Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.
Vice President
State Government Relations
Leigh Middleditch is a Vice President in the State Government Relations Group with McGuireWoods Consulting LLC. Mr. Middleditch also serves as Of Counsel to McGuireWoods LLP in the Taxation and Employee Benefits Department of the firm's Charlottesville office. Mr. Middleditch has more than 50 years of experience advising colleges, universities and tax-exempt organizations. He has served as Legal Advisor and Special Counsel to the University of Virginia and on its Board of Visitors. Mr. Middleditch recently served on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association and as a Director of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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Education
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1951
- University of Virginia, LL.B., 1957
Civic Affiliations
- University of Virginia
- Alumni Board of Managers, President, 2000-2001
- White Burkette Miller Center for the Study of the Presidency, Counsel Member; Foundation President, 2000-present
- Health Services Foundation, Chair, 1998-1999
- Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, Co-founder and Member of Executive Committee, 1997-present
- Law School Alumni Association, President, 1979-81
- American Bar Association
- Board of Governors, 1999-2002
- Law and National Security Committee, Member, 2007-present
- United States Chamber of Commerce, Director 1998-2003
- WVPT Public Television, Director, 1998-present
- Virginia Healthcare Foundation , Chair, 1997-1998
- Thomas Jefferson Regional Economic Development Partnership, Chair, 2005-2007
- Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), Trustee 1994-2002
- Claude Moore Charitable Foundation, Trustee 1991-present
- Virginia Secure Commonwealth Panel, Member, 2005-present; Chair, Business and Industry Sub Panel, 2006-present
- Montpelier Foundation, Board of Directors, 2010
Past Positions
- McGuireWoods LLP, Of Counsel, 2000-present
- McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe, Partner, 1963-70; 1972-1999
- McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe, Associate, 1959-62
- University of Virginia, Legal Advisor and Special Counsel, 1968-1972
- State Government Relations
