Background
COGAR, WILLIAM was born on March 4, 1929 in Camden-on-Gauley, West Virginia,: admitted to bar, 1955, Virginia and West Virginia.
COGAR, WILLIAM was born on March 4, 1929 in Camden-on-Gauley, West Virginia,: admitted to bar, 1955, Virginia and West Virginia.
Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, 1951. Bachelor of Laws, 1955). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1954-1955.
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, 1955, Virginia and West Virginia. Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1954-1955. Member: Richmond and Virginia Bar Associations.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Board of Trial Advocates.
American Bar Foundation.
Virginia Law Foundation. Military: United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1951-1953. 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.
Member, Editorial Board, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1954-1955. Member: Richmond and Virginia Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Board of Trial Advocates.
American Bar Foundation. Virginia Law Foundation.
Military: United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1951-1953.