council: Carolyn M. Grimes, Alan S. Anderson and Jean Kelleher Niebauer are the three elected members representing the 18th Judicial Circuit; Robert L. Calhoun has a seat at the table, representing the Senior Lawyers Conference; and Todd A. Pilot is a Member-At-Large. Jean is also serving on the Executive Committee for 2011-12.

Dinner Meeting aboard Miss Mallory

Thursday, September 15th was a stormy, windy and rainy day. But that didnt keep the bar association from gathering at the Old Town dock for a dinner meeting aboard the Potomac Riverboat Companys the Miss Mallory for our third annual 1st meeting of the year. The guest speaker was Virginia State Bar president George Shanks, accompanied by his wife Janice. He talked about his experiences as a private attorney, bar president and emphasized the importance of mentorship. He encouraged Virginia lawyers to stand for public office. His article in the October 2011 issue of Virginia Lawyer addresses the same themes. The river is a great place to be, and as the weather calmed down and the skies cleared, we were treated to a rainbow off the stern and a beautiful sunset. The floating buffet dinner of heavy hors doeuvres was catered by A Thyme & Place. Thanks again to our generous sponsors Grenadier, Anderson, Starace & Duffet for making the ride possible.

Judge Giammittorio and Ilona Grenadier

Rosemary G. OBrien, Herman Lutz and Todd Pilot

George Shanks and Heather Jenquine

Barry Diamond and Barbara Anderson

Heather Jenquine and Arthur Peabody

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alexandria law library receives gifts

Court Administrator Diane Fiske has donated a beautiful mirror for the Grenadier Room, the conference room adjacent to the law library.

new in the library

The Alexandria Law Library has expanded the scope of its Maryland collection to include the Maryland Code and numerous treatises, including: Maryland Practice Forms Maryland Lawyers Manual Maryland Divorce & Separation Law Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland Gordon on Maryland Foreclosures Maryland Damages Maryland Jury Instructions Maryland Criminal Law Maryland Motions in Limine Burks Pleading and Practice Liles Equity Pleading and Practice Interrogatories and Depositions in Virginia (Bryson)

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Michael Zupan, Priscilla Bornmann and Tamika Jones. Library board president, Michael Zupan, unveiled the mirror at the boards September meeting. Coldwell Banker Realtor Patricia Cunningham was so pleased with her lawyer that she wanted to do something to honor him. He had represented her in a real estate transaction and, as is her custom, she wanted to do something to show her appreciation. Deborah Matthews, a friend of the library, suggested a donation to the Alexandria Law Library. The library used the donation to purchase a much-needed sofa table for the Grenadier Room, keeping the donation a secret from the lawyer until days before the tables unveiling in September. Casey Forrester was surprised and delighted to be reunited with his client for the unveiling of the table during the library boards annual meeting. He is an example to us all on how to treat relationships with our clients, said board member Tamika Jones.

Thanks to a generous donation from Sharon Nelson and Sensei Enterprises, the library now has VADER (Virginia Attorneys Divorce Electronic Reference) software. VADER contains worksheets to help users prepare divorce cases in Virginia. For example, VADERs support worksheets automatically calculate guideline child or spousal support for any level of combined income in accordance with Virginia law. Thanks to a generous donation from Dorathea Peters in memory of James Mullins, the librarys print collection now includes: Wests Supreme Court Reporter through 2004. Ms. Peters gift also included several treatises of historical significance.

Patricia Cunningham, Casey Forrester, and Michael Zupan.

WestlawNext Has Arrived

The Alexandria Law Library is pleased to announce that it now offers free patron access to WestlawNext, a more intuitive, you-centric research system. Tested for the last few years in top-tier law schools, WestlawNext speaks the same language you do: human. Its just easier to use, said librarian Christine Hall. It delivers all of what youre looking for without having to choose where the answer is before you start. We know you love Westlaw and LexisNexis, said Hall, and we still have them. Were just offering more choices.

Library benefactor and Old Town lawyer Dale Sanders was among the first to test drive the new system and thought it was easy to use. Stop by the library and see for yourself.

Get Involved with the Alexandria Bar Foundation

As you may know, the Foundation is the non-profit arm of the Alexandria Bar Association, and is a volunteer, nonprofit, charitable and educational organization. One program that is timely as school starts back up is the Howard Fellowship program, which enables local area law students to clerk for the Alexandria Office of the Public Defender. The Foundation has also funded grants to charitable organizations that serve residents of the City of Alexandria. A sample of past grant recipients include the Alexandria Volunteer Bureau and SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now). Over the years, the Foundation has also made contributions to various programs, including funding the John Grad Scholarship for a T.C. Williams High School student interested in the law and dispute resolution. The biggest and most notable Foundation program is Beat The Odds, which provides scholarships to Alexandria students who succeed despite the barriers and hardships of growing up in a foster home or having contact with the juvenile justice system. The Beat the Odds program has no overhead costs, with all donations go directly to the scholarships. The Foundation is deeply indebted to the incredible work of the Beat The Odds Committee, which has reached out to all facets of the community about its mission and has steadily increased its fundraising to enable it to award more in scholarships as each year goes by. Now is your chance to get involved with the Foundation! The Foundation is currently seeking new members for its Board of Directors and candidates for the offices of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. Voting for new members and officers will take place at the Foundation Boards next meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM in the Grenadier Room. If you are interested in being considered as a new member or officer, please contact one of the members of the Nominations Committee. The committee consists of Judge John Anderson, Judge Lisa Kemler and Todd Pilot. You can also contact Heidi Meinzer, the current President, at (703) 284-7246 or hmeinzer@beankinney.com.

Boy Scouts Name Attorney of the year

Seated at the table, from left, Lisa Schenck, Esq. (assistant dean, GWU Law School); Heather Jenquine, Esq. (president of the Alexandria Bar Association), Gail Curcio, Thomas J. Curcio, Esq. and BSA committee member, Justin Curcio. The event, held on October 6, 2011 at the Capital Hilton was the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America's "Attorney of the Year" luncheon. The award is given to an attorney who exemplifies values that the Boy Scouts espouse, such as public service,

At the left, Gerald Schwartz, Esq., Judge Alfred D. Swersky (Ret.) and Judge Becky Moore. honesty, and integrity. This year's recipient was Stasia Kelly, a partner with DLA Piper in Washington D.C. Past recipients include Theodore Olson, Jamie Gorelick, Jack Olender, William Lightfoot, Carolyn Lamm, and Donald Dunner.

please join us! NO V E M BE R D IN N ER M E ET IN G

Meet community partners to hear about the good work they are doing in our community and ways for individuals and firms to be involved.
Th u r s d a y, N o v embe r 17, 2011 6: 00 pm
Ame rica n Le g io n H all 40 0 C a mero n S tree t , Alexandria, VA 22314

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mentors dinner
The annual Mentors Dinner was held on October 20th at the American Legion Hall. Special guests included our Pegasus scholars, Clare Kissin and Radhika Handa from England and many of the mentors of the Alexandria Bar Association.

Some of our bankruptcy mentors, from left, Ron, Greg Wade, Christine Hall (a former bankruptcy attorney) and Alan Rosenblum.

From left, Ron Stern, Clare Kissin, Heather Jenquine, Radhika Handa, and Rae Fischer, a member of the Pegasus committee, at back. The Barristers spoke briefly about how much they have enjoyed observing U.S. and Virginia courts. They were each given an Alexandria Bar Association membership pin.

The Criminal Law table had Dan Rinzel, Tom Carter, Drew Hutchinson, (all mentors) and two Commonweath attorneys and new members, Jeffrey Burtka and Jessica Smith.

At the Wills, Trusts and Estates table, at left, Katie Uston, Jonathan Westreich, Foster Friedman, new member Stephanie Dourado, and mentor Ken Labowitz.

Ron Stern was presented with the charter for the Pauline Newman Intellectual Property American Inn of Court by Robert Burns, a member of the newly formed inn of court. Though not an IP attorney, Ron was very much involved with the formation of the new inn.

Personal Injury mentors included, from left, Rick Mendelson, Gerald Schwartz, Tom Curcio, and new member Stephen Bergeron.

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Successful Senior Citizens Law Day Held October 15th

The half day event was well attended.

Seated at the center, left, Dennis Mersberger, chair of the Lawyer Referral Service, explains how the service can help seniors with estate planning and wills. LSNVs legal services were The panel on wills, trusts, and estates at left, Luke Lenzi, moderator, Barbara also represented at the law day. Anderson, Ken Labowitz, Deborah Matthews and Lonnie Rich, all members of the Alexandria Bar Association. The Estate Planning, Probate and Elder Law Section of the ABA partnered with how various professionals need to work in and make decisions if we become Senior Citizens of Alexandria to present together closely. incapacitated. They also discussed the a very successful forum on the legal basic documents everyone should have needs of seniors. Held at First Baptist The framework for Senior Citizens Law in place and how they work together to Church, 162 citizens registered and had allow our loved ones to care for us and to Day was created by the Virginia State the opportunity to learn first-hand from Bars Senior Lawyers Conference, which protect them. Their talk show format experts in the field about estate planning publishes the Senior Citizens Handbook enabled attendees to ask questions and and aging issues and gather information that was given to all attendees, along understand the difficult subject matter, to review later and share with families with the Guide to Retirement Living and drew very positive reviews from and friends. Sourcebook. ABA member Robert attendees. C. Calhoun chairs the Senior Lawyers The event featured Steve Gurney, Conference and assisted in planning this A second panel discussed a multipublisher of Guide to Retirement Living event. Along with several firms in the disciplinary approach to handling family Sourcebook discussing planning needs financial community, Redmon, Peyton crisis needs in a blended family with all with a twist. Since aging begins at and Braswell, LLC was a generous the pitfalls that can occur. Moderated conception, everyone is aging, according sponsor. Nine ABA Estate Planning, by Steve Gurney, geriatric care manager, to Gurney. Retirement really should Probate and Elder Law section attorneys Vanessa Rosengart Bishop, of Elder be viewed as any other graduation but also provided funds to offset the costs of Care Consultants, financial planner with more experience, knowledge and Thomas West, of Thomas West Financial the event and we thank each of you. maturity, and his rich, humorous stories Services, and elder law attorney Robert and information really set the stage for Because of the impact of this S. Bullock, of the Elder & Disability the entire event. Law Center, discussed a real case they presentation on planning for long term retirement and care needs, several handled with a family and how they ABA panel members Luke Lenzi financial firms contributed to the success worked together to meet the long term (moderator), Deborah Matthews, of the event financially and by providing care and financing needs of the couple Lonnie Rich and Ken Labowitz capably and their respective children. Seldom are information to attendees. We want addressed the consequences of failing to thank BB&T, McLaughlin Ryder problems of seniors only legal, financial to plan and to have estate planning Investments, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Morgan or medical, so this panel really illustrated documents to enable someone to step

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Stanley SmithBarney, PNC Bank, SpeckCaudron Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, and TD Bank for their contributions. A continental breakfast was served, compliments of Whole Foods Market and Safeway, and we thank First Baptist Church for hosting the event and making their facilities available to the community at low cost. Finally, we thank the various community partners to attended and provided information to attendees: Senior Services of Alexandria, TRIAD and the Alexandria Sheriffs Department, the Division on Aging and Adult Services, the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, AARP, the Alexandria Bar Association and Lawyer Referral Service, the Virginia State Bar Senior Lawyers Conference, and the Guide to Retirement Living Sourcebook. ABA and Senior Services of Alexandria members, speakers, panelists, and volunteers worked as a cohesive group to make this a reality. Thank you all!Barbara S. Anderson, Event Chair

Standing with speakers, at center, Barbara Anderson, president of the board for Senior Services, with Steve Gurney on the left and Thomas West at the right.

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November Nov 17 Dinner Meeting 6:00 pm
American Legion Hall (sign up sheet for bench/bar)

January Jan 5 January OYEZ deadline Jan 5 Networking Lunch, 12:30 pm

Columbia Firehouse, $15 at the door.

December Dec 1 Networking Lunch, 12:30 pm

Columbia Firehouse, $15 at the door.

Jan 10 Board of Directors Meeting, 8:00 am,

Grenadier Room, Law Library

Dec 13 Board of Directors Meeting, 4:00 pm,

Royal Restaurant

Jan 13 January OYEZ mailed Jan 19 Investiture of James C. Clark, 4:00 pm, Reception to follow
Court House, Fourth Floor

Dec 15 Bell Ringing 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Bench Bar, 5:30 pm

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