STATE BAR REPRIMANDS WILDER JR. FOR DRUG CONVICTION

The Virginia State Bar has reprimanded Lawrence Douglas Wilder Jr., a
former state delegate and the son of the former governor, for
possession of cocaine.

Wilder, 39, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last May to a
misdemeanor charge of drug possession and voluntarily entered a drug
treatment program. Wilder acknowledged he had been addicted to powder
cocaine from 1992 through the middle of 1999.

Wilder was fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 250 hours of community
service in addition to being placed on supervised probation.

In reprimanding Wilder earlier this month, the State Bar said his
license to practice law would be suspended for two years if he does
not comply with the terms of his federal probation and complete a
monitoring agreement with a State Bar program that helps lawyers with
substance-abuse problems.

Wilder won a special election to the General Assembly in 1992 but did
not seek re-election.