Breakfast with the Judges Series
TIME: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Fourth Floor Conference Room, U.S. District Court for the EDVA
COST: Free (Registration Required)
FBA-NOVA invites you to attend our new breakfast series, designed to strengthen relationships and foster dialogue between the bench and the bar. Please join us for a one-hour conversation, coffee, and light breakfast. The audience is limited to twelve participants, so register early to reserve your spot and come prepared with questions!
UPCOMING BREAKFASTS
Thursday, November 13, 2025 – Judge Heytens – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, December 4, 2025 – Judge Trenga – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – Judge Vaala (Young Lawyers Edition*)
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – Judge Giles (Young Lawyers Edition*)
*The Young Lawyers breakfasts are designed for attorneys in their first ten years of practice, though this is not a strict cutoff. If you consider yourself a young lawyer, you are welcome!
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
You may sign up to attend multiple breakfasts; we just ask you to keep the number within reason so that others have an opportunity to participate.
Questions should not relate to the merits of any case, to the breakfast judge’s rulings, or to the breakfast judge’s position on legal doctrines.
If you have a matter pending before the breakfast judge in which you have co-counsel, only one attorney from your organization may attend that judge’s breakfast. For example, if three Assistant United States Attorneys represent the government in an upcoming trial before the breakfast judge, only one of the three may attend.
You will not receive immediate confirmation upon registering above. If one of the twelve attendance slots for a particular judge has been allotted to you, a member of the FBA-NOVA Board will email you to confirm your selection when the judge’s breakfast is at capacity or one week prior to the event, whichever comes first.
PAST BREAKFASTS
Thursday, July 10, 2025 – Judge Brinkema – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 – Judge Giles – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, August 21, 2025 – Judge Fitzpatrick – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, September 4, 2025 – Judge Nachmanoff – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, September 18, 2025 – Judge Porter – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 – Judge Vaala – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, October 16, 2025 – Judge Anderson – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, October 30, 2025 – Judge Alston – FULL; REGISTRATION CLOSED