Biography
            
                Professional Activities and Honors
• Virginia State Bar Local Bar Leader of the Year, 2000
• Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation, 2005
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2012
• President, Virginia State Bar, 2011 - 2012
• President-Elect, Virginia State Bar, 2010 – 2011
• Immediate Past-President, Virginia State Bar, 2012 – 2013
• Member, Virginia State Bar Council, 2006-2013
• Chair, VSB Conference of Local Bar Associations, 2006-2007
• Member, Conference of Local Bar Associations Executive Committee, 2001-2008
• Chair, VSB Senior Lawyers Conference, 2007-2008
• Member, VSB Senior Lawyers Conference Board of Governors, 2004-2009
• Member, VSB General Practice Section Board of Governors, 2005-2008
• President, Page County Bar Association, 1980, 1991, 2000
            
         
        
        
                        
                Bar Admission
                                Virginia, 1970
                                Virginia Supreme Court, 1970
                                U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1972
                                U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1977
                                U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1981
                                U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
                             
            
                        
                Other Affiliations
                                Commissioner of Accounts for Page County, Virginia, 2004 - present
                                Page County Bar Association
                                Warren County Bar Association
                                Harrisonburg-Rockingham Bar Association
                                Virginia Bar Association
                                Virginia Association of Commissioners of Accounts
                                Virginia Association of Elder Law Attorneys
                                National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
                             
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
                        
                Achievements
                
                                            - Other Sources of Feedback About George Warren Shanks
- Included on the 2020 Virginia
 
            
            
                        
                Past Lists
                
                                            - 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Virginia Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Virginia Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Virginia Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Virginia Super Lawyers list
 
            
                         
                Education
                
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                                                            Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1966 B.A.
                                                                                 
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                                                            Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1969 J.D.