Roanoke Bar Association

02/02/2024

Applications are now open for the Roanoke Law Foundation's 2024 Grants. Applicants must submit both the application and the grant policy form. These can be found at http://roanokebar.com/grants-provided-by-the-roanoke-law-foundation/ .

02/02/2024

Applications for the Jane S. Glenn and James N. Kincanon Scholarships are due by March 31, 2024. For more info go to: http://roanokebar.com/for-the-community/roanoke-law-foundation/scholarships/ . These scholarships are awarded to current first and second year law students and/or to college seniors planning to attend law school next year. Students must be either a resident of Roanoke County, the City of Roanoke, or Salem or have gone to high school in one of those areas.

12/19/2023

Last week, attorneys volunteered at the Roanoke Bar Association’s annual Santa at the Station event, which took place at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. This event provided a holiday party for families living in shelters in our local community during the holiday season. Pictured at the event are Jon Puvak, Kevin Holt, and Jessica Otiono from Gentry Locke, along with Dinny Skaff from Glenn Robinson Cathey Skaff & White.

11/19/2023

National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week is coming to an end, but the need for coats and other supplies will continue. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to the many community members who have donated warm winter coats after our recent call for donations. Just in the past few days, we've provided 29 students with coats!

If you are able to help us keep coats in supply for students who need them, please consider shopping from our wish list links below. New coats for all genders and all sizes are greatly appreciated, and we are especially in need of Women's sizes M and L, Boys sizes 7/8 and 10/12, and Men's sizes M and L.

Here are our wish lists on Amazon and Walmart.
🧥 Walmart Wishlist: https://bit.ly/WalmartCoatWishlist2023
🧥 Amazon Wishlist: https://amzn.to/3QSANIJ

If you would like to make a monetary donation, please call 540-853-2816 or email [email protected] to make arrangements.

10/10/2023

The RBA was honored to have Ret. Lt. General James Clapper as a speaker at today’s lunch meeting. The former US Director of National Intelligence provided our members with timely insights into the recent Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s response.

05/01/2023

May 1 is Law Day and this year’s theme was Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility, and Collaboration. What better way to celebrate than to invite our federal, state, and local legislators from both sides of the aisle to join us and give us an update on the matters currently in the works in Roanoke, Richmond, and Washington. Special thanks to Congressman Ben Cline, Dr. Elda Stanco Downey for Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. John Edwards, Sen. David Suetterlein, Del. Joe McNamara, Del. Sam Rasoul, Mayor Sherman Lea, and City Councilman Luke Priddy.

04/12/2023

At today’s luncheon, we heard from Chris Kavanaugh, the US Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Thank you for speaking with us and answering lots of questions from our members!

03/15/2023

Katie Slusher, the Planning and Development Coordinator for Roanoke City Parks and Recreation spoke to the RBA today about the exciting developments and improvements taking place in the City’s park system. We love to hear about the great things happening in our community!

03/15/2023

Today, the RBA remembered one of our esteemed colleagues, G. Marshall Mundy, with a touching and thoughtful memorial resolution presented by The Honorable Frank W. Rogers, III. Marshall’s service to the community and to the RBA was extraordinary, and he will be sorely missed.

03/01/2023

The first day of Women's History Month is an excellent opportunity to share this article from The Roanoker Magazine which highlights the first all-female RBA executive board!

For the first time in its 98 years of existence, the RBA has an all-female executive committee.

02/25/2023

Wonderful Bench Bar Conference today! We always enjoy our annual luncheon with the local members of the judiciary and spending time with them outside of the courtroom. We may be biased, but we believe we have the best judges in the Commonwealth!

02/15/2023

Thank you Dr. Frank Shushok, new Roanoke College President, for joining us for lunch today! We enjoyed meeting you and hearing your thought-provoking comments on the future of higher education and the role we can play in our rapidly changing world.