Leanna C. Minix - Roanoke, VA

Education

• Legal Education

  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 2017
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Circle
    Honors: Head Fellow, Kirgis Fellow Program
    Honors: Washington and Lee Law Council Law Review Award for Outstanding Student Note (2016)
    Law Review: Washington and Lee Law Review, Executive Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Davidson College, 2012
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Past Positions

• Served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable William P. Johnson, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico

Representative Cases

• Sanford v. Clarke, 52 F.4th 582 (4th Cir. 2022)
• Pena Pinedo v. Commonwealth, 300 Va. 116, 860 S.E.2d 53 (2021)
• Shahan v. Commonwealth, 76 Va. App. 246, 880 S.E.2d 858 (2022)
• Haefele v. Commonwealth, 75 Va. App. 591, 878 S.E.2d 422 (2022)
• Brown v. Commonwealth, 75 Va. App. 388, 877 S.E.2d 156 (2022)
• Cage v. Commonwealth, No. 0978-21-1, 2022 Va. App. LEXIS 628 (Dec. 13, 2022)
• Pulley v. Commonwealth, 74 Va. App. 104, 866 S.E.2d 600 (2021)
• McCarthy v. Commonwealth, 73 Va. App. 630, 864 S.E.2d 577 (2021)
• Brooks v. Commonwealth, 73 Va. App. 133, 856 S.E.2d 599 (2021)

Published Works

Articles

• Student Note, Examining Rule 11(b)(1)(N) Error: Guilty Pleas, Appellate Waiver, and Dominguez Benitez, 74 Wash. & Lee. L. Rev. 551 (2017)
  

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• Court of Appeals of Virginia
• Virginia Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia

Other Affiliations

• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
• Richmond Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association
• Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association