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2025 Donors

The 1974 Society

The Virginia Law Foundation Board of Directors established the 1974 Society to acknowledge individual donors who have given $10,000 or more over their lifetime.

Alan S. & Barbara S. Anderson
Irving M. & Rhona Blank
Catherine & David P. ‡ Bobzien
Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
Stephen D. & Susan H. Busch
Hon. Manuel A. & Carole H. Capsalis
Matthew E. Cheek
Kathy Mays & the Hon. Sam Coleman
E. Tazewell & Lee Ellett
John R. Fletcher
Jeanne F. Franklin
Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
Michael & Brenda HuYoung
John A. C. Keith
Lantana Foundation
John E. Lichtenstein
Darrel Tillar & Carroll A. Mason
John D. & Linda Peele McGavin
James V. Meath
Bill & Lynne Monroe
Kenneth B. & Leslie Montero
F. Anderson “Andy” Morse
Stephen & Louise Noona
Stephen D. Otero
Thomas C. Palmer, Jr.
David A. & Helen L. Penrod
Michael L.‡ &  Linda F. Rigsby
Justice Jane Marum & David Roush
Hon. Paul F. & Jeanette M. Sheridan
Estate of Ken McFarlane Smith
W. Scott Street, III ‡
Alexandra & Frank A. Thomas, III
Jay M. Weinberg
Anne Marie Whittemore
Thomas M. & Carol Wolf

The Rule of Law Society

The Virginia Law Foundation Board of Directors established the Rule of Law Society to acknowledge individual donors who have given $5,000 or more over their lifetime.

Michael Armstrong
C. Breckenridge Arrington, Jr.
Candace Blydenburgh & Dr. Carl Weiss
Andrea L. Bridgeman
Robert P. Buford ‡
Daniel J. Burke
Peter C. Burnett
Marni E. Byrum & Martha JP McQuade
Hon. Sean T. Connaughton
Kara & James P. Cox, III
Roy V. Creasy
Hon. John J. Davies, III
Mary Ann & Robert B. “Chip” Delano, Jr.
C. Thomas Ebel
John D. & Patricia K. Epps
Paul & Jane Fletcher
Richard E. Garriott, Jr.
David J. & Laura Gogal
Karen A. Gould
Grayson P. Hanes
Leonard C. Heath, Jr.
Philip J. Hirschkop
Cynthia E. Hudson
Linda M. Jackson
Barbara & Stan Joynes
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Hon. M. Langhorne Keith
David Craig Landin
Alison Vail Lennarz
Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation
Angelica D. & Henry Light
Daniel Maller
Christopher M. Malone
Howard W. & Heather Martin
Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr.
Merck Foundation
J. Randall Minchew
Eric H. & Monica T. Monday
Kenneth B. Murov
William G. & Pamela A. Murray
Margaret A. Nelson & Bill E. Phillips
Helen and Chip Nunley
John M. Oakey, Jr.
Scott C. Oostdyk
J. Lee E. & Susan Osborne
G. Michael Pace, Jr. ‡
Colleen Marea Quinn
Margie & Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Gant Redmon
Joseph W. Richmond, Jr.
Roscoe C. & the Hon. Angela E. Roberts
Nancy N. Rogers
Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
William L. Schmidt ‡
George W. Shanks
Donald E. Showalter
John Simek & Sharon Nelson
Thomas G. Slater, Jr.
Theophani K. Stamos & Craig Esherick
Hon. Diane M. Strickland
Betty A. Thompson ‡
Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani
Hon. George D. Varoutsos
John L. Walker, III
Edward L. & Maura Burke Weiner
Raymond M. White
Roger C. Wiley
Blair & Jane Wimbush
Robert & Michelle Worster
W. Carter Younger

2025 Contributors

Updated January 31, 2026

Founder ($2,500 & above)

Alan S. & Barbara S. Anderson
Candace Blydenburgh & Dr. Carl Weiss
Mary Ann & Robert B. “Chip” Delano, Jr.
David J. & Laura Gogal
Lennarz Family Fund
Eric H. & Monica T. Monday
Kenneth B. & Leslie Montero
Stephen & Louise Noona
O’Hagan Meyer
Stephen D. Otero
Robins Foundation
Thomas M. & Carol Wolf

Partner ($1,000 – $2,499)

Alan J. Ackerman
Cathy Bobzien
Peter William Buchbauer
Peter C. Burnett
Marni E. Byrum & Martha JP McQuade
Hon. Manuel A. & Carole H. Capsalis
Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Matthew E. Cheek
Kathy Mays & the Hon. Sam Coleman
Trevor S. Cox
Leah A. Darron
Miriam Epstein
Jeanne F. Franklin
David L. Greenspan
Philip J. Hirschkop
Richard Howard-Smith
Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
Michael & Brenda HuYoung
Roderick R. Ingram
Barbara & Stan Joynes
Hon. M. Langhorne Keith
David Craig Landin
Debra Lee
John E. Lichtenstein
Brigadier General (Ret.) Alison Martin & Colonel (Ret.) Joe Martin
Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr.
J. Randall Minchew
Bill & Lynne Monroe
F. Anderson “Andy” Morse
Margaret A. Nelson & Bill E. Phillips
Helen & Chip Nunley
J. Lee E. & Susan Osborne
Thomas C. Palmer, Jr.
W. David Paxton
David A. & Helen L. Penrod
Anita Owings Poston
Debra J. Prillaman
Colleen Marea Quinn
Seth & Lisa Ragosta
Mr. & Mrs. Gant Redmon
Linda F. Rigsby
Roscoe C. & the Hon. Angela E. Roberts
Hon. Michael & Nicole Rosenblum
Justice Jane Marum & David Roush
Charles R. Samuels
Donald E. Showalter
Alexandra & Frank Thomas, III
Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani
Edward L. & Maura Burke Weiner
Anne Marie Whittemore
Sara Redding Wilson
Blair & Jane Wimbush
Thomas M. Winn, III

Of Counsel ($500 – $999)

Robert A. Angle
Katie Arata
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Michael Armstrong
Arnold M. Auerhan
Irving M. & Rhona Blank
Andrea L. Bridgeman
Thomas C. Brown, Jr.
Tyler P. Brown
Jack W. Burtch, Jr.
Stephen D. & Susan H. Busch
F. Andrew Carroll, III
N. Thomas Connally
Kara & James P. Cox, III
Roy V. Creasy
Stephen Darmody
Darius K. Davenport
Elizabeth G. Engle & Peter A. Dingman
John R. Fletcher
Paul & Jane Fletcher
Takamitsu Fujiu
BK Fulton and Jacquelyn E. Stone
Hon. J. Michael & Beth Gamble
Alan B. Gnapp
Robert C. Goodman, Jr.
Brian K. Jackson
Linda M. Jackson
Hon. Raymond A. Jackson
Chidi I. James
Joseph C. Kearfott
Jean M. Kelleher
Kathleen Koch
Thomas A. Lisk
Christopher M. Malone
K. Brett Marston
Erin Masin
Darrel Tillar & Carroll A. Mason
John D. & Linda Peele McGavin
T. Braxton & Alison McKee
James V. Meath
Kerry & Peter M. Mellette
David E. Melson
Hon. C. Kailani Memmer
Meyers Family Fund
John M. Oakey, Jr.
Christine Nguyen Piersall
Dennis J. Quinn
Margie & Joseph Rapisarda, Jr.
Joseph W. Richmond, Jr.
Allison Ricketts
Daniel L. Robey
Thomas E. Spahn
Hon. James Randolph & Margaret Spencer
Theophani K. Stamos & Craig Esherick
C. J. Steuart Thomas, III
J. Tracy Walker, IV
Stan & Mary Lou Wellman
Mark Winkleman

Associate ($250 – $499)

Joan Albrecht
Carmelou G. Aloupas
Hon. Joanne F. Alper
David N. Anthony
Nupur S. Bal
James E. Ballowe, Jr.
Paul G. Beers
Bruce H. Bernstein
Daniel S. Brown
Ann T. Burks
Benjamin M. Butler
James L. Chapman, IV
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C.
Hon. John J. Davies, III
John G. Dicks
Alan S. Dockterman
Allan G. Donn
Hon. Robert H. Downer, Jr.
Hugh M. Fain, III
Daniel P. Frankl
Lisa C. Germano & Lawrence Lawless
Yvonne S. Gibney
Robert F. Gnuse
Frances F. Goldman
Freddie L. Goode
Howard E. Gordon
Gravitt Law Group, PLC
Warren David Harless
Adam Nelson Harrell, Jr.
Jack L. Harris
Patice Holland
Hon. Michael J. Holleran
William B. Hopkins, Jr.
John A. C. Keith
Donald E. King
Ray W. King
Hon. David & Kamala Lannetti
Jacob A. Lutz, III
John W. MacIlroy
David E. Melson
William M. Moffet
Teresa L. Moore
Thurston R. Moore
Roger Mullins
Kenneth B. Murov
William G. Murray
Sharon D. Nelson & John W. Simek
Chris C. North
Hon. Daniel E. Ortiz
Sharon E. Pandak
William R. Reynolds
Bruce E. Robinson
N. Pendleton Rogers
O. Randolph Rollins
Hon. Alan E. Rosenblatt & Hon. Barbara Milano Keenan
Aubrey J. Rosser
Cara Schneider
Jane L. Schwarzschild
Joseph F. Silek, Jr.
Margaret Heenan Smither
Lynne J. Strobel
Lori D. Thompson
Kathleen M. Uston
John L. Walker, III
Richard M. Wexell
Mary E. Williams
Hon. Bruce D. White
Richard B. Zorn
John E. Zydron

Mentor (up to $250)

Robert N. Baldwin
Victoria Balenger
Tammy Belinsky
Nancy Belleman
Pamela S. Belleman
Howard A. Birmiel
A. Hugo Blankingship, Jr.
James H. Blondell
Professor Richard J. Bonnie
Laura Bowles
Susan H. Brewer
Frank O. Brown, Jr. & Susan V. Brown
Winston W. Burks, III
L. Lee Byrd
Tara L. Casey
Kimberly Chamberlain
Polly Chong
John & Susan Claytor
Carl C. Coe, Jr.
Mark V. Crowley
Paul D. D’Amato
Peter Davies
James E. Devlin
Richard S. DiSalvo
Elizabeth Claire Dorsey
Jonadell & Mark S. Dray
Ammon G. Dunton, Jr.
David Eggleston
Katharine S. Emmons
John Dickens Eure
Brendan Feeley
Keith S. Fischler
Ethan J. Friedman
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga
Elizabeth & Edward Gold
Richard A. Golden
Allen C. Goolsby, III
Marin B. Greene
Shannon Gunn
John Owen Gwathmey
Christopher Habenicht
Gregory J. & Michele A. Haley
Robert T. Hall
Gary C. Hancock
William Harville
F. Warren Haynie, Jr.
William H. Hefty
Charles H. Helein
Audrey D. Holmes
Robert W. Hughes
Pamela Hutchens
E. Drummond King
Deborah Kirkpatrick
Arlene F. Klinedinst Baragona
Marcia I. Lappas
Mary Ellen Lench
Hogon Lim
Lori & Nate Lord
Arthur Massey
Joseph A. Matthews, Jr.
J. Robert McAllister, III
Richard Michael
John G. Mizell, Jr.
Angela Morgan
Richard Palmieri
Bernadette S. Peele
Susan M. Pesner & Steve Elliott
Henry R. Pollard, IV
Glenn W. Pulley
William E. Rachels, Jr.
Hon. Stuart A. & Abby Raphael
Victor G. Raphael, Jr.
Carol Rasnic
David A. Riso
George H. “Skip” Roberts, Jr.
Marc Robinson
Ian Rodway
Hon. Frank W. Rogers III
Judith L. Rosenblatt
Mark E. Rubin
Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.
Stanley L. Samuels
Robert Saunders
Joseph M. Sharnoff
Hon. Louis A. & Carol Sherman
John D. Sharer
Edward R. Slaughter, Jr.
Sherrill & Julious P. Smith, Jr.
Rhysa G. South
Dean A. Benjamin Spencer
Maria A. Stamoulas
Hon. Richard C. Sullivan, Jr.
Robert J. Surovell
Colleen Sweeney
Lynn L. Tavenner
The Unhappy Professional
Rachele Valente
Edward P. Walker
Fielding L. Williams, Jr.
Peggy & J. Page Williams
W. Clark Williams
F. Eugene Wirwahn
Linda Woods

In Memory of Donations

In Memory of David P. Bobzien from Hon. Louis A. & Carol Sherman
In Memory of Gary Cohen from Carol Rasnic
In Memory of the Hon. Andrew B. Ferrari from the Hon. Joanne F. Alper
In Memory of Setsu Fujiu from Takamitsu Fujiu
In Memory of Griffin T. Garnett, Jr. from the Hon. Michael J. Holleran 
In Memory of Justice Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr. from Eric H. and Monica Taylor Monday
In Memory of Thomas W. Murrell from John W. MacIlroy
In Memory of Michael L Rigsby, Sr. from Linda F. Rigsby
In Memory of William L. Schmidt from Erin Mason
In Memory of Karen Spahn from Thomas E. Spahn
In Memory of the Hon. Arthur B. Vieregg, Jr. from J. Randall Minchew

In Honor of Donations

In Honor of Alan D. Albert from O’Hagan Meyer
In Honor of Rudy Austin from K. Brett Marston
In Honor of Carole H. Capsalis from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of Matthew E. Cheek from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of Jack Harris from Roger Mullins
In Honor of Jon D. Huddleston from the Hon. Michael J. Holleran
In Honor of Jon D. Huddleston from Kerry & Peter M. Mellette
In Honor of Barbara Joynes from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In honor of Stanley P. Klein from the Hon. Michael J. Holleran
In Honor of the Hon. Donald W. Lemons from Lori & Nate Lord
In Honor of Mike Lum from Irving M. & Rhona Blank
In Honor of Mike Lum from the Hon. Manuel A. & Carole H. Capsalis
In Honor of Mike Lum from the Hon. Michael J. Holleran
In Honor of Mike Lum from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of Brigadier General (Ret.) Alison Martin from Edward L. & Maura Burke Weiner
In Honor of Darrel Tillar Mason from Lisa C. Germano & Lawrence Lawless
In Honor of Charles G. Meyer, III from O’Hagan Meyer
In Honor of John D. McGavin from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of F. Anderson “Andy” Morse from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of Stephen E. Noona from Irving M. & Rhona Blank
In Honor of Stephen E. Noona from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of Stephen E. Noona from Darrel Tillar & Carroll A. Mason
In Honor of Stephen E. Noona from John D. & Linda Peele McGavin
In Honor of Stephen E. Noona from Colleen Marea Quinn
In Honor of Stephen A. Northup from John D. Sharer
In Honor of Scott Oostdyk from O’Hagan Meyer
In Honor of Colleen Marea Quinn from Irving M. & Rhona Blank
In Honor of Roscoe C. Roberts from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of the Hon. James Spencer from Dean A. Benjamin Spencer
In Honor of Theophani K. Stamos from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of the Virginia Law Foundation team from the Hon. Michael & Nicole Rosenblum
In Honor of Edward L. Weiner from Jon D. & Cyndy Huddleston
In Honor of Thomas Wolf from O’Hagan Meyer

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