AG’s Cup presented for Food Frenzy

The Norfolk office of McGuireWoods received the Attorney General’s Cup today for collecting the most food per capita of any law firm in the state during the first statewide “Legal Food Frenzy” in April.

Attorney General Bob McDonnell presented the Revere bowl to John Padgett, the office’s managing partner, and Shana Jones, an associate who coordinated the office’s effort, at the Southeastern Virginia Foodbank in Norfolk.

Other winners recognized at the event included Norfolk’s Vandeventer Black LLP, which won the award for the most food collected per capita by a large law firm, and Regent University law school, which topped the collection efforts of state law schools.

With 169 law firms participating, the frenzy produced 679,000 pounds of food, well above the goal of 500,000 pounds.

In presenting the award, McDonnell said, “I hope this is the start of the statewide ‘Legal Food Frenzy’ becoming a tradition in the Virginia legal community, and I look forward to next year’s event.”

Norment honored again … this time by VMI

It is good to be Sen. Tommy Norment this month.

In the past few weeks, the College of William and Mary, where he went to law school, laid two big awards on him.

This afternoon’s e-mail says that now Virginia Military Institute, the senator’s undergraduate alma mater, is saluting him as well.

The board of trustees of the VMI Foundation has announced it will bestow its Distinguished Service Award on Norment, VMI ’68. The award is the foundation’s highest honor, and it is presented to those alumni and friends of the Institute who have displayed exemplary dedication to the Institute and its mission and worked diligently on behalf of the foundation and VMI.

Norment served as a trustee of the foundation from 1997 to 2005. He will receive the Distinguished Service Award and address the Corps of Cadets at VMI’s annual Founders Day Convocation on Nov. 9 at Cameron Hall.

William and Mary honors Norment … twice

Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, and the College of William and Mary have quite a thing for each other.

Norment, a graduate of the W and M law school and a partner in the Williamsburg office of Kaufman & Canoles PC, represents an area that includes the school’s Williamsburg campus. He is one of the college’s staunchest supporters on Capitol Hill.

Norment worked to secure $5.4 million for the W and M School of Education, which will be getting a new building, thanks to the General Assembly. With that money, the project now can move forward with planning and design.

The ed school showed its appreciation by honoring Norment with the Jo Lynne DeMary Award last month. Named for a William and Mary alumna who served as state superintendent of schools, the DeMary award recognizes individuals for leadership in education.

And tomorrow, William and Mary President Gene Nichol will present the college’s Prentis Award to Norment at a reception in his honor.

Prentis Awards are given annually to community members whose civic involvement benefits the community and the College.

And for whom is this award named? The Prentis family owned an 18th-century shop on Duke of Gloucester Street that was a hub of colonial life. Members of the Prentis family have been friends of the College and the community since 1720, when the store was first established in Williamsburg.