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30 Va. B. News 1 (1981-1982)

handle is hein.barjournals/valaw0030 and id is 1 raw text is: Staite Bar Council resolves critical isst1es by approving UPL Opinion Nos. 6 and 7 Three years of controversy and its support ''for the- availability of ed to support a similar resol'ution Virginia Bar News, Vol. 29. No. 11, debate among various bar factions free legal services for the poor' and urging continued funding for the May 1981). over the proper role of a lawyer in urging Congress to appropriate Legal Services Corporation, and The resolution supporting the real estate transactions and the put- funding for fiscal years 1982 and stead recommended that a structure Legal Services Corporation passed by chase of title insurance was finally 1983 for the Legal Services Corpora- be created to involve more private at- a vote of 30-12 following impassion- ended on June 18 by the Virginia tion at a reasonable level. In April, torneys in pro bono work, including ed remarks for it byJohn J. Beall, Jr., State Bar governing Council, which te Executive Committee had declin- legal aid, for indigent persons (see See COUNCIL, page 6 voted by comfortable margins to 'low the involvement of non-lawyers in both processes. Proposed Advisory Unauthorized P f n Pracr'ce of Law (UPL) Opinion Nos. 6 (real estate transactions) and 7 (title insurance transfers) now go to theH o s e Supreme Court of Virginia for its considecration and possible adoption as Rules of Court. The full text of a ssu m e these opinions is in the April issue of the Virginia Bar News (Vol. 29, No. 10, p. 9). top posts Council members, wary of the possible antitrust implications of any William B Poff. 48, of Roanoke UPL rules which might largely restrict and Waller H Hoisley, 49, of Rich- non-lawyer involvement in these two mond took office, respectively, as areas, and anxious to resolve these President and President-Elect of the issues after rejecting two previous sets 16,000-member Virginia State Bar.on of real estate and title insurance pro- June 20 during the State Bar's 43rd posals in the past 17 months, voted Annual Meeting at the Cavalier and 29-20 to adopt UPL, Opinion No. 7 HldyhnHtl nVrii and 36-12 to adopt Opinion No. 6, Holiday Inn Hotels in Virginia The UPL proposals adopted by reh. of uced amsC Coni ol rvd htio-P re s ide nt P off su cce e ds ames C Counil ouldproidethatin on-Roberts of Richmonid, a partner In nection with a real estate closing a the law firm of Mays, Valentine, non-lawyer may not give legal advice Davenport & Moore,' a f wit or prepare various of the legal in- Secretary of the Army John 0. Marsh, Jr. (above) addresses a Davh e oor Le, airme ithe struments involved, and would packed house as the luncheon speaker on June 20 at the which hoerhas bileeon ite Sincte authorize a title insurance company State Bar's 43rd Annual Meeting. Bar's Executive Committee during to issue its policies without a lawyer 1981-82 in his capacity as Immediate being i-volved. 1%£I£Past President. He has been a M eeting in Virginia Beach at the m e8 be2 if h e gove ning outset of the Stare Bar's 43rd Annual 0 n uiJ..LLL of 1975. Mecting, the Council also adopted ri ' A A Poff assumed the Presidency dur- two legal ethics opinions allowing L. ~ /~ 'jT v n ~ ~ 1 S ing the Annual Luncheon at the lawyers to accept credit cards and to U . S . Cavalie Oceafron Beah lu impose finance charges on their when he was sworn irto office by clients' unpaid bills, and adopted a The cutting edge which can Marsh's remarks climaxed pro- Virginia Supreme Court ChiefJustice .1981-82 bar budget of $1,047,092, best thwart the prospect of a ceedings at the State Bar's 43rd An- Harry L. Carrico, including a $50,000 contribution to worldwide nuclear holocaust re- nual Meeting, June 18-21, at the A native of Montgomery County, the Virginia State Bar Clients' Securi- mains to this day the individual U.S. Cavalier and Holiday Inn I Hotels in See LEADERS, page 9 ty Fund. soldier and his rifle Secretary of the Virginia Beach. The meeting was at- In something of a surprise move, Army and Virginia State Bar member tended by more than 600 lawyers and the Council reversed an earlier deci- John 0. Marsh, Jr. told Virginia judges, plus their spouses, families sion of the VSB Executive Committee lawyers, their spouses and guests on and guests. and adopted a resolution affirming June 20 'See MARSH, page 8 Lawyers liability insurance co. 4;. a vitally needed service for bar' (Editor's note: The Board of Direc- participation of at least 4,000 VSB Q: Why did the Board decide to tors of the Lawyers Mutual Liability members and to raise $2. million in extend the offering period for pur- InsurAnce Company of Virginia[ capital to get the company under- chase of its capital cert ificates? recently decided to extend its offer- way. Printed below is an interview A: It appeared that there was suffi- ing to Virginia State Bar members to which Virginia Bar News Managing cient interest among members of the subscribe to capital certificates until Editor Richard Johnstone conducted bar to extend the period. We feel it's Sept. 30, 1981. The response from with Russell H. Roberts of a vitally needed service for the bar VSB members during the initial of- Fredericksburg, President of the and wanted to give the company t fering period was that approximately Board of Directors of the Lawyers every opportunity to be a success, if 570 individuals subscibed to a total Mutual Liability Insurance Company at all possible. of $410,000 in certifictes, The stated of Virginia, in which Roberts details WILLIAM B. POFF goal of the company is to secure the its prospects for the future.) *See LIABILITY, page 11 ...,VSB President

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