Richmond, VA --- June 14, 2002 --- Bernard Joseph DiMuro, founding partner of DiMuro, Ginsberg & Mook, P.C. in Alexandria will be installed today as the 64th President of the Virginia State Bar at the bar's annual meeting in Virginia Beach. He will lead the 30,000 member organization during the 2002-2003 bar year. He succeeds Michael A. Glasser, a managing partner in the Norfolk law firm of Glasser & Glasser P.L.C.

Ben DiMuro has been active in bar service since 1985, when he joined and later chaired the 8th District Disciplinary Committee. He is currently serving a second term on the State Bar's Executive Committee, and has been a member of the State Bar's Council since 1991. DiMuro also chairs the Task Force on Public Access to the Disciplinary System, and is a member of the Task Force on Corporate Counsel. He has served as a member of the Virginia Model Rules Committee, Lawyers Serving as Fiduciaries Committee, Publications/Public Information Committee and as a faculty member of the Virginia State Bar's Course on Professionalism.

A Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and the American Bar Association, DiMuro has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Trial lawyers Association since 1997. He is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous federal courts and has tried over 150 cases in his career.

In private practice, Ben DiMuro represents corporate clients in complex civil litigation, which includes business torts, corporate law, employment law, product liability and professional liability. He is also Founder and President of The Civil Workplace, a consulting firm that advises employers on complex federal, state and local employment laws. A renowned expert on Professional Responsibility and Ethics, DiMuro is qualified as an Expert Witness on matters related to business torts, employment and labor.

Ben DiMuro is a graduate of Northwestern University, and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the George Washington University National Law Center. He is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Illinois and the District of Columbia.

About the Virginia State Bar
The Virginia State Bar was created in 1938 by the General Assembly to regulate the legal profession in Virginia. It is an administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, governed by its council and executive committee. Members are elected or appointed from every judicial circuit in the Commonwealth.