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Marks & Harrison rose to dominance in Virginia through the
early work of three individuals. David A. Harrison, Jr. was born
in 1886 and practiced law until his death on February 16, 1966.
He was a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School.
Affectionately know as Judge Harrison, David A. Harrison, Jr.
enjoyed a distinguished career. He served in the Virginia House
of Delegates from 1914 to 1916. He secured the charter for the
City of Hopewell which earned him the name “Father of Hopewell”.
He also was Hopewell's first Commonwealth's Attorney and served as
its Mayor. In 1944 he was a member of the Virginia
Constitutional Convention. Mr. Harrison was influential in
Democratic politics, education, banking, business, and the work
of the Virginia Bar Association.
C. Hardaway Marks, a graduate of the University of Virginia Law
School was not only one of the preeminent trial lawyers in
Southside Virginia but was one of the most powerful and
influential politicians in the state of Virginia during his
career in the Virginia General Assembly. He served as Chairman
of the powerful Courts of Justice Committee and the
Corporations, Insurance, and Banking Committees of the Virginia
House of Delegates where he served for twenty years. He was
voted the most influential legislature in the Commonwealth of
Virginia by his fellow legislator. He was a decorated United
States Marine and a veteran of World War II. He was tirelessly
dedicated to community activities in the Tri-Cities area. In
April of 1987, Hardaway Marks received the highest award given
by the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, its Distinguished
Service Award, in recognition of his years of fighting to
protect the rights of injured Virginians in the courts and in
the General Assembly. Mr. Marks was honored when the bridges
over the Appomattox River were named after him in 1998. A
picture of Hardaway Marks was hung in the lobby of the Circuit
Court of the City of Hopewell in 2007.
James G. Harrison practiced law with the Firm until his death in
1989. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia Law
School. He was born in 1925 and was active in the work of state
bars of Virginia as well as in his community. He was a member of
the Committee on Nominations to the Supreme Court of Virginia, a
member of a labor law division of the Virginia State Bar, a past
president of the Hopewell Bar Association, and president of the
Hopewell Chamber of Commerce. He was a Chairman of the Prince
George County Democratic Committee and its electoral board. In
1980 he received the Arthur Sydney Bedell Award for his
extraordinary personal service in the field of water pollution
control. He served as counsel to the Hopewell School Board and
was instrumental in the growth and expansion of Marks &
Harrison. He was the father of the current president of the
Firm, James G. Harrison III. His brother David A. Harrison also
served as Of Counsel to the Firm. |
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