Monica Monday

Practice Areas

Appellate, Municipal & Local Government, Business Litigation, Healthcare, Commercial Torts, Regulatory/Administrative Representation

Career

Monica Monday is the Chairperson of Gentry Locke’s Executive Board and heads the firm’s Appellate practice. Monica served as Managing Partner of the firm from 2013-2022. Monica represents her clients in Virginia’s state and federal appellate courts across a wide variety of cases, including commercial and business disputes, healthcare, property, personal injury, local government matters, domestic relations and more. In 2015, Monica was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers — only the fifth Virginia attorney to be so honored. Monica is ranked (Band 1) in Chambers USA, Virginia, for Appellate and General Commercial Litigation. She has been described by Chambers USA as having “a commanding reputation as ‘one of the go-to practitioners’ for appellate work” (2018) and as being “held in high esteem as a leading appellate lawyer.” (2022). She has been recognized among Virginia’s Top 10 Lawyers, Virginia’s Top 50 Women Lawyers, and Virginia’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Thomson Reuters’ Virginia Super Lawyers, and on the Best Lawyers in America and Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite lists and was a “Leaders in the Law” honoree by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

Professional Memberships

Member, Judicial Council of Virginia (2013-Present)

The Virginia Bar Association Appellate Practice Section Council (2009-Present), Past Chair (2019-2021)

Chair, Appellate Committee of the Virginia State Bar Litigation Section (2009-2019)

Fourth Circuit Rules Advisory Committee; Chair (2017-2018), Virginia Representative (2013-2017)

Member, Virginia Model Jury Instruction Committee (2012-2020)

Member, Boyd-Graves Conference (2011-Present); Member, Steering Committee (2016-Present)

Board of Directors, The Harvest Foundation (2015-Present)

Member, Special Committee to Study Appellate Mediation in Virginia

Member, American National Bankshares, Inc., Virginia State Banking Board (2019-present)

Board of Trustees, Virginia Museum of Natural History (2009-2019)

Member, Virginia Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court (2015-Present)

Member, Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course Faculty (2013-2016)

Member, Blue Ridge Regional Library Board (2007-2011)

American Heart Association Roanoke “Go Red for Women” Luncheon; Chair (2017-2018), Co-chair (2016-2017)

Board of Governors, The Virginia Bar Association (2011-2014)

Board of Directors, Virginia Law Foundation (2005-2011)

Member, The Ted Dalton American Inn of Court (2003-2012); Secretary (2007-2012)

Chair, Committee on Federal Judgeships, Western District, Virginia Bar Association (2004-2008, 2015-Present)

Member, Nominating Committee, The Virginia Bar Association (2004); Membership Committee (2003-2005)

Board of Directors, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (2001-04)

Co-Chair, Judicial Screening Committee, Virginia Women Attorneys Association (2001-03)

Member, Board of Trustees, Adult Care Center (1999-04)

Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division, Virginia Bar Association (1998-02)

President, William & Mary Law School Association (2000-01)

Law Clerk to the Honorable Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia (1991-93)