February 25-26

Join us at the Boar’s Head in Charlottesville for the Advanced Family Law Retreat on February 25-26, 2022. Last held in 2020 right before the pandemic, this program returns full of timely topics which cover the full range of any litigant’s trial practice – from filing to appeal. Many thanks to retreat chair, Melissa Dragone, Masterman Krogmann, for putting together an excellent program. Full agenda, topics & speakers available on our website.

Register HERE

January 20 at 4pm - this Thursday!

Whether you need a hand at a deposition (or you need more than a hand), the folks at Planet Depos can make it happen. Need help at trial? The folks at Planet Depos can make it happen. Hear about all the ways they can help in this quick, free VTLA webinar.

Join us Thursday, January 20 at 4pm for a chat with Billy DiMonte, Founder & Managing Partner, of Planet Depos.

Register HERE

The VTLA Diversity and Inclusion Alliance’s would like to remind VTLA members that the New Year is a great opportunity to take a step back, reflect and think about the things you do or would like to do for better self-care– not just physically, but also mentally and emotionally. What is work/life balance anyway? What does a healthy lawyer look like? Many thanks to Charlene Morring, DIA co-chair, for sharing her thoughts on this most important topic.

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February 2022

If you or someone at your firm is in your first few years of practice as a young lawyer, sign up for our 4th annual Young Trial Lawyers Boot Camp in February 2022. Learn all the things you didn’t learn in law school from some of Virginia’s leading trial lawyers in an intentionally tight group of young lawyers just like you. Check out the registration page for topics, speakers, and dates – you won’t want to miss out! Only $99 for all 4 sessions for VTLA members. Space is limited.

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“Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight!” Thanks to the late, great Bob Marley for giving us a bit of inspiration for this year’s musically themed convention. We’re so excited to gather on March 24-27 at Lansdowne Resort & Spa with lots that’s new – excited to learn together, laugh together, connect, recharge, and just BE together again (safely, of course!). Registration is officially open so sign up soon and make plans to be with us – in-person or virtually.

February 10 at 4pm 

Join us again, sitting around the virtual campfire, to discuss Virginia’s new appeal of right.

No hats or mittens required for this event. Join our virtual meeting to just talk and share experiences and ideas about the new automatic right to appeal to the Court of Appeals. How do you do that and what happens when you do?

Some of Virginia’s finest appellate experts will be on hand to advise you and answer your questions: Norman Thomas (VTLA Appellate Section Chair), Kyle McNew, Juli Porto and Steve Emmert. So join us, won’t you? It’s free. Open to VTLA members. No CLE, but lots of education.

Register HERE

VTLA is excited to bring our members together for our annual event. We cannot put together such a top-notch meeting without your help! Please consider being a convention sponsor this year. As a sponsor, you will receive prominent placement and recognition in advertising and other convention materials. Click here to learn more about our sponsorship levels. 

Working side by side with judges from around the Commonwealth, help shape emerging trial lawyers! Join more than a dozen judges already committed to provide their insights to competitors from the University of Richmond Law School on Saturday, January 29.

VTLA sponsors this event each year to help law students on their journey into trial practice and we rely on the extraordinary help of judges and our members to make it happen. You will provide constructive commentary alongside a sitting judge for a simple trial presented by the students. This process selects teams to represent UofR in the regional rounds of the American Association for Justice regional competition. Any questions? Call Kelly Parrish at 804.343.1143 ext. 305. 

RSVP HERE

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Gerald Arrington   •   J. Lewis Combs   •   Ramin Fatehi   •   Sharif Gray