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Volume 1, Issue 2
Loudoun Bar Digest
Loudoun County Bar Association
2010-2011 Officers
Jennifer T. Wexton, President
Lorrie A. Sinclair, President Elect
Cheryl Graham, Secretary
Dennis Hanrahan, Treasurer
Milissa Spring, Parliamentarian
Board Members Tom Rock, Past President
Buta Biberaj
Caleb Kershner
Jennifer Dillow Royer
Upcoming Meetings
Board Meetings:
March 9, 2011 May 11, 2011
Luncheon Meetings:
March 16, 2011 May 18, 2011
Board meetings take place at the Laurel Brigade at 5:00 p.m. Luncheon meetings take place at the Tuscarora Mill Restau-rant from 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Please RSVP 1 week prior to Cheryl K. Graham via email at: [email protected] or
In continuing the Bar’s community ser-vice initiatives, atten-dees were asked to bring an unwrapped toy to the annual Holiday Party to brighten the holiday of needy children in the community. Once again the members of the Bar answered the call and donated 83 toys. The toys in-cluded videos, cars, trucks, trains, dolls stuffed animals, ac-tion figures, board games, puzzles, balls, and a variety of other items.
The Holiday Coali-tion’s "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" program has helped thousands of Lou-doun County families have a wonderful holiday season since 1986. 7000 appli-cants were approved in 2010.
Those who qualify get the opportunity to go through the Holiday Store on Glenn Drive in Ster-ling and make their own gift selections. A volunteer accompa-nies them as they "go shopping."
The 2010 goal was to
provide new cloth-ing, warm winter hats and gloves, toys and gifts to al-most 4,000 children, ranging in age from newborns through teenagers. In addi-tion, they sought to provide 450 seniors and adults with dis-abilities with warm clothing and gifts.
Thank you to all of the members who donated to this wor-thy cause, and to Lorrie Sinclair and Daryl Taylor for taking the time to deliver the items to the Holiday Store.
Bar Donates Toys to The Holiday Coalition
January 2011
On December 3, 2010 the owners of the Laurel Bri-gade opened their doors, once again, to Bar members and guests as they gathered for the annual Holiday Party.
Record numbers of members and guests could be found all over the festively deco-rated venue enjoying the de-lectable delights catered by Tuscarora Mill, holiday tunes, and fellowshipping with old and new friends and colleagues. Attendees were also able to witness the Town of Leesburg’s Annual Holiday Tree and Menorah
lighting from the warmth of the Laurel Brigade. A good time was had by all!
The party not only served as an opportunity for members to gather and reflect on the past year, but it also served as an opportunity to serve the Loudoun County Com-munity. Each year, the Bar designates a charity that will accept toys for needy children as the Bar’s holiday service project. This year’s
holiday service project benefitted the Loudoun County Holiday Coalition. (See article on page 1.)
Thank you to Marquis In-vestment Group, the owners
of the Laurel Brigade, for your hospitality, and a spe-cial thank you to everyone who made this event a suc-cess, especially Tom Rock! Thank you to our bartenders Liz Smith and Joe Ritenour, the set up and clean up crew: Ashley Choyce, Ashley Wilmoth, Tom and Kathy Rock, Jennifer Wexton, Daryl Taylor, and Burke Walker, who also served as our “roving photographer,” and those who willingly lent a helping hand: Chris Mougin-Boal, Rhonda Paice, Bernadette O’Reilly, and Barbara Williams.
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Annual Holiday Party
Judge Thomas D. Horne was honored as Loudoun Times-Mirror’s Citizen of the Year for 2010!
A 1969 Graduate of the Mar-shall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary, Judge Horne served in the United States Marine
Corps before he began prac-ticing in Loudoun County in 1972. He first served the County as an assistant Com-monwealth’s Attorney, then worked in private practice be-fore becoming the county’s first full-time elected Com-monwealth’s Attorney. In 1982, Judge Horne was ap-pointed to the Circuit Court bench.
While the Bar is familiar with Judge Horne’s stellar record as a jurist, his love for run-ning, his dedication to the Law Camp, and for his knowl-edge of Loudoun County and courthouse history, the citi-zens in the county have bene-fitted from Thomas D. Horne, the community servant.
Some of Judge Horne’s com-
munity achievements include being instrumental in helping youth soccer form in the early 1980s, and forming the Lou-doun County Youth Lacrosse League in 1989. He is a char-ter member of the Loudoun County YMCA, a former cub master for the Boy Scouts of America, a former Loudoun County High School PTA president, and the first chair-man of Loudoun County High School’s all-night, drug-free graduation. But most nota-bly, he is a loving husband, father and grandfather!
Congratulations Judge Horne on a well deserved honor!
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Citizen of the Year!
The Times-Mirror article can be viewed on line at: http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/citizen_of_the_year_judge_thomas_d._horne346
The Loudoun County Best Practices team announces that there is a new resource guide which was prepared for parents’ attorneys in DFS cases. Although designed for parent’s counsel, this resource is available to all attorneys and provides insights and information to anyone who handles child de-pendency cases in the J&DR Court. Anyone who is interested in obtaining a copy of this Guidebook should request it from Eva Mari Bates, Clerk of the Juvenile Court.
NEW RESOURCE IN DFS/CHILD DEPENDENCY CASES
LEADERSHIP IN THE LAW SUMMER CAMP
It’s Law Camp time! A meeting for the Leadership in the Law Summer Camp will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 12 noon in the Community Room above the Law Library. Volun-teers and mentors are needed to ensure another successful camp! Please contact Jeanette Irby at [email protected] or 703-737-7175 for more information or if you have any questions.
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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTSNOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Circuit Court Clerk’s office offers 24 hour access to the Loudoun County Law Library as a service to attorneys in the Loudoun County Bar association. This is a privilege extended only to our mem-bers! Since the Courts Security Division of the Sheriff’s Office is responsible for the overall security of the Courts Complex, including the Law Library, members must be approved for access.
Forms can be downloaded at the Bar web-site, http://www.loudounbar.org, by clicking on the “LIBRARY” link on the home page. Requests should be made to the law librarian, Alice Zent, who will confirm membership. The completed form is then presented to the Courts Security Division of the Sheriff’s Office. Upon approval of the access form, and payment of a $10 fee to cover the cost of the card, the designee of the Courts Security Division will provide that attorney with a digital access card which will allow the attorney to access the law library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The attorney is responsible for securing the digital access card as the card is not transferrable.
ANOTHER PRIVILEGE OF LCBA MEMBERSHIP: AFTER HOURS LIBRARY ACCESS
FREE CLE OPPORTUNITIES!
Coming soon! The LCBA will be hosting a series of free, one-hour lunchtime CLEs on criminal law topics. The classes are video replays of presentations by the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission, and have been approved for IDC certification purposes. Virginia CLE credits are pending. Titles in-clude “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions,” “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About 46.2 But Were Afraid to Ask,” “Evidentiary Concerns in the Wake of Melendez-Diaz,” “Ethical Considerations in Representation of Juveniles,” and other interesting topics.
SUBSTITUTE JUDGE VACANCY
Applications are being sought for the position of Substitute Judge for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit. Although appointed in this Circuit, the Substi-tute Judge would be eligible (but not required) to serve in the General Dis-trict and Juvenile and Domestic Rela-tions District Courts throughout the Commonwealth. Interested parties should send a letter of candidacy as well as a current resume to The Honor-able Thomas D. Horne, Chief Judge, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, P.O. Box 727, Leesburg, Virginia 20178 by January 30, 2011.
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR JOB-FOR-A DAY PROGRAM
Volunteers from the Loudoun County Bar Association are being sought to host a local high school student for Loudoun County Public Schools’ annual “Job For a Day” pro-gram on March 2, 2011. Ten stu-dents have requested the opportu-nity to shadow a practicing lawyer. Anyone who is interested in hosting, please contact Barbara Williams at [email protected] or 703.777.6535, or Christine Kerick, Public Relations Manager of Telos at [email protected] or 703.724.4524.
