SJ 92 — Celebrating the life of the Honorable Bernard Waugh Crigler.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24100061D I SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

92 NE Offered February 7, 2024 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Ber––––––––––Bernard Waugh Crigler.

TN Patrons––Reeves,Agreed Boysko,to Diggsby andthe SalimSenate, RFebruary ––––––––––8, WHEREAS,2024 theR HonorableAgreed Bernardto Waughby Crigler,the aHouse retired federal judge of theDelegates, UnitedFebruary States12, 2024 O DistrictWHEREAS, Court for the WesternHonorable DistrictBernard ofWaugh VirginiaCrigler, and a highlyretired admiredfederal memberjudge of the CharlottDsvilleUnited States L community, died on April 26, 2023;

andt of Virginia and a highly admired member of the Charlottesville L WHEREAS, Waugh Crigler graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy and earned a bachelor's UE degree from Washington and Lee University before pursuing a law degree from the University of Tennessee, where he was a member of the Tennessee Law Review and was admitted to the Order of the CoifD andCoiWHEREAS, Waugh Crigler served as a law clerk for a judge of the PhiEastern DeltaDistrict Phiof honorTennessee, society;then began practicing law in Culpeper in 1974 as a principal in the firm formerly known as Davies, Crigler, Barrell and Will;

and E WHEREAS, in 1981, Waugh Crigler servedwas appointed as a law clerk for a judge of the EasternUnited States District ofCourt Tennessee,for thenthan beganthree practicingdecades; law in Culpeper in 1974 as a principal in the firm formerly known as Davies, Crigler, Barrell and Will;

and WHEREAS, in 1981, Waugh Crigler was appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and he presided over the court with great fairness and wisdom for more thaWHEREAS,S WHEREAS, during his tenure as a judge, Waugh Crigler was appointed to serve two terms as a 9 member of the U.S.

Judicial Conference Criminal Rules Committee and offered his leadership to the E Virginia State Bar (VSB) sections on litigation and education;

he also founded and chaired the VSB ProfessionalismR for Law Students Program and was a member of the Virginia Bar Association's S Commission on Professionalism;

androgram and 2was a member of the Virginia Bar Association's WHEREAS, after his well-earned retirement from the bench in 2013, Waugh Crigler joined the McCammon Group as a certified mediator serving attorneys in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, andWHEREAS, over the course of his career, Waugh Crigler inspired young attorneys as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law for more than 30 years and taughtWashington, theD.C.; Virginia State Bar's Harry L.

and faculty member at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law for more than 30 years and taught the Virginia State Bar's Harry L.

Trial Advocacy Award from the National Trial Advocacy College at the UVA School of Law and the Williamof R.the Charlottesville Bar Association and was the founding president and an emeritus member of the Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court;

Rakesand LeadershipWHEREAS, inWaugh EducationCrigler Awarddeveloped fromhis thedeep VSB;faith through Bible studies with Precept Ministries, and he was an active member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder and elder emeritus;

hefor wasmore honoredthan as17 ayears, judicialhe memberled ofa themen's CharlottesvilleBible Barstudy Associationprogram, andwhich wascontinued theto foundingmeet presidenteleWHEREAS, andpredeceased anby emeritushis memberwife of the50 35years, ThoWHEREAS,Anne, Waugh Crigler developedwill hisbe deepfondly faithremembered through Bible studies with Precept Ministries, 36 and hegreatly wasmissed anby activehis memberchildren, ofKendall, TrinityJason, Presbyterianand Church,Stuart, where he served as an elder and eldertheir 37families; emeritus;

for more than 17 years, he led a men's Bible study program, which continued to meet / 38 electronically during the COVID-19 pandemic;

and 39 WHEREAS, predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Anne, Waugh Crigler will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his children, Kendall, Jason, and Stuart, and their families;

now, therefore, be it noteRESOLVED withby greatthe sadnessSenate, the lossHouse of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby notRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of the Honorable Bernard Waugh Crigler;Crigler as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.

and, be itmbly hereby RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of the Honorable Bernard Waugh Crigler as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.