PRESIDENT
Lauren A. Wetzler
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
1100 L Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005
Lauren serves as a Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, where she specializes in national security and foreign relations litigation. She previously spent more than 18 years at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, including 13 years as chief of the Civil Division. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Lauren clerked for the Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard University.
Northern Virginia Chapter: Officers and Board of Directors
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PRESIDENT-ELECT
Gul Raza Gharbieh
Career Law Clerk
Hon. Michael S. Nachmanoff
401 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3368
VICE PRESIDENT
Cailyn Reilly Knapp
Baker Botts, LLP
700 K St NW, 20001
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 639-7773
SECRETARY
Jon M. Talotta
Hogan Lovells, LLP
8350 Broad Street, 17th Floor
Tysons, VA 22102
(703) 610-6156
jon.talotta@hoganlovells.com
TREASURER
Jessica N. Carmichael
Carmichael, Ellis & Brock
108 N. Alfred Street, 1st Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-7908
NATIONAL DELEGATE
Cadence Mertz
Assistant Federal Public Defender
1650 King Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 600-0800
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
James J. Holt
American Petroleum Institute (API)
200 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
DIRECTOR
Hon. William E. Fitzpatrick
United States Magistrate Judge
Eastern District of Virginia
401 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, VA 22314
DIRECTOR
Susan R. Podolsky
Podolsky Law
1800 Diagonal Road # 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
(571) 366-1702
DIRECTOR
Dan Gopenko
Fish & Richardson
1000 Main Avenue SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
(202) 626-7745
gopenko@fr.com
DIRECTOR
Laurie Kirkland
Blankingship & Keith
4020 University Drive #300
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 691-1235
lkirkland@bklawva.com
DIRECTOR
Meghan Loftus
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3700
DIRECTOR
Alex Blanchard
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3700
DIRECTOR
Marc Eisenstein
Coburn Greenbaum & Eisenstein PLLC
1710 Rhode Island Ave, NW,
2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(703) 963-7164
DIRECTOR
Daniel Wallmuth
Vinson & Elkins
2200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 500 West
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 639-6762
DIRECTOR
Kevin Richards
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
DIRECTOR
Raj Parekh
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3700
DIRECTOR
Collette Corser
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
collette.corser@finnegan.com
DIRECTOR
Stacey LaRiviere
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
stacey.lariviere@sidley.com