April 11-12 - Fredericksburg

Elevate your expertise in workers’ compensation with this two-day advanced CLE program designed exclusively for experienced paralegals.

Participants will gain valuable insights into the legal and practical implications of medical marijuana, addressing challenges with nurse case managers, working with defense attorneys, and much more. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your skills and connect with peers in the field in an intimate, discussion-based setting.

Save the Date and Register today!

If you have been practicing 10 years or less, we’ve got you! We have a series of easy-to-attend webinars, capped with a half day in person program to help you build your career.

Each webinar will focus on a specific topic followed by roundtable discussion - useful for networking with your colleagues and asking questions of our presenters. All events are aimed at making you an invaluable member of your firm!

Events at a Glance:

• February 19 Webinar:
  Branding and Originating Cases
• June 4 Webinar:
  Federal Court is Not That Scary! 
• August 6 Webinar:
  Prepping for Trial as Second or Third Chair 
• September 5 Half-Day Capstone Seminar  

Register for the whole package at a reduced rate or attend only the capstone seminar. Can’t make one or more of the webinars? Each will be recorded and be available for future viewing only for registrants.

Liens in Personal Injury Actions is the only publication of its kind in Virginia to help simplify the complexity that characterizes liens and to provide assistance to Virginia's trial lawyers in securing the maximum net recovery for clients. Click here to order or use the QR code.

Virginia Evidence for the Trial Lawyer by Tom Curcio and Lee Livingston.

Virginia Evidence for the Trial Lawyer has been revised with the latest in conformity with the Virginia Rules of Evidence to provide a useful guide and resource to practicing trial lawyers. Click here to order or use the QR code.

VTLA Classics, updated for 2024-25!

VTLA staff wishes all our members, Business Partners, and friends the very best holidays and the happiest of new years. We look forward to seeing you early and often in 2025!

(from left) Kelly Parrish, Lori O'Toole, Katherine Meiller, Valerie O'Brien, Mandy Burnett, Hannah Brechlin, Sayeema Hoque, Alison Wayland, Jonathan Sanford

• John Ryan Albiston
• Tami Atkinson*
• Gretchen Mae Biersbach
• Tatyana Broaddus*
• Isabelle Carter*
• Alejandra P. DeJesus Pinto
• Leah Gale*
• Bennett Gushue
• Sabrina Hall*
• Amy Harber
• Brittany Hertzberg*
• Julia Hinckle*
• Grace Johnston
• Anna Elias Katogiritis
• Brendan Klaproth
• Lauren Konikoff
• Daniel LaLonde
• Jake Lebowitz
• Patricia Messa*
• Ashley Nelson
• Okorie Okorocha
• Cleo-Symone Scott
• Tyler D. Sikkar
• Grayson Smith
• Emily Villatoro*
• Michael Wallace
• Mallory Wentz*
• Irina Winder*

*Paralegal member

January 14th at 4 pm

Join us again, sitting around the virtual campfire, to discuss the new changes in Virginia auto insurance law: a brief update to the changes with Medicaid at DMAS, and then more in depth look at the new UIM bad faith provision. Rob Reed will present and lead the open discussion.

It’s free and open to VTLA plaintiff attorney members only. Register here.

As the year ends and the legislature sets its sights on the new year, it’s your turn to help ensure that justice remains accessible and fair for all. VTLA is THE voice for trial lawyers and your clients in the General Assembly. We are a dedicated team, working to protect our legal system through advocacy and legislative action—but we need you on our team!

Your contribution directly supports: 

• Year-round advocacy program that monitors and influences legislation and policies that help protect and improve the law and the fairness of Virginia’s system of justice.
• Direct support through VTL PAC to lawmakers who stand with us.

A contribution of any size helps do all that. Please consider making a gift before year-end by clicking HERE.

Thank you for being a VTLA donor. Any questions? Please reach out to our development director, Lori O’Toole.

JOIN US FOR VTLA JUSTICE DAY
Wednesday, January 22 – 8:30 am - 1 pm 

Coming up next week - the insider experience at the Virginia General Assembly. Sign-up today!

Our hybrid Justice Day will begin with a presentation of 2025 issues by our legislative team and invited legislators. From there, we walk up to the General Assembly building, visit as many legislative offices as possible, and return for lunch.  Can’t make it to Richmond? Join us for the morning presentations (until 9:30) online and contact legislators on your own.

Be a citizen lobbyist and provide important support for the work of VTLA. There is no charge for this event, and no experience is necessary!

FOLLOW WHAT'S UP AT THE LEGISLATURE

Watch for separate emails from the VTLA Legislative Team for updates during the session (which just began this week). You can also track what’s happening in Richmond on our website to follow the actions in your practice area.

Last month, William & Mary Law School hosted a Plaintiffs’ Law Networking Event hosted by the Office of Career Services, Plaintiffs’ Law Society, and National Lawyers Guild. Brenda Cook, a 2024 Virginia Trial Lawyers Foundation Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship winner and VTLA/VTLF Board member Charlene Morring of Morring Law proudly represented us. Thank you Charlene and Brenda!