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• REVISED DATE - Monthly Luncheon - Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore

  • When
    Thursday, February 27, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
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  February 27, 2025

  12:00pm to 1:00pm
  

  Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

  Registration includes boxed lunch and water.

  Join us for the monthly luncheon meeting on February 27, 2025

  Speaker: Jeremy Rodden, Community Engagement Manager, Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore.

  Jeremy will be discussing the Foodbank and the Annual Legal Food Frenzy Campaign.

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• CLE: "The Secret's Out: Navigating the Virginia Trade Secrets Act"

  • When
    Wednesday, March 05, 2025
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    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse, First Floor Training Room
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  Registration Required

  CLE: "The Secrets Out: Nagivating the Virginia Trade Secrets Act"

  Wedensday, March 5th 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

  CLE Hours 1.5

  March 5, 2025
  NPBA Members: Free
  Not yet NPBA Members: $45.00 (1 CLE Credit)

  Summary:

  This course provides a basic understanding of the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act (VUTSA) primarily for general counsel, business-advisor, employment and litigation lawyers. 

  Participants will learn:

  • What defines a trade secret in Virginia
  • How businesses can protect their trade secrets
  • How trade secrets can be “lost”
  • How trade secrets are misappropriated
  • Remedies for misappropriation

  Key Topics Include:

  • An analysis of how Virginia and sister courts have struggled to define trade secrets
  • Best practices for protecting trade secrets
  • Examples of misappropriation by employees and competitors
  • Various remedies for misappropriation, including “reasonable royalties”

  Presenters: Christopher Davis and Erin McDaniel of Davis, Burch & Abrams

  
  

  Chris Davis has been advising businesses on the VUTSA and litigating various aspects of the VUTSA for over fifteen years.  Chris received his JD and MBA from Regent University in 2007.  Chris began his legal career as in-house counsel for a Virginia Beach franchisor, where he litigated complex commercial disputes nationwide, including VUTSA cases.  In 2014, he founded Davis Law, PLC—now Davis, Burch & Abrams—which has grown to a ten-lawyer boutique firm with offices in Chesapeake and Richmond.  His practice focuses on commercial litigation and advising mid-market businesses.

  Erin McDaniel, a Hampton Roads native, earned her B.A. from William & Mary, M.S. from Old Dominion University, and J.D. (cum laude) from Regent University.  During law school, Erin interned with Judge Jackson at the E.D.V.A. and with Judge Huff at the Virginia Court of Appeals. Erin’s practice over the past six years focuses on commercial litigation and business torts.  She recently litigated an eight-day trial involving the VUTSA in Norfolk Circuit Court.  She has been repeatedly recognized as a Rising Star and a Virginia Legal Elite.

   Areas of Law: General Business and Commercial Littigation

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

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

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• NPBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Meeting ID: 886 5476 7571

  Passcode: 391386

  The NPBA Bench Bar Conference Committee plans and executes programming and sponsorships for the Bench Bar Conference each April.

  NPBA's 27th Annual Bench Bar Conference will held on April 10, 2025 at Hilton Norfolk The Main from 12 to 6 p.m. Registration opens at 11 a.m.

  
  

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, March 20, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
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  March 20, 2025

  12:00pm to 1:00pm
  

  Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

  Registration includes boxed lunch and water.

  Join us for the monthly luncheon meeting on March 20, 2025, More Information to Come!

  
  

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• CLE - More Information to Come

  • When
    Thursday, March 20, 2025
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    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse First Floor Training Room
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  March 20, 2025

  1:15pm to 2:15pm

  Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

  
  

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• NPBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, April 01, 2025
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88654767571?pwd=H9TCJj0blvfb3bWgXieZaGnuMJxXb3.1

  Meeting ID: 886 5476 7571

  Passcode: 391386

  The NPBA Bench Bar Conference Committee plans and executes programming and sponsorships for the Bench Bar Conference each April.

  NPBA's 27th Annual Bench Bar Conference will held on April 10, 2025 at Hilton Norfolk The Main from 12 to 6 p.m. Registration opens at 11 a.m.

  
  

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, April 09, 2025
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• 27th Annual Bench Bar Conference CLE: Pending

  • When
    Thursday, April 10, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Hilton Norfolk The Main, 100 E. Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510

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  27th Annual NPBA Bench Bar Conference 2025
  April 10, 2025
  Hilton Norfolk The Main

  For full description of topics, visit the Bench Bar Conference event page.
  

  11:00 a.m. Registration Opens
  
  12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Keynote Speaker
  The Hon. S. Bernard Goodwyn, Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia
  
  1:15 – 2:15 p.m.  General Session – 1 hr. CLE Ethics (pending*)
  Topic: Electronic Era Ethics

  Speaker:

  • Thomas E. Spahn, Litigator, McGuire Woods, LLP
  • Session Moderator: Paul DeRosa, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, PLC

  2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions - 3 concurrent sessions – 1 hr. CLE (pending* for each topic)
  
  Topic: Confronting the Inner Critic: Managing Imposter Syndrome to Thrive in the Legal Profession
  

  Panelists:

  • Charlene P. Reilly, Esq. VJLAP Education and Outreach Manager
  • Barbara Mardigian, LPC, VJLAP Clinical Director
  • Session Moderator:  Makenzie Pensyl, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, PLC

  Topic: Corporate Counsel
  

  Panelists:

  • Jonathon Leiken, Chief Legal Office and Corporate Secretary, Dollar Tree
  • Michael Bermudez, Legal Executive for the Americas, Swisslog Logistics
  • Wiley Grandy, Deputy General Counsel, CMA CGM
  • Session Moderator: Jason E. Ohana, Member, Willcox & Savage, P.C.

  Topic: Local Rules and Best Practices
  

  Panelists:

  • Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • The Honorable David W. Lannetti, Judge of the 4^th Judicial District of Virginia Norfolk Circuit Court
  • Session Moderator: Audrey Ruffin, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, PLC

  4:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Final General Session – 1 hr. CLE (pending*)
  

  Topic: Significant Statutory Changes and Judicial Opinions from the Past Year

  Panelists:

  • The Hon. Everett A. Martin, Jr., Norfolk Circuit Court
  • L. Steven Emmert, Partner in Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy
  • Session Moderator: Rachel VanHorn, Glasser & Glasser, P.L.C.

  5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Reception

  We look forward to seeing you at the Conference.

  The Members of the NPBA Bench Bar Committee

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

  Thank You to our Bench Bar Conference Sponsors to Date!

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  Pierce & Thornton PLC

  Hispanic Bar Association of Hampton Roads-VA

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• NPBA Annual Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, May 15, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Yacht & Country Club / 7001 Hampton Boulevard / Norfolk, VA 23505

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