CHESTERFIELD BAR ASSOCIATION HISTORY

The Chesterfield Bar Association was formed on January 6, 1954 and was known as the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Bar Association. The founding members were Edward M. Hudgins, Jr., President; Marcus A. (Mac) Cogbill, Vice-President and Ernest P. Gates, Sr., Secretary-Treasurer. Other charter members were Ann Wintzer, D. W. (Pat) Murphey, R. Pinckney Sowers, William Old, Harry Snead Sr., J. Bagby Womble, J.J. (Jerry) Jewett and James W. Gordon, Jr. The association was formed to improve the court sytem and to separate Chesterfield County and the City of Colonial Heights from the Circuit which at that time included Amelia, Dinwiddie, Petersburg, Powhatan and Nottoway. The association was successful in obtaining a separate circuit and assisted in obtaining new court facilities for Chesterfield three times and once for the City of Colonial Heights. Today the Association has in excess of 283 members.*

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*History provided by Judge Ernest P. Gates, Sr. Retired Judge, Chesterfield Circuit Court