The president of The Virginia Bar Association is the chief executive officer of the Virginia Bar Association (VBA), the Commonwealth's voluntary statewide bar association. The president is the Association's chief spokesman and presides at all meetings of its members. Every year, a slate of candidates are nominated by the organization's Board of Governors. At the annual full meeting of the Association's members, a president-elect is chosen by direct popular vote from among the nominees. At the adjournment of the succeeding year's annual meeting, the president-elect is then sworn in as president. In the event of an emergency such as the death or resignation of the president elected as above, the president-elect discharges the duties of the president. If the president-elect is not available to succeed the president, a temporary replacement is appointed by the Board of Governors, and, if necessary, both a new president and president-elect are elected at the next annual meeting.

After the VBA's foundation in July 1888, William J. Robertson of Charlottesville became its first president. The presidency has a term of only one year. From 1888 to 1975, the VBA annual meeting was held during the summer. From 1975 onwards, it has been held in January.

A total of 137 people have served as the president of the Virginia Bar Association since its formation. Kimberlee Harris Ramsey is the current president.

List of presidents + List of presidents from 1888 to 2025 Year(s) of Presidency Name Portrait Residence Reference(s) 1 1888–1889 Charlottesville 2 1889–1890 Lynchburg 3 1890–1891 Bedford 4 1891–1892 Lexington 5 1892–1893 Winchester 6 1893–1894 Christiansburg 7 1894–1895 Lynchburg 8 1895–1896 Norfolk 9 1896–1897 Richmond 10 1897–1898 Palmyra 11 1898–1899 Bedford 12 1899–1900 Richmond 13 1900 Lexington 14 1900–1901 Richmond 15 1901–1902 Staunton 16 1902–1903 Tazewell 17 1903–1904 Petersburg 18 1904–1905 Norfolk 19 1905–1906 Bristol 20 1906–1907 Staunton 21 1907–1908 Richmond 22 1908–1909 Charlottesville 23 1909–1910 Fredericksburg 24 1910–1911 Richmond 25 1911–1912 Big Stone Gap 26 1912–1913 Charlottesville 27 1913–1914 Bedford 28 1914–1915 Portsmouth 29 1915–1916 Richmond 30 1916 Norfolk 31 1916–1918 Roanoke 32 1918–1919 Roanoke 33 1919–1920 Lynchburg 34 1920–1921 Staunton 35 1921–1922 Fredericksburg 36 1922–1923 Lawrenceville 37 1923–1924 Richmond 38 1924–1925 Richmond 39 1925–1926 Richmond 40 1926–1927 Winchester 41 1927–1928 Suffolk 42 1928–1929 Roanoke 43 1929–1930 Petersburg 44 1930–1931 Bristol 45 1931–1932 Orange 46 1932–1933 Richmond 47 1933–1934 Lynchburg 48 1934–1935 Fredericksburg 49 1935–1936 Wytheville 50 1936–1937 Norfolk 51 1937–1938 Roanoke 52 1938–1939 Richmond 53 1939–1940 Lively 54 1940–1941 Martinsville 55 1941–1942 Abingdon 56 1942–1943 Richmond 57 1943–1944 Arlington 58 1944–1946 Pulaski 59 1946–1947 Richmond 60 1947–1948 Roanoke 61 1948–1949 West Point 62 1949–1950 Halifax 63 1950–1951 Martinsville 64 1951–1952 Richmond 65 1952–1953 Norton 66 1953–1954 Richmond 67 1954–1955 Norfolk 68 1955–1956 Charlottesville 69 1956–1957 Danville 70 1957–1958 Winchester 71 1958–1959 Richmond 72 1959–1960 Norfolk 73 1960–1961 Fairfax 74 1961–1962 Richmond 75 1962–1963 Bristol 76 1963–1964 Richmond 77 1964–1965 Orange 78 1965–1966 Staunton 79 1966–1967 Richmond 80 1967–1968 Alexandria 81 1968–1969 Abingdon 82 1969–1970 Norfolk 83 1970–1971 Alexandria 84 1971–1972 Richmond 85 1972–1973 Williamsburg 86 1973–1975 Richmond 87 1975 Winchester 88 1976 Portsmouth 89 1977 Fairfax 90 1978 Charlottesville 91 1979 Fairfax 92 1980 Arlington 93 1981 Norfolk 94 1982 Richmond 95 1983 Roanoke 96 1984 Earlysville 97 1985 Richmond 98 1986 McLean 99 1987 Richmond 100 1988 Norfolk 101 1989 Roanoke 102 1990 Richmond 103 1991 Richmond 104 1992 McLean 105 1993 Danville 106 1994 Fairfax 107 1995 Fairfax 108 1996 Richmond 109 1997 Bridgewater 110 1998 Roanoke 111 1999 Richmond 112 2000 Norfolk 113 2001 Alexandria 114 2002 Richmond 115 2003 Orange 116 2004 Alexandria 117 2005 Richmond 118 2006 Norfolk 119 2007 Washington, D.C. 120 2008 Roanoke 121 2009 Richmond 122 2010 Richmond 123 2011 Alexandria 124 2012 Richmond 125 2013 Roanoke 126 2014 Richmond 127 2015 Richmond 128 2016 Richmond 129 2017 Alexandria 130 2018 Staunton 131 2019 Virginia Beach 132 2020 Virginia Beach 133 2021 Norfolk 134 2022 Roanoke 135 2023 Leesburg 136 2024 Norfolk 137 2025 Richmond

See also List of presidents of the American Bar Association

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External links Virginia Bar Association