Neos by Assembly Software blends decades of history and industry experience with next-generation, customer-focused innovation. It brings together two of the legal profession’s pioneering case management brands - Needles and Trialworks - both of which contributed to what is now Neos, Assembly’s reimagined cloud-based solution. Neos has evolved and will continue to disrupt and transform the legal sector to meet the changing needs of modern law firms so come learn what it can do for you.

Please join us next week on Thursday, July 25 at 2:00 pm to hear from Jim Garrett with Neos!

You haven't attended a program like this before! We will talk about how different areas of law intersect - personal injury - criminal - family.

For example, have you wondered how a DUI conviction could affect your PI case? How about your divorce case? How does the Fifth Amendment apply in a criminal or a civil context?

Broaden your horizons to better represent the whole client.

Thursday, October 17

• Register to attend in person in Richmond here
• Register to attend virtually here

September 26 – Richmond and Virtual

Why should you attend this updated family law seminar? Because it’s 2024! Today's issues are more complicated than ever and changing even more often. A family law practice just isn’t the same as the term "family" continues to evolve. Attend this seminar and get up to date with practitioners and judges who are on the forefront of these issues. Click here for the complete agenda, and then...

Register here to attend in person or here to attend virtually - don’t be left behind.

October 25-26  –  Fredericksburg

Have you mastered the dance between your Trust account and operating account? Do you have a huge staff and more than 15 attorneys at your firm? Do you feel confident in your firm marketing, managing, hiring and growth strategies?

If you said a resounding yes to the above questions, the NEW VTLA SOLO/SMALL FIRM RETREAT is likely NOT for you.

But if you are in a small firm, looking for your community, best practices, tips and advice – then you don’t want to miss this unique gathering.

Register here.

July 17, 2-3 pm

One of the country’s best trial lawyers will lead a conversation this Wednesday on making your way as a new lawyer (or if you just need an inspirational reset). Joe Fried’s leadership and perspective are truly second to none. He didn’t earn a national reputation in truck accident investigation, safety, and litigation simply by chance. He has worked tirelessly to make highways and roads safer for us all. Along the way, he has learned a thing or two about building a successful practice, winning cases for his clients, and at the same time, being a better and more well-balanced lawyer.

Join us for an hour of insightful commentary full of motivation, helpful advice, and assurance on being the best trial attorney you can be.

Register here

July 26-27 – Charlottesville

Our Advanced Auto Retreat next week will address issues specific to when a client dies, whether before you are retained or during representation. Learn about survival actions versus wrongful death, recovering damages under wrongful death, presenting grief, dueling administrator issues, the dead man's statute and much more.

Retreats are an opportunity to delve more deeply into topics than traditional seminars, so bring your questions and your fact patterns to discuss with our outstanding presenters and each other. The program begins next Friday in Charlottesville and we can still fit you in!

Register here and we’ll see you next week.

Let your colleagues know about your new firm! Are you a knowledge expert in a particular area that others should know? Shout it out with an ad in VTLA’s upcoming Directory! Yep, we still print this handy reference that members use from year to year and we are just beginning production on this year’s edition. As you know, all members receive the Directory and it’s packed with VTLA information, member information, and even judicial information. Now all it needs is you. Don’t miss this opportunity (we have reduced member rates). The ad deadline is July 12 - for more information, click here.

After a pandemic-induced backlog of cases and a significant expansion of the Virginia Court of Appeals to include civil appeals of right, an increased number of civil cases are now moving through the appeals process. As more and more VTLA members are working through appeals at the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, please remember VTLA may be able to lend support with an amicus brief. If you feel your case might have broad and important implications for fellow VTLA members, please email your request for amicus support to vobrien@vtla.com and include a brief description of your facts and issues, attach all pertinent briefs and orders, and identify important filing dates. Our amicus committee, chaired this year by Les Bowers and Samantha Sledd, is packed with some great legal minds who meticulously analyze a breadth of issues.

We have a proud history of stellar amicus briefs by some of VTLA's very best, and they are stored on our website. 

Interested in lending a hand and brushing up on your brief-writing skills? We are constantly seeking new brief writers to help our amicus team; please let us know!

Did you miss the recent discussion on our listserve about whether your client is ultimately responsible for the costs in a case, regardless of the outcome? In 2019, the Supreme Court of Virginia amended VRPC 1.8(e)(1) to replace “provided the client remains ultimately liable for such costs and expenses” with “the repayment of which may be contingent on the outcome of the matter.” VTLA member Wally Wason gets us up to date with a quick practice pointer here.