Leesburg's Leigh Named Virginia Bar President
Leesburg attorney Benjamin D. Leigh took over as the 135th president of the Virginia Bar Association during its annual meeting Jan. 21 in Williamsb...
Leesburg attorney Benjamin D. Leigh took over as the 135th president of the Virginia Bar Association during its annual meeting Jan. 21 in Williamsburg.Leigh succeeds Victor O. Cardwell, co-chair of the labor and employment practice at Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC and co-chair of the WRVB board of directors. Cardwell, who is based in Roanoke, now serves as immediate past president. The VBA is the largest statewide voluntary organization of lawyers and judges in Virginia.Leigh's former law partner, Senior Virginia Supreme Court Justice William C.