Law 2024: MONICA T. MONDAY

As chair of Gentry Locke’s executive board, which was formed in 2023, Monday leads the board’s work and oversees efforts to recruit, develop and retain legal and staff talent.

Monday was named managing partner of the state’s eighth largest firm in 2013 — making her one of the first women to lead a large law firm in Virginia — a position she held for a decade.

For more than three decades, Monday has represented clients in Virginia’s state and federal appellate courts in cases involving commercial and business disputes, health care, property, personal injury, local government and domestic relations.

A fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Monday helped to draft new rules for the expanded jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals in Virginia in 2021.

After earning a degree in English from William & Mary, Monday stayed at the university for law school. While visiting her alma mater in October 2023, Monday received the annual Edmund Randolph Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy. Known as the Silver Tongue Award, the honor recognizes appellate advocates who have improved standards of appellate practice, the administration of justice and ethics in the profession.