Donna Hall named to the ‘Influential Women of Law’ for 2021

Attorney Donna Hall has been named to the Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2021 class of “Influential Women of Law.”

This awards program, now in its third year, honors women attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system and for their clients, their commitment to their communities and their service to the profession.

The honorees will be celebrated during an online awards program to be broadcast July 20 on YouTube.

Each honoree also will be profiled in a special supplement that will be distributed at the event and inserted into Virginia Lawyers Weekly in July.

The Class of 2021 members are:

Kellie Budd, Mahdavi, Doumar, Budd & Levine, Arlington
Christen C. Church, Gentry Locke, Roanoke
Rita Davis, Chief Counsel, Office of the Governor, Richmond
Diane Flannery, McGuireWoods, Richmond
Vicki L. Francois, Wiese Law Firm, Roanoke
Betty S. Graumlich, Reed Smith, Richmond
Tracy Taylor Hague, Vandeventer Black, Richmond
Donna J. Hall, Goodman Allen Donnelly, Norfolk
Shemeka C. Hankins, Invictus Law, Virginia Beach
Rudene Mercer Haynes, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Richmond
Christine P. Hissong, Reese Law, Fairfax
Tracy Ann Houck, Harris Law Firm, Fredericksburg
Erin E. Jewell, Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein, Newport News
Elizabeth Lancaster, WhitbeckBennett, Leesburg
Jamilah D. LeCruise, The Law Office of J.D. LeCruise, Norfolk
Bridget N. Long, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Petersburg
Lisa Lorish, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Roanoke
Susan Childers North, Gordon, Rees, Scully, Mansukhani, Williamsburg
Nancy Oglesby, Commonwealth’s Attorneys Services Council, Williamsburg
Mary Grace A. O’Malley, Mary Grace O’Malley PLLC, Manassas
Sharon E. Pandak, Greehan, Taves & Pandak, Woodbridge
Areshini Pather, Chief Deputy, Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Charlottesville
Dean Wendy Collins Perdue, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond
Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow, Woods Rogers, Roanoke
Kimberly H. Phillips, Phillips & Peters, Norfolk
Melissa G. Ray, Nichols Zauzig, Woodbridge
Mary Elizabeth Sherwin, Kaufman & Canoles, Norfolk
Marie Walls, Chief Deputy, Suffolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Suffolk
Erin S. Whaley, Troutman Pepper, Richmond
Laura D. Windsor, Williams Mullen, Richmond