Join us for the monthly Luncheon Meeting on November 20, 2025

12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda

Free to NPBA Members; $30.00 Non-Members

Registration includes a boxed lunch and water.

Presenters: 

Tricia Batson, Director of Pro Bono, Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia, Lonnie (“Chip”) Nunley, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP,  Hon. David W. Lannetti, Norfolk Circuit Court / Norfolk, Virginia

Tricia Batson: 

Tricia Batson is the Director of the Pro Bono & Private Attorney Involvement Program at Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (Legal Aid). Tricia started practicing law with Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia as a Staff Attorney in Norfolk and then as a staff attorney and managing attorney in the Hampton/Newport News office. For several years following, the military moved Tricia’s family outside of the Hampton Roads area where she continued to serve in numerous volunteer roles as well as a contributing author for Leading Practice Profiles for the Association of Corporate Counsel. She returned to the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia in 2020. 

Chip Nunley:

Chip’s practice focuses on representing clients before State and Federal Courts in complex civil litigation, and before the Virginia State Corporation Commission in regulatory matters. Chip practices in the firm's Richmond office. He has over 30 years’ experience representing individuals and small, medium and large-sized companies in State and Federal Courts in Virginia and across the country. He has handled cases involving environmental contamination, aircraft product liability, consumer products product liability, commercial disputes arising from contracts and leases, and business tort claims. Chip has also handled litigated matters, including rate cases and large-asset purchase applications, before the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

Chip is admitted to practice in the US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the US Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fourth Circuits.

Hon. David W. Lannetti: 

Judge Lannetti began his service as a Norfolk Circuit Court Judge in 2014. Prior to taking the bench, he was a partner in the law firm of Vandeventer Black LLP (now Woods Rogers), where he concentrated on civil litigation, including construction and government contracts. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (with distinction), Troy University (M.S. in Management with honors), and William & Mary Law School (Order of the Coif), where he was Executive Editor of the Law Review and a Moot Court Justice. As an attorney, he was recognized as AV^®-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, a Virginia “Leader in the Law,” a Virginia Law Foundation Fellow, a Virginia “Super Lawyer,” and a member of the Virginia “Legal Elite.” Among other activities, he currently serves as Chair of the Virginia State Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism and Chair of the Supreme Court of Virginia Benchbook Committee, is an adjunct professor at both William & Mary and Regent University Law Schools, is a Past President of the James Kent American Inn of Court and of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association (NPBA), is on the Board of Directors of the NPBA Foundation, has published numerous articles in legal journals, and is a frequent lecturer on legal topics. He also is very involved in the local community, including volunteer service with Special Olympics Virginia, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the Boy Scouts of America.

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