Va. Bar Association elects 2025 president

A Richmond attorney who leads the family law practice group at FloranceGordonBrown in Richmond will serve as the 2025 president of the Virginia Bar Association, the professional organization announced earlier this month.

President of FloranceGordanBrown, Kimberlee Harris Ramsey joined VBA in 1989 and is a past chair of the association’s domestic relations section.

Additionally, the VBA named several other 2025 leadership positions for the year. The attorneys will be installed at the association’s annual meeting Jan. 23-25 in Williamsburg.

Ramsey succeeds W. Ryan Snow, a partner at Crenshaw, Ware & Martin in Norfolk, as president. During his tenure as VBA’s president, Snow formed two task forces, finalized a restructuring of the association’s finances and guided a revision of its bylaws, according to the VBA. As immediate past president, Snow will continue to sit on VBA’s executive committee, which conducts association business between its quarterly meetings.

Lonnie D. “Chip” Nunley III, a partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth in Richmond, will succeed Ramsey as president-elect. Nunley, who serves on the Virginia Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission, joined the VBA in 1985.

Nupur S. Bal, a partner with Bowen Ten Long & Bal in Richmond, will be the VBA’s board chair. Joining VBA in 2007, she served as chair of the VBA’s young lawyers division in 2015. Bal practices family law.

Alicha Grubb, a partner at Genry Locke in Roanoke, will be the chair-elect of the VBA’s young lawyers division.

Four attorneys will be appointed to the VBA’s board at the annual meeting: Erin B. Ashwell, a partner in McGuireWoods’ government investigations and white-collar litigation department based in Roanoke; Matthew E. Cheek, chair of the financial services and real estate section for Williams Mullen in Richmond; S. Henry “Hank” Creasy IV, a senior vice president and the chief legal officer for Centra Health; and John M. Scheib, a partner in Gentry Locke’s general commercial practice group in Norfolk.

Jack Robb, general counsel and senior vice president at Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, will be the VBA’s law practice management division chair and will join the board.

Iria Giuffrida, assistant dean for academic and faculty affairs and a professor of the practice of law at William & Mary Law School, will be the VBA’s law school representative. Ryan G. Ferguson, director of administration and general counsel for the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, will be the VBA’s government representative.

Steven D. Brown, a partner in IslerDare’s Richmond office, will be VBA’s general counsel.

Founded in 1888, the Virginia Bar Association is the state’s largest voluntary bar association and has more than 4,000 members.