Tim Lyons, President Elect

Tim Lyons is an associate with Livingston Law Firm PLLC in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Tim's practice focuses on litigation, primarily medical malpractice, personal injury and commercial disputes. Tim is a member of the VIrginia Trial Lawyers Association.  Tim is a founding member of the Virginia Equality Bar Association and a member of the National LGBT Bar Association.  Tim also volunteers his time with Legal Aid and Virginia Bar Association's Lawyers for the Arts. Tim received his B.A. in History from Harvard University, cum laude in 2004 and his J.D. from Northeastern University in 2011.  Tim worked as a litigation paralegal for a large law firm, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, doing patent litigation from 2006-2008 in Boston, MA and Palo Alto, CA.  Tim’s legal experience also includes clerkships for Hon. Marianne B. Bowler, U.S. M.J. (D. Mass.), the Massachusetts Attorney General, Alere Inc. (a publicly traded pharmaceutical company), and Lurie, Lent, & Friedman (a litigation firm in Boston, MA).

Marc Purintun, Treasurer

Marc Purintun is counsel with Hunton & Williams LLP in its Richmond, Virginia office. Marc's practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. Marc has assisted several employers with employee benefit issues related to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Windsor decision striking down a portion of the defense of marriage act (DOMA). Marc regularly advises clients with respect to the benefits provided an employee’s same-sex spouse or domestic partner; including establishing domestic partner benefit policies, understanding the tax consequences of such programs, and the interplay of state and federal law relating to such arrangements. Marc is a founding board member of the Virginia Equality Bar Association and a member of the National LGBT Bar Association. Marc provides pro bono assistance to several LGBT organizations in Virginia. He received an LLM in Taxation form Georgetown University in 2003; a JD from William & Mary Law School in 2000; and a BA in History & Religious Studies from Macalester College in 1985.

Bary Hausrath, Secretary

Bary Hausrath is a 2002 graduate of George Mason University and a 2006 graduate of the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. While in law school, he was the President of the LGBT-ally student group, the Equality Alliance.

After graduation, Bary litigated a variety of commercial disputes in Virginia state courts, but found his calling when he realized that many of his friends in same sex couplings lacked the basic legal arrangements to protect themselves or their relationships.  In 2012, he launched his own practice to focus more of his time on estate and partnership planning for same sex couples and his work with LGBT individuals. 

Bary regularly speaks to community groups about the legal issues impacting LGBT individuals and same sex couples in Virginia.  He is a member of the National LGBT Bar and numerous LGBT-rights organizations.  In addition to his pro bono work with nonprofit organizations providing services to LGBT individuals in Virginia, Bary also sits on the board and chairs the finance committee of the Richmond Business Alliance, Richmond’s LGBT-friendly chamber of commerce.  

Bary lives in the City of Richmond with Ashe and their pets Cage and Willie.

Glenn Ayers

Glenn Ayers is a partner in the Henrico County law firm of Lafayette, Ayers & Whitlock. 

Glenn has been in private practice since 1980, concentrating in the areas of real estate including commercial and residential transactions, land use planning, loan closings and settlements; estate planning and probate administration; condominium and homeowner associations, business, partnerships and civil litigation. He advises individuals and businesses on LGBT issues including partnerships, property rights, estate planning and inclusive business practices.  Glenn was an Administrative Hearing Officer with the Supreme Court of Virginia and a volunteer mediator and arbitrator with the Dispute Resolution Unit at the Consumer Affairs Office in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs.  He was a director and officer of the Fan Free Clinic in Richmond, a non-profit medical clinic providing medical services without regard to financial ability; co-chair of the Special Events Committee of the first Richmond production of the national tour of the musical Heartstrings, a fundraiser for AIDS research and patient care; director and officer of the Westwood Club, director of Equality Virginia, director of the Central Virginia Business and Professional Guild; director and officer of Richmond Triangle Players, Inc., the oldest continuing operating theater company in Virginia producing works in the exploration of equality, identity, affection and family across sexual orientation and gender spectrums.  

Glenn currently chairs the Real Estate Section of the City of Richmond Bar Association and is a founding director and membership chair of the Virginia Equality Bar Association. He provides pro bono legal services and counsel to LGBT non-profits in Central Virginia.  Glenn, a native of Norfolk, Va., received a JD from George Mason University School of Law and a BS in Business, major: Public Administration from Virginia Tech.  He is a parishioner at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and he and Sherman Gifford, his partner of 25 years, live in Richmond.

Cordel Faulk

Cordel Faulk is interim assistant dean for admissions at the Law School. He joined Virginia Law as a director of admissions in 2009.

Before joining the Office of Admissions, he served as director of communications, media and research for the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. He also has worked as an adjunct professor and pre-law adviser in the Virginia Tech University Honors Program, and as an editor and columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He currently is a member of the Board of Visitors at Virginia Tech, and sits on the Virginia Historical Society Board of Trustees.

Faulk received his B.A. in political science from Virginia Tech, where he graduated summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In law school at Virginia he worked as a student admissions recruiter, was a member of the UVA Honor Committee and served on the Student Bar Association’s executive board.

After law school, Faulk clerked for Judge Henry C. Morgan Jr. of the Eastern District of Virginia, then became an associate at Baker Botts in Dallas, and later at Hunton & Williams in Washington, D.C. As an attorney he focused on intellectual property, trademark, copyright, antitrust and trade regulation issues.

Jeff Jacobs

Jeff Jacobs is the in-house counsel for Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI), a national, full-service provider of electronic discovery services, and also leads the firm’s litigation readiness consulting practice, helping organizations develop legally defensible, cost-effective Information Management (including records and email retention) policies and litigation discovery response plans.  He also serves as an expert witness in hearings and depositions on electronic discovery-related topics and conducts CLEs on litigation readiness and electronic discovery subjects.  Jeff is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Chicago Law School. 

While working in Washington, DC, Jeff volunteered with the Whitman-Walker Legal Services Clinic, providing pro bono assistance on immigration and estate planning matters for people living with HIV/AIDS.  Since moving in 2009 to Richmond, where he lives with his husband, Carter Doswell, Jeff has been the President of the Richmond Log Cabin Republicans organization, in which capacity he has testified several times before the Virginia legislature in support of LGBT employment non-discrimination legislation, and spoken in numerous settings in support of LGBT equality.  He is a member of Lambda Legal and a founding director of the Virginia Equality Bar Association.

Ashley Moore

Ashley Moore is a third-year law student at the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond and is the former president of the LGBT-ally student group, the Equality Alliance. A member of the One Book, One Richmond committee, Ashley was involved in the planning and promotion of events related to The Laramie Project, the text for the 2013-2014 academic year. She is also a member of the editorial board for the Virginia Engage journal.

Upon receiving her J.D. in January 2015, Ashley will take the Virginia bar. She hopes to practice law in the field of international business, helping introduce American companies to foreign markets.

Ashley studied for a master of arts degree in history in a joint program between the College of Charleston and the Citadel. She received her bachelor of arts in history from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

Watson Seaman

Watson Seaman is a partner in the Richmond office of Hunton & Williams LLP where he is a member of the Global Technology and Outsourcing Practice Group of the firm's Corporate Team. He is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Virginia School of Law.

In the past, Watson served on the boards of the Peter Paul Development Center and 1708 Gallery. He currently serves on the boards of ROSMY and Virginia Lawyers Helping Lawyers, and he is a member of the finance committee of the Richmond SPCA and the national leadership counsel of Lambda Legal.