VADA Awards

More than twenty years ago, the VADA Board of Directors instituted an award entitled "VADA Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation."

The Award honors a distinguished jurist, civil litigator, or other appropriate person who exhibits the following: 

1. The highest standards of ethics, demeanor and temperament; 
2. Exemplary conduct inside and outside the courtroom; 
3. Courtesy and fairness in dealing with others; 
4. Work of the highest quality; and 
5. Such other criteria as the Board may determine are appropriate, such as community involvement; judicial, bar-related and educational activities; and participation in activities that improve the civil justice system.

James W. Morris, III - 1995 
Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico - 1996 
The Hon. Albert V. Bryan, Jr. - 1997 
Ronald D. Hodges (posthumously) - 1998 
The Hon. Nicholas E. Persin - 1999 
John M. Oakey, Jr. - 2000 
Frank B. Miller, III - 2001 
Russell H. Roberts - 2002 
William B. Poff - 2003 
The Hon. Robert R. Merhige, Jr. - 2004 
The Hon. R. Terrence Ney - 2005 
Henry H. McVey III - 2006 
James Rudy Austin - 2007 
James E. Brydges, Jr. - 2008 
Colin J. S. Thomas, Jr. - 2009 
The Hon. Paul F. Sheridan (Ret.) - 2010 
John H. OBrion, Jr.- 2012 
George W. Wooten -2013 
James W. Jennings, Jr. - 2014
Frank N. Cowan - 2015
Mary M.H. "Molly" Priddy - 2016
M. Pierce Rucker II - 2017
Stephen A. Horvath - 2018