Class notes …
Following his installation as Virginia State Bar President, W. David Harless ‘81was surrounded by bow-tied UVA classmates (from left): Matthew L. Jacobs, John A. Anderson, Michael Urbanski, William R. Van Buren III, T. Mark Flanagan Jr., Terence Murphy, and Steve Pearson.
failures, and other viola-
than 30 state and local
tions relating to subprime
bar associations and law
residential mortgage-
schools.
backed securitizations. The fine imposed was $3.5
Kevin M. Doyle ac-
million. He also worked on
cepted the Norman
other settlements relating
Redlich Capital Defense
to subprime mortgage vio-
Distinguished Service
lations reached by FINRA
Award, presented by
Boyer’s 2003 biography,
the New York City Bar
Sir Edward Coke and the
Association in July. After
Elizabethan Age, sold
more than five years de-
out its first edition and
fending death row inmates
of the task force that
member of the energy and
is now in paperback.
and capital defendants in
established the diversity
natural resources
He continues to work
Alabama, Kevin founded
conference. He is a fellow
development group with
on volume two, which
and headed New York
of the American College
Babst Calland.
he writes mainly while
State’s Capital Defender
commuting on the Staten
Office. Through its trial and
of Trial Lawyers and the Virginia Law Foundation
1982
and is a member of
Island ferry. He lives on the
appellate advocacy, the
North Shore of the island
Capital Defender Office
the Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Michael S. Hooker has
with his wife, Kathleen,
brought an end to New
American Inn of Court, the
joined Phelps Dunbar as
In July 2011 Alma
and sons Declan (17) and
York’s death penalty.
Virginia Bar Association,
partner in the commercial
Angotti joined Navigant
Thomas (9).
and its Boyd-Graves
litigation practice in
Consulting’s Global
Conference, the Virginia
Tampa, Fla. He was
Investigations and
James P. Cooney III was
listed as one of the Top
Trial Lawyers Association,
previously a name
Compliance Practice
recently named practice
25 Attorneys in South
and the Bar Association of
shareholder at Glenn
as a director in the
group leader of the
Carolina in 2012 South
the City of Richmond. He
Rasmussen Fogarty &
Washington, D.C., office.
business litigation practice
Carolina Super Lawyers. He
has lectured on a range
Hooker.
She is a widely recognized
for Womble Carlyle
is with Womble Carlyle in
of business, employment,
anti–money laundering
Sandridge & Rice. The
Charleston, where he leads
and products liability
expert.
group encompasses all
the construction practice
areas of business litigation
group.
litigation subjects and
Allen Gibson is
has taught in the National
Allen D. Boyer is senior
including governmental
Trial Advocacy College at
appellate counsel with
investigations and white-
the Law School. Harless
the Department of
collar criminal defense.
is with Christian & Barton
Enforcement of the
Cooney is a fellow in the
in Richmond, where
Financial Industry
American College of Trial
he is a partner in the
Regulatory Authority
Lawyers and a permanent
litigation department and
Blaine A. Lucas is listed in
(FINRA), and previ-
member of the Fourth
leads the employment
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
ously held the same
Circuit Judicial Conference.
practice group. He is also a
2012 as one of the top
position at the Division of
He has been named to
member of the executive
lawyers in Pennsylvania in
Enforcement of the New
Best Lawyers since 2000,
Charles F. Hudson is listed
committee.
the area of land use and
York Stock Exchange. He
was recently named as the
in Best Lawyers 2012 in the
zoning. He was also listed
worked on a settlement
“Bet-Your-Company” Best
area of eminent domain
as one of the Top 50
reached by FINRA with the
Lawyer for North Carolina,
and condemnation. He
lawyers in Pittsburgh Super
broker-dealer Citigroup
and has consistently been
was also named in Oregon
Lawyers 2012. He is a
Global Markets, Inc. for
named as one of the top
Super Lawyers 2012 in the
shareholder and chairman
providing inaccurate
criminal and civil lawyers
area of business litigation.
of the public sector
mortgage performance
in the state. He has given
He is a shareholder with
services group and a
information, supervisory
invited lectures to more
Lane Powell in Portland,
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