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The NPBA has served the Legal Profession, the Judiciary and the Public since 1900. Membership is open to licensed attorneys, law students, legal administrators, and the local military legal community.

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Upcoming events

    • Wednesday, October 04, 2023
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Norfolk Courthouse First Floor Conference Room
    • 6
    Register

    Registration Required
    NPBA Members: Free
    Not yet NPBA Members: $60.00 (2 CLE Credits)

    Summary:

            I.            What does the practice of Employment Law encompass?
          II.            Employment Agreements at Hiring
    a.      Employment at-will
    b.      Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreements
                                                                  i.      Speak Out Act
                                                                 ii.      Non-Disclosure Act Law
    c.       Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Agreements
        III.            Wage Disputes
    a.      Virginia Wage Payment Act
    b.      Minimum Wage
    c.       Overtime
    d.      Misclassification
       IV.            Employee Protection Laws – Discrimination and Retaliation
    a.      Federal
                                                                    i.      Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964
                                                                   ii.      Age Discrimination in Employment Act
                                                                 iii.      Americans with Disabilities Act
                                                                 iv.    Family and Medical Leave Act
                                                                   v.    Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
                                                                 vi.    Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act
      b.      Virginia
                                                                    i.      Virginia Human Rights Act
      c.      Virginia Values Act
                                                                   ii.      ii. Virginians with Disabilities Act
                                                                 iii.      iii. Virginia Whistleblower Protection Law

        V.           EEOC Charges and OCR Complaints

      a.      EEOC Charges
      b.      OCR Complaints
         VI.            Employment Agreements at Termination
      a.      Severance/Settlement Agreements
      b.      Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions and the potential impact of the McLaren Macomb decision
      c.       Older Worker Benefits Protection Action
      d.      Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

      22 Person Limit due to capacity

      Presenters: 

      Deborah Yeng Collins, Yeng Collins Law, PLC

      Melissa A. Hamann, Yeng Collins Law, PLC

      Area of Law:  Labor & Employment

      Number of CLE hours: 2

      Must be present at the start of the CLE program until the end in order to received credit(s).

      Additional Details:

      Please contact bar association staff at (757) 622-3152 or email contact@norfolkportsmouthbar.org if you have any questions.

      *Application for approval for this course or program is pending with the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.


      • Tuesday, October 10, 2023
      • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
      • Norfolk Courthouse First Floor Conference Room
      • 7
      Register

      Registration Required
      NPBA Members: Free
      Not yet NPBA Members: $60.00 (2 CLE Credits) Ethics

      Summary:

      Chat GPT – Can it help or hurt you? – In this CLE, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of attorneys using Chat GPT as a work resource.  We will take a deep dive into the history and creation of Chat GPT and how it has impacted case law and several top firms throughout the world.  Finally, we will discover how Chat GPT affects rules of civil procedure and model rules of professional conduct.  Chat GPT is a new but dynamic tool if used properly – are you ready?

      22 Person Limit due to capacity

      Presenters: Joyvan Malbon, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Co.

      Mary Morgan, Infinity Law Group,. PLC

      Number of CLE hours: 2 Ethics

      Must be present at the start of the CLE program until the end in order to received credit(s).

      Additional Details:
      Please contact bar association staff at (757) 622-3152 or email contact@norfolkportsmouthbar.org if you have any questions.

      *Application for approval for this course or program is pending with the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.


      Directly following the CLE presentation, there will be a reception sponsored by Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company.   All are invited to attend and no additional fee required.  Food and beverages will be available.   

      Registration for Fall Reception Click Here


      • Tuesday, October 10, 2023
      • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
      • Rotunda at Norfolk Courthouse, 8th Floor
      Register

      Registration Required:

      Directly following the CLE presentation, there will be a reception sponsored by Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company.   All are invited to attend and no additional fee required.  Food and beverages will be available.   


      • Tuesday, October 10, 2023
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

      Interested in joining a NPBA Committee? Learn more and sign up today!

      • Wednesday, October 11, 2023
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Thursday, October 19, 2023
      • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
      • Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
      • 52
      Register

      October 19, 2023

      12:00pm to 1:00pm

      Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members


      Join us on October 19, 2023, for an in-depth review of the Young Lawyers Section (YLS) Mentoring Program.

      Presenter:      

      Katherine M. Lennon, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

      Kate is an Associate in the Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group.  She joined the firm in 2022 after over four years of hands-on civil litigation experience at another Norfolk firm, which took her across the Commonwealth in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate court levels.

      Kate graduated summa cum laude from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, where she double majored in Political Science and Legal Studies.  She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from William & Mary Law School.  After law school, Kate served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable David W. Lannetti and Michelle J. Atkins in the Norfolk Circuit Court. 

      In her free time, Kate frequently finds herself looking for new ways to serve her colleagues and the community.  She serves as the Treasurer of the Larchmont Edgewater Civic League.  Additionally, Kate was recently elected to serve on the Board of The Planning Council.  She is also a member of the James Kent American Inn of Court. Last year she served as Young Lawyers Chair of the Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association.

      When she is not working or volunteering her time, you might see Kate running in a race around Hampton Roads or just running in her favorite neighborhoods in Norfolk.  She also enjoys spending time with her fiancé, Ben, and their three energetic dogs: Murphy, Ellie, and Jack.


      • Thursday, October 19, 2023
      • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
      • Norfolk Courthouse First Floor Conference Room
      • 18
      Register

      October 19, 2023, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. (Post-Luncheon CLE)

      22 Person Limit due to capacity

      Appellate Law and Court of Appeals Implications – 1 CLE Credit

      Presenters: W. Thomas Chappell and F. Nash Bilisoly, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

      Title: “A Haunted House of Procedural Default: Spooky Ways to Hurt (or Lose) Your Appeal at Trial”

      Summary:

      • The expansion of the Court of Appeals and the new right of appeal for civil litigants in Virginia courts requires litigators to be cognizant of how things done or not done at trial may affect a future appeal
      • The presentation will focus on several areas where civil litigators may foreclose issues for an appeal or an appeal altogether by doing such things as failing to preserve error properly or waiving issues
      • It will also focus on technical aspects that are important including ensuring that there is a sufficient record on appeal and that proper timing and procedure is followed in noting an appeal and in posting the appropriate appeal and suspension bonds

      Area of law: Appellate

      Must be present at the start of the CLE program until the end in order to received credit(s).

      Additional Details:
      Please contact bar association staff at (757) 622-3152 or email contact@norfolkportsmouthbar.org if you have any questions.

      *Application for approval for this course or program is pending with the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.



      • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
      • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
      • Norfolk Courthouse First Floor Conference Room
      • 22
      Register

      Registration Required
      NPBA Members: Free
      Not yet NPBA Members: $60.00 (2 CLE Credits)

      Summary:

      • How to best utilize Guardian Ad Litem  -- how they are appointed, when they are appointed, how to make your client’s case stronger with a GAL, tips on how providing your client’s case history to the GAL can benefit your client
      • Alternative conflict resolution – how to utilize these methods within the litigation of family matters of both custody and divorce;  how the mediation process works.
      • Estate planning and family law – how they coincide with each other, how to plan for a family’s future after a divorce, how to plan for a dependent’s future after a medical or psychological diagnosis

      22 People due to room capacity.

      Number of CLE hours: 2 

      Must be present at the start of the CLE program until the end in order to received credit(s).

      Additional Details:

      Please contact bar association staff at (757) 622-3152 or email contact@norfolkportsmouthbar.org if you have any questions.

      *Application for approval for this course or program is approved with the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.


      • Sunday, October 29, 2023
      • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
      • Judge Hall's Home
      Register


      The YLS Mentoring Program will be launched during the YLS Fall Reception! More details coming soon!

      Registered attendees will received an email on October 23, 2023 with additional details and the event address.


      • Wednesday, November 08, 2023
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Tuesday, November 14, 2023
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

      Interested in joining a NPBA Committee? Learn more and sign up today!

      • Tuesday, December 12, 2023
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

      Interested in joining a NPBA Committee? Learn more and sign up today!

      • Wednesday, December 13, 2023
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Tuesday, January 09, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

      Interested in joining a NPBA Committee? Learn more and sign up today!

      • Wednesday, January 10, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Thursday, January 18, 2024
      • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
      • Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
      • 55
      Register

      January 18, 2024

      12:00pm to 1:00pm

      Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

      Join us on January 18, 2024, for special guest speaker, Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., of Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT) and Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International (HTJFI). Did you know that January is human trafficking awareness month? Learn about the important work being done with trafficking survivors, a vision for providing access to justice for this under-served community and how attorneys may volunteer their time and talent to help!

      Presenter:      

      Patrick J. McKenna, Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT) and Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International (HTJFI)

      Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., is one of the co-founders of the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking, an alliance of service providers, attorneys, survivor-advocates, and community members on a mission to remove barriers preventing survivors from achieving a full and healthy life.

      He is also a co-founder and President of Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International which provides free legal services to human trafficking survivors.

      He is also a Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Virginia Beach Justice Initiative (now "Freekind') a non-profit organization founded in 2011, dedicated to ending human trafficking and restoring those victimized by it throughout southeastern Virginia.

      He has lectured extensively and conducted numerous trainings on HT for the general public and varying groups including faith communities, social services, school staff and administrators, and medical and legal professionals; been a panelist at a number of summits & symposiums and, as an expert on human trafficking, been interviewed on radio, TV and in internet and print media; and served as part of a number of state working groups regarding prevention and survivor service efforts including the Victim Support Working Group of the Governor's Virginia Coordinated Response Against Human Trafficking. He helped launch and facilitate the Hampton Roads Coalition Against Trafficking (HRCAT), composed of governmental and nongovernmental agencies, law enforcement and prosecutorial offices, working to end HT in Hampton Roads, VA, and coordinate efforts to identify trafficking victims & facilitate their rescue, restoration & reintegration into society. He oversaw the development and implementation of a Jail Outreach program operating in four jails throughout Hampton Roads to identify and provide services to human trafficking victims and worked collaboratively with varying individuals and entities throughout Virginia and D.C. to facilitate passage of over 40 pieces of human trafficking legislation in Virginia.

      He is a licensed attorney with 32 years of proven results because of his desire to grow professionally and make an ever-increasing contribution to the organizations/individuals which he serves.

      • Tuesday, February 13, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

      Interested in joining a NPBA Committee? Learn more and sign up today!

      • Wednesday, February 14, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Tuesday, March 12, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

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      • Wednesday, March 13, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Tuesday, April 09, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom

      Interested in joining a NPBA Committee? Learn more and sign up today!

      • Wednesday, April 10, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom


      • Wednesday, May 08, 2024
      • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
      • Zoom