March 27, 2013

Listen to an audio recording of conversation among five judges who sat on the first Court of Appeals of Virginia when it began operations–Hon. James W. Benton, Jr., Hon. Sam W. Coleman, III; Hon. Barbara M. Keenan, Hon. Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., and the Hon. Norman K. Moon–or read the transcript. Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Professor of History at Norfolk State University and Oral Historian for the Supreme Court of Virginia, moderated the discussion, which was recorded on March 27, 2013, at WCVE Studios in Richmond.