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.