Reston Attorney To Lead Virginia State Bar

RESTON, VA — Reston attorney Jay B. Myerson is the president-elect 2020-21 for the Virginia State Bar, according to a release. Myerson, who will step into his new role on July 1, will serve as the VSB's president for 2021-22. He is the first attorney from a Reston-based law firm to fill that position.

Myerson succeeds Brian L. Buniva of Richmond, who was sworn in as VSB president on June 30. An administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the VSB regulates and supports the state's 50,000 lawyers.

“It will be a privilege to work with the many talented attorneys across the Commonwealth,” Myerson said, in the release.“I’m especially looking forward to working with the wonderful VSB staff, the Chief Justice and other justices on Virginia’s Supreme Court.”

Myerson is a graduate of Georgetown and Georgetown University Law Center and the founder of The Myerson Law Group, P.C., which oversees a six-attorney criminal, domestic, and civil litigation practice based in Reston.

Myserson had previously served as a president of the Fairfax Bar Association, leading its efforts for many years to obtain judicial funding. He has received FBA's President's Award five times and was presented with the Local Bar Leader of the Year Award in 2018 from VSB's Conference of Local and Specialty Bars.

Longtime Reston residents, Myerson and his wife Barbara are parents to three grown children: Josh, Jennifer Samuelson (Patrick) and Matthew (Annie Savage). They also have a young granddaughter.