---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-22-000337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOTJ"
cik: "0001275101"
company_name: "BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T03:46:19.246672+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bank of the James appoints Eric J. Sorenson as EVP-General Counsel effective July 1, 2022

## Summary
- Eric J. Sorenson, Jr., 56, became EVP-General Counsel of Bank of the James on July 1, 2022.
- Annual base salary set at $285,000; eligible for discretionary bonuses, equity awards under 2018 plan.
- Will enter a Salary Continuation Agreement; benefit amounts not yet determined.
- Previously an attorney at Woods Rogers PLC since 2016; no family relations with directors/officers.
- Sorenson is a bank customer; ordinary-course transactions on standard terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-22-000337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOTJ
- cik: 0001275101
- company_name: BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276222000337/0001562762-22-000337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276222000337/botj-20220801x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-22-000337
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-22-000337.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-22-000337.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric J. Sorenson, Jr. was appointed as Executive Vice President-General Counsel at BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: became
  - Role: Executive Vice President-General Counsel
  source text: On July 1, 2022, Eric J. Sorenson, Jr., 56, became Executive Vice President-General Counsel of Bank of the James
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276222000337/0001562762-22-000337-index.htm

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