PRESIDENT
Cailyn Reilly Knapp
Cailyn is Counsel at McDermott Will & Schulte. Drawing on four years of clerkship experiences with both a district judge and a magistrate judge in the Alexandria Division, Cailyn serves as lead and local counsel and develops practical strategies tailored to the pace and demands of the “Rocket Docket.” She is a graduate of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and Colgate University.
Northern Virginia Chapter:
Officers and Board of Directors
The Northern Virginia Chapter's officers and directors come from diverse legal backgrounds, including large firms, small firms, solo practitioners, judges, and law clerks. If you are interested in serving the Chapter as a volunteer, please visit our Committees page.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jon M. Talotta
Hogan Lovells, LLP
8350 Broad Street, 17th Floor
Tysons, VA 22102
(703) 610-6156
jon.talotta@hoganlovells.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Jessica N. Carmichael
Carmichael, Ellis & Brock
108 N. Alfred Street, 1st Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-7908
SECRETARY
Alex Blanchard
Holland & Knight LLP
1650 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1700
Tysons, Virginia 22102
(703) 720-8591
Alexander.Blanchard@hklaw.com
TREASURER
Marc Eisenstein
Coburn Greenbaum & Eisenstein
1710 Rhode Island Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(703) 963-7164
NATIONAL DELEGATE
Dan Gopenko
Fish & Richardson
1000 Main Avenue SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
(202) 626-7745
gopenko@fr.com
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Gul Gharbieh
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
Daniel Wallmuth
Vinson & Elkins
2200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 639-6762
DIRECTOR
Raj Parekh
Sparacino PLLC
1920 L St NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
DIRECTOR
Collette Corser
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
collette.corser@finnegan.com
DIRECTOR
Carrie Gray
Career Law Clerk
4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Alexandria, VA
DIRECTOR
Kirstin O’Connor
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3799
DIRECTOR
Megan Braun
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3700
DIRECTOR
Chris Conrad
Ropes & Gray LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
chris.conrad@ropesgray.com
(717) 419-1694
DIRECTOR
Tammy Reno
Career Law Clerk
to the Hon. Leonie M. Brinkema
U.S. District Court
Alexandria, VA