Understanding the Rules of Professional Conduct from both sides will reduce stress in your practice, improve the quality of your representation for your client, and lessen potential areas of friction in your interactions with the other side. Attend this free webinar - a collaboration of VTLA and VADA - and receive an hour of ethics credit to boot!

Join defense attorney Kate McCauley and plaintiff attorney Elliott Buckner for this interactive discussion:

• At the outset, from client intake through the complaint and answer
• Dealings with opposing counsel through discovery, depositions, investigations and trial
• Dealings with the Court from communications to offering evidence and ex parte interactions
• Settlement negotiations - the difference in puffing, bluffing and lying, conveying demands and the role of the client

Register HERE!
 

Upcoming events just for you:

Autumn Social - October 25 - 6:30-8:30 pm - Tap It Local Craft Brewery in Norfolk. RSVP HERE.

2024 ANNUAL PARALEGAL SEMINAR
November 14
Exciting new location at the Fredericksburg Convention Center. Register HERE.
PLUS Join us for a free social the evening before the seminar, Wednesday, November 13, starting at 6:30.

Did the CLE deadline
sneak up on you? We’ve got you.

OCTOBER 17 - 7 CLE hours approved

Best representation is understanding how areas of the law intersect. Our October 17 program will show you how a criminal case can affect your personal injury or family law case. Or what happens in a DUI case that could affect a custody proceeding or a personal injury case. Register HERE today!
 

Thursday, October 24, 2 pm

As an advocate for those who have been injured, IWP takes the financial burden out of the medication process by shipping medications directly to the workers comp client and collecting payment from the insurance company. 

Join Jayne Kresac, Esq., IWP's Vice President of Legal, Government Affairs & Communications, for our Practice Chat. Register HERE!

It’s not semantics, it’s recognition of new law graduates! Whether law is a second career, law is a delayed career, or any other reason, VTLA has revitalized our young trial lawyers section into a NEW trial lawyers section.

This section’s automatic membership will now be any lawyer in practice 10 years or less (regardless of age). So, whether you are 26 or 86, in practice 1 year or 61 years, we’re grateful you are all part of the VTLA team. 

Did you know today - October 15 - is the last day to register to vote? (Although you can always vote with a provisional ballot if necessary.) Did you know you can vote early in person now until November 2? We have created a flyer full of all these necessary details and more for you to download and share, as well as another with a space to add your firm name/logo and share more widely. 

• Download the flyer HERE.
• Download a version to add your firm logo and distribute HERE. 

In addition, please consider volunteering in AAJ’s efforts (partisan and non-partisan) to protect the vote. Click HERE for more information on these initiatives.

Renew now for 2025 and carry on your winning streak! You can renew online, over the phone, or through the mail using the invoice which should be arriving in your mailbox soon (if you haven’t already renewed).

Shout out to Bob Guntharp in Harrisonburg for being our first member to renew this year! He said, “I have been a VTLA member since 1994. In my 30 years of membership, I have found VTLA to be an invaluable resource. From the CLEs to the listserves, VTLA provides Virginia trial lawyers with the critical edge necessary to the successful representation of our clients.” 

Join Bob and renew today! It’s quick and easy, and you won’t miss a beat as we head into 2025. Thanks for being part of the team!

Any new member who joins VTLA now is joining for 2026 and has a free ride for the rest of this year. So, that means it’s even easier for you to bring a friend along since it is also Member Get a Member season. For every new member you recruit between now and the end of the year, you’ll be entered into a drawing for some amazing prizes. We're giving away all kinds of good stuff - a Hydro Flask Backpack Cooler, gift cards, and more!

Find more details here. 

Thursday, September 19, 2 pm

Protect your practice and improve productivity for a win-win! Mode5 can help. Their professionals will improve security and protect your life’s work, create a 3-year technology roadmap, safeguard your practice from disasters, resolve technical issues in minutes instead of days, improve productivity, and prevent network problems. That’s world-class service!

See how Mode5 can give you the edge with technology and join us on September 19 at 2 pm for a quick, free 30-minute chat. Register here.

VTLA emerged victorious at the annual VTLA-VADA Civility Golf Tournament held late last month. Thanks to the golfers from both organizations and especially to The McCammon Group who generously sponsor this great event. Interested in joining the fun next year? Reach out to Tom Curcio and get on the list! 

As many of you know, VTLA is a landlord. Well not exactly, but we do share office space in downtown Richmond with the Virginia Poverty Law Center and the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia. Earlier this month, the staffs shared lunch and some indoor golf games to meet new and "old" employees of all the groups.