Michael Leon Leon Hockaday

Background

Hockaday, Michael Leon was born on December 24, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Moses McKinlie and Minnie (Jackson) Hockaday.

Education

Bachelor, Norfolk State University, 1982; Juris Doctor, North Carolina Century, Central U., 1986.

Career

Attorney, Legal Center of Gay and Simmons, Norfolk, 1987-1988; attorney, McGowan and Associations, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1988; senior attorney, Michael L. Hockaday and Associations, Virginia Beach, since 1988.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1986, United States District Court (eastern district ) Virginia, United States Court Appeals (4thcir.).

Politics

The state should not attempt to control the church, nor should the church seek to dominate the state. The separation of church and state should not be misconstrued as the abolition of all religious expression from public life.

Views

To develop a close relationship with God could be done through many avenues, namely, reading the Bible, praying, praising, worshiping, and telling others of the Gospel.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, S. Hampton Roads Bar Association, Old Dominion Bar Association, NorfolkPortsmouth Bar Association, American Trial Lawyer Association, Virginia State Bar Association.

Interests

• Avocations: bowling, music.

Connections

Married Dena Marie Griffin, August 10, 1985. Children: Michael, Charles.

Father:

Moses McKinlie Hockaday

Mother:

Minnie (Jackson) Hockaday

Spouse:

Dena Marie Griffin

child:

Charles Hockaday

child:

Michael Hockaday