▁Justice ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁Virginia ; ▁George ▁Allen , ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁Governor ▁of ▁Virginia ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Senate ; ▁Kar en ▁G ould , ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁Executive ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Virginia ▁State ▁Bar ; ▁Virginia ▁Circ uit ▁Court ▁jud ges ▁Rand all ▁L owe ▁and ▁John ▁Kil g ore ; ▁United ▁State ▁Mag istr ate ▁Judge ▁C yn th ia ▁Edd y ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁District ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ; ▁United ▁States ▁Bank rupt cy ▁Judge ▁Tr ish ▁Brown ▁of ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Oregon . ▁ ▁Notable ▁cases ▁ ▁Williams ' ▁most ▁famous ▁cases ▁involved ▁the ▁coal ▁min ing ▁industry . ▁He ▁wrote ▁an ▁opinion ▁address ing ▁the ▁constitution ality ▁of ▁the ▁Sur face ▁M ining ▁Control ▁and ▁Rec lam ation ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁The ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁agreed ▁in ▁part ▁and ▁disag re ed ▁in ▁part ▁with ▁his ▁conclus ions . ▁He ▁de alt ▁with ▁the ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Mine ▁Work ers ▁of ▁America ▁in ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁Pitt ston ▁Co al ▁strike ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 - 1 9 9 0 . ▁He ▁enjo ined ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Bit umin ous ▁Co al ▁Oper ators ▁Association ▁to ▁pay ▁more ▁for ▁the ▁health ▁care ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁retired ▁and ▁disabled ▁min ers , ▁in ▁a ▁case ▁that ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Co al ▁Act , ▁ 2 6 ▁U . S .