Meeting! November 12, 2009.

The next meeting of the Inn is Thursday, November 12, at 6 PM, at the Legal Aid Justice Center. Jim Hingeley's group is responsible for the presentation, which will be interesting and enlightening, as usual.

David Saunier has graciously agreed to come and give a presentation on Restorative Justice in Virginia. The Restorative Justice Association has a website. If each of you would take a few minutes to look over the website and become familiar with restorative justice, we can make the Q&A section of the presentation even more interesting. Mr. Saunier anticipates he will speak for about half an hour and reserve about half an hour for questions. We are fortunate to have David as our speaker.

We hope to see everyone there....

Your humble Secretary/Treasurer.

October 8, 2009, meeting

Hello again--

The next meeting of the Inn is this Thursday, October 8, at 6 PM, at the Legal Aid Justice Center, 1000 Preston Avenue.

Don Morin's group has an interesting and necessary topic for us to discuss: mental health issues relating to representation of clients and other counsel.

We hope to see everyone there! RSVP as usual...

Will

Presentation groups!

Jim Hingeley and I have divided up the paid membership into presentation groups. Please take note of which group you are a member, and when you are scheduled to make a presentation.

GROUP 1, October 8, 2009:
Robert H. Downer, Jr.
Edward L. Hogshire
Don Morin
Hayden O. Lee
Kim Mattingly
Connor Crook
Katherine Brockway
Thomas Coatsworth

GROUP 2, November 12, 2009:
Jim Hingeley
Will Tanner
Jessica Smith
Samantha Markley
Samantha Freed
Matt Quatrara
Scott Jones
Jose Masini, III

GROUP 3, January 14, 2010:
Fred Payne
John Davidson
Barry Meek
Celeste Chilton
Matthew Yao
Mike Derdeyn
Marc Peritz

GROUP 4, February 11, 2010:
Craig Wood
Jonathan Blank
James Neal
Dan Meador
Ed Lowry
Minoo Melody Sobhani
Jonathan Wren
David Thomas

GROUP 5, March 11, 2010:
Matt Murray
Kenneth Abraham
Christine Thomson
Bryan Slaughter
Richard Armstrong
Lee Livingston
Kendall Wangsgard

GROUP 6, April 8, 2010:
Ron Tweel
John Kitzmann
C. Waverly Parker
Frank Buck
Palma Pustilnik
Bob Byrne
Adam Hauptman
Matthew Dunne

GROUP 7, May 13, 2010:
John Zunka
Tom Albro
Bruce Gehle
Bill Archambault
Alex Gulotta
John Simpson
Bryan Wright

If you don't see your name on this list, and you have paid (or are a student) please let me know as soon as you can so I can get you situated with a group. I will be emailing a Word document that has hotlinks for the email addresses, so as to make communication easier for you. I did not include email links here in an effort to fend off the spambots.

September 10, 2009, meeting

Just a reminder...The first meeting of the year is September 10, at 6 PM, at the Legal Aid Justice Center, 1000 Preston Ave. Justice Lemons of the Virginia Supreme Court will be discussing the "Vanishing Jury Trial" with us, and it is certain to be a wonderful event.

RSVP to wwtanner@paynehodous.com.

September 10 meeting

Dan Meador has notified me of the following:

"Justice Lemons is confirmed for the September 10 meeting. He will speak on “The Vanishing Jury Trial,” which he will explain has significance not only to lawyers and litigants but more broadly to American justice and democracy. As you know, Justice Lemons is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and, as you may not know, as Vice President of the American Inns of Court, he is in line to become President of the American Inns of Court in 2010."

So, get your dues to me (see previous post, below) and get ready for another excellent year of good times. And special thanks to Dan Meador and everyone involved for following up with Justice Lemons -- it will be a fantastic program you won't want to miss!

Get ready, everyone!

Hello all --

This is a reminder that our first meeting of the 2009-2010 Inn of Court will be on September 10, at 6 PM, at the Legal Aid Justice Center. We might very well have Justice Lemons come speak that very evening, and we anticipate a heavy turnout and an informative and exciting program.

The new year comes at a price, however, as you all know. Once again, we are holding the line on dues. Please send $200.00 at your earliest convenience to the Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court, at the following address:

Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court
c/o William W. Tanner, Treasurer
414 E. Jefferson St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902

This year promises to be a good one, so get yourself involved early. Also, if you know of anyone who would like to become part of our Inn, please get him or her in touch with Ron Tweel at RTweel@mhlrt.com

End of the year party!

A good time was had by all at Judge Helvin's place on Saturday -- the weather was beautiful, the company was marvelous, and the cops did not get called. If you weren't there, sorry you missed it ... and if you were, well, what happens at the Inn of Court party stays at the Inn of Court party....and yes, that is a snake.