2025-26

Board of Directors

PRESIDENT

Gul Raza Gharbieh

Gul has served as a Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael S. Nachmanoff for the past decade. Her prior experience includes representing indigent defendants as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Eastern District of Virginia and practicing in Hogan Lovells’ Investigations, White Collar, and Fraud group. An active member of the EDVA legal community, Gul has served on the FBA-NOVA Board since 2015. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law and Yale 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.


DIRECTORCailyn Reilly Knapp Baker Botts, LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW # 120 Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 639-7773

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Cailyn Reilly Knapp
Baker Botts, LLP
700 K St NW, 20001
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 639-7773

VICE PRESIDENT

Jon M. Talotta
Hogan Lovells, LLP
8350 Broad Street, 17th Floor
Tysons, VA 22102
(703) 610-6156
jon.talotta@hoganlovells.com

DIRECTORJessica N. Carmichael Carmichael, Ellis & Brock 108 N. Alfred Street, 1st Floor Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 684-7908

SECRETARY

Jessica N. Carmichael
Carmichael, Ellis & Brock
108 N. Alfred Street, 1st Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-7908

TREASURER

Alex Blanchard
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3700

NATIONAL DELEGATE

Marc Eisenstein
Coburn Greenbaum & Eisenstein
1710 Rhode Island Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(703) 963-7164

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Lauren Wetzler

DIRECTOR

Hon. William E. Fitzpatrick
United States Magistrate Judge
Eastern District of Virginia
401 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, VA 22314

DIRECTORSusan R. Podolsky Podolsky Law 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314 (571) 366-1702

DIRECTOR

Susan R. Podolsky
Podolsky Law
1800 Diagonal Road # 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
(571) 366-1702

DIRECTORDan Gopenko Fish & Richardson 1000 Main Street SW Washington, D.C. 20024 (202) 626-7745 gopenko@fr.com

DIRECTOR

Dan Gopenko
Fish & Richardson
1000 Main Avenue SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
(202) 626-7745
gopenko@fr.com

DIRECTOR

Meghan Loftus
U.S. Attorney’s Office
2100 Jamieson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 299-3700

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
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

Stacey LaRiviere
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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

 
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