Background
Brooke, Robert Lawrence was born on August 19, 1958 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Ralston Lewis and Beverly Byrd Bowles Brooke.
Brooke, Robert Lawrence was born on August 19, 1958 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Ralston Lewis and Beverly Byrd Bowles Brooke.
. Phi Beta Kappa. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Raven Society. Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1983-1984.
Worked at Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice, Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Antitrust, Insurance, Bond, Securities, Trust, Estate, Tax, Labor, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1984, Virginia. 1996, South Carolina.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Raven Society. Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1983-1984.
Member: Richmond (Administration of Justice Committee, 1993. Company-recipient, 1990 Pro Bono Publico Award), Virginia (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1994-1995.
Member, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1989-1995) and American (Virginia Membership Chair, 1995.
Chair, Securities Fraud and Regulation Subcommittee of Commercial Torts Committee, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, 1996) Bar Associations. Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership with approximately 130 lawyers at year-end 1996, is one of the three largest law firms in the State of Virginia and the third largest in the Richmond metropolitan area. The firm traces its origins to the 1920s.
The firm expanded into Northern Virginia in 1987 (see McLean, Virginia listing), opened its Norfolk office in 1989 (see Norfolk, Virginia listing) and its Virginia Beach office in January, 1996 (See Virginia Beach, Virginia listing).
Mays & Valentine is a full-service firm representing a wide diversity of corporate, institutional, governmental and individual clients.
Board of directors Robert E. Lee county Boy Scouts American, 1994-1995, county member-at-large, since 1996. Member alumni board directors St. Christopher's School, since 1993. President Richmond Assembly, since 1994, board directors, since 1992.
Board directors The Parliament, 1989-1992. Trustee Theatre Virginia, since 1997. Member American Bar Association (Virginia membership chair since 1995, vice chair business torts committee since 1997, chair securities fraud and regulations subcommittee commercial torts committee since 1996, chair young lawyers division publications committee since 1994, assistant editor The Affiliate 1993-1994), Sons of the American Revolution (Virginia chapter), Virginia Bar Association (chair young lawyers division 1994-1995, young lawyers division Executive Committee 1986-1995), Virginia State Bar, Bar Association of the City of Richmond (administration justice committee 1992-1995, Pro Bono Publico award 1990), Defense Research Institute, Virginia Association Defense Attorneys, Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (president Richmond chapter 1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Sigma (past prse.), Country Club Virginia, Commonwealth Club, Fishing Bay Yacht Club.
Married Elizabeth Lynn Burris, May 26, 1984. Children: Caroline Young, Elizabeth Huntley, Anne Ralston.