The April 8, 2025, RBA luncheon meeting was held at the Shenandoah Club. The meeting was called to order by President Amy Geddes.  Following the welcome and announcements, Ms. Geddes introduced Mayor Joe Cobb. Mayor Cobb read a proclamation recognizing April 8, 2025, as the Roanoke Bar Association Day in honor of it’s 100 year anniversary and it’s long time service to the community. Ms. Geddes turned the floor over to Jonathan Puvak...

On March 19th, the 100 years at the Bar Committee hosted a Wine and Chocolate Tasting at Crystal Spring Grocery. Each attorney was encouraged to bring a member of their staff with them. Thank you to the Crystal Spring Grocery for a wonderful event. click on each photo to...

The March 11, 2025, RBA luncheon meeting was held at the Shenandoah Club. The meeting was called to order by President Amy Geddes.  Following the welcome and announcements, Ms. Geddes turned the floor over to the Honorable Charles Dorsey who introduced Mayor Joe Cobb. Mayor Cobb read a proclamation from the City of Roanoke which shared that the Roanoke City Council had voted to rename the plaza at the entrance to the Oliver W. Hill Justice...

The annual Bench Bar Conference was held on Friday, February 28th at the Roanoke Higher Education Center.  Jamie Wood, Young Lawyer Chairman, organized the event. A two hour CLE seminar was presented in the form of “Judicial Squares”.  Judge Chris Clemens served as moderator. Thank you to the judges who participated. They were Judge Black, Judge Geddes, Judge Ciaffone, Judge Moseley, Judge Roe, Judge Urbanski, Judge Thompson, Judge Dillon and...

The February 18, 2025, RBA luncheon meeting was held at the Shenandoah Club. The meeting was called to order by President Amy Geddes.  Following the welcome and announcements, Ms. Geddes turned the floor over to Jonathan Puvak to introduced the guest speaker, The speaker was Joshua Fairfield, an internationally recognized law and technology scholar, specializing in digital property, electronic contract, big data privacy, and virtual...

The January 14, 2025, RBA luncheon meeting was held at the Shenandoah Club. The meeting was called to order by President Amy Geddes.  Following the welcome and announcements, Ms. Geddes introduced Monica Monday who shared information about the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Ms. Geddes then turned the floor over to Jonathan Puvak to introduced the guest speaker, Eric Monday, General Counsel of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport who talked...