Irving M. Blank Esq.

Bar Admission

Virginia, 1967

District of Columbia, 1978

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1967

U. S. Court of Military Appeals, 1972

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1972

U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

Other Affiliations

National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, 1981 - 1984 (Member, Executive Committee)

National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, 1991 - 1994 (Member, Executive Committee)

American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 1982 - 1988 (Member, National Council)

American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 1992 - 1995 (Member, National Council)

Richmond Jewish Community Relations Board, 1984 - 1994 (Chairman)

Richmond Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors)

Central Virginia Legal Aid, Inc. (Member, Board of Directors)

Virginia Congressional Committee, 1985 - Present (Treasurer and Founder)

Virginia-Israel Partnership, 1994 - 1996 (Member)

Virginia Israel Advisory Board, 1996 - 2018 (Member)

American Arbitration Association, 1980 - 1996 (Panel of Arbitrators)

District of Columbia Bar, 1978 - Present (Member)

Richmond Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member, Committee Administration of Justice, 1980-1984

Attorney Client Relations, 1982-1983

Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1985)

Virginia State Bar, 2003 - 2012 (Council Member)

American Bar Association, 1974 - 1976 (Member, Committee on Specialization, Section of Criminal Justice)

American Bar Association, Member, Committee on Environmental Matters in Criminal Law, 1974 - 1976 (Section of Criminal Justice)

Richmond Criminal Bar Association (Founding Member)

Richmond Criminal Bar Association, 1973 (Secretary)

Richmond Trial Lawyers Association (Member)

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)

American Association for Justice (Member)

Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Member)

John Marshall Inns of Court

Jewish Family Services (Member, Board of Directors)

Richmond Jewish Community Federation (Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee)

Richmond Bar Association (Member, Judiciary Committee)

Richmond Bar Association, 2002 - 2003 (Member, Board of Directors)

Virginia State Bar, 2006 - 2012 (Executive Committee)

Richmond Jewish Community Federation, 1984 - Present (Community Relations Committee)

Virginia State Bar, 2009 - 2010 (President-Elect)

Virginia State Bar, 2010 - 2011 (President)

Richmond Bar Association, 1982 - 1985 (Executive Committee)

Richmond Bar Association, 2001 - 2005 (Executive Committee)

Richmond Bar Association, 1999 - 2005 (Judicial Committee)

American College of Trial Lawyers (Legal Ethics Professionalism Committee)

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Virginia State Bar Judicial Endorsement Committee, 2008 - Present

Virginia Law Foundation, 2016 - Present (President)

Virginia Holocaust Museum, 2009 - Present (Board of Directors)

Chairman of the Nuremberg Courtroom Exhibit Committee, 2008 - Present

Virginia Continuing Legal Education, 2008 - Present (Board of Directors)

Faculty Member, Carrico Professionalism Course

Boyd-Graves Conference, 2015 - Present (Member)

Super Lawyer, 2006 - Present

7 Governors have appointed him to Boards and Commissions