Bauer, Christopher A.

Mr. Batzli is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America." He was the Founding President of the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association and has been elected to many leadership positions in national, state and local bar associations. He is frequently called upon to lecture on family law issues to bar association groups and other professionals. In 2012, Mr Batzli was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Virginia State Bar's Family Law Section.  Mr. Batzli has been named by his peers as one of the top family law practitioners in Richmond and has also been named in the Virginia Business Legal Elite from 2000 to the present. He has been named a Virginia "Super Lawyer", one of the top 50 family law lawyers in Virginia, since its inception in 2006 and is listed in 2012 Top 100 Super Lawyers. He holds Martindale-Hubbell's highest AV rating.

He has served as a Family Law Mediator with the McCammon Group and since 1980 as a Commissioner-in-Chancery and Judge Pro Tempore in the Hanover County Circuit Court.

Mr. Batzli was an Honor Graduate, Officer Candidate School, Army Transportation Corps, Fort Eustis, Virginia (1967) and was a Captain on Active Duty from 1966-1970.

Civic Service
Adjunct Professor of Business Law, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 1980-1982

Camptown Charities, Inc. (Sponsor of Annual Running of Camptown Races, Board of Directors, 1990-1991)

Chesapeake District Ruritan (Zone Governor 1983; District Secretary 1984)

Hanover Association of Businesses (1982-1991; President 1989-1990; Board of Directors 1984-1991)

Hanover Commerce Roundtable (Co-founder 1989; A Consortium of Representatives of Five Business Organizations in Hanover County)

Hanover Industrial Airpark Business Association (1982-1991; President 1990-1991; Board of Directors 1989-1991)

Leadership Metro Richmond (Charter Class 1981)

Mechanicsville Jaycees (1975-1982; State Director 1979)

Mechanicsville Ruritan (1979-1999; President 1982)

National Head Injury Foundation (1989-1998)

Virginia Head Injury Foundation (Advisory Board 1990-1991)

Military Background
Captain, U.S. Army (1966-1970 Active Duty)

Honor Graduate, Officer Candidate School, Army Transportation Corps, Fort Eustis, Virginia (1967)