Partner Monica Monday receives statewide honor as “Leader in the Law”

Monica Taylor Monday, a Virginia attorney and Partner with the Roanoke, Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP, has been recognized as a “Leader in the Law” for 2006 by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Monday is one of only 15 Virginia lawyers to be honored at the inaugural awards ceremony on Nov. 30 in Richmond.
According to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the “Leaders in the Law” awards are given annually to Virginia lawyers who “are changing practice, advancing the law, improving the justice system and setting the standard for other lawyers.”

Monday is a member of The Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, serves on the board of directors of the Virginia Law Foundation, and is the chair of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on Federal Judgeships, Western District. She received both her bachelor of arts and juris doctor from the College of William & Mary and specializes in the areas of appellate and health care law.