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2025 Annual Meeting

  • 22 Oct 2025
  • 6:00 PM
  • 24 Oct 2025
  • 1:00 PM
  • Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort

Registration

(depends on selected options)

Base fee:
  • Email agilbody@vada.org for registration code.
  • You may add a guest registration for $125. Guests are invited to join us at the Wednesday and Thursday receptions.



Agenda

Wednesday

6:00-7:00 

President’s Welcome Reception

7:30-9:30

 Dine Arounds (Various locations)

9:30-11:00 

Late Night


Registration



Thursday

    8:00-9:00 Registration and Buffet Breakfast
   9:00-10:00 Artificial Intelligence in Civil Litigation Practice 
  10:00-11:00

Misjoinder and Misnomer 

 11:15-12:15 The Shifting Rules of Respondeat Superior

 12:15-2:15 

Awards Luncheon

  2:30-4:30 

Litigation Section Breakouts

  4:30-6:00 

Break

  5:00-6:00 Young Lawyers Informal Gathering

  6:00-7:30 

Bench-Bar Reception

  7:30-9:30 

Dinner on Your Own (Reservations Recommended) or Optional Women's Dinner

  9:30-11:00 

Late Night














Friday

  6:30-7:15

Riverview Yoga

  8:00-9:00

Breakfast Buffet


  9:00-9:50

The Discoverability of Materials Shared and Communications with Experts 


  10:00-10:50 

Helping Clients Respond to Government Investigations

  10:50-11:50

From Assignment to Settlement: Evaluating and Documenting Your Case to Maximize Resolution

  11:50-12:05

Box Lunches Available


  12:05-1:15

Accessible Pro Bono: Getting Involved without Getting in Over Your Head


  1:15

Adjourn 



Registration Information

The registration fee includes all CLEs, meals and receptions. New members joining VADA will have their first-year membership fee waived for 2026.  First membership bill will be sent January 2027. For further details, contact Sherma Mather at smather@vada.org.

Guest registration fee includes Wednesday and Thursday receptions.  For guest ticket information for Thursday's Awards lunch, please contact Amy Gilbody at agilbody@vada.org. 

Cancellations accepted until October 8, 2025.  No refunds after October 8, but substitutions welcome anytime. Email Amy Gilbody at agilbody@vada.org for further information.

Hotel

Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort

The hotel booking link is available here. The discounted room block will close the earlier of September 23, or when if fills.


Wednesday Dine-Arounds

Our Dine Around slots are all full. Enjoy dinner, while networking with new or long-time VADA friends. It is Dutch treat, with each participant paying for their own meal. Sign up coming soon.  

Women's Section Dinner

In honor of the beautiful scenery at the beach, the Women’s Section is excited to host a sea-inspired event! Each attendee will have the opportunity to create a framed sea glass art piece. Please join us to express some creativity and enjoy food, wine, and other beverages!  The fee for the event is $40 and you can add it on your online registration.

Wellness Activities

Information coming soon.

Community Service Project

Information coming soon.

Awards

Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation

Stan Wellman
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman

Congratulations to Stan Wellman of Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman for being selected as our 2025 winner of the Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation! This award honors those with the highest standard of ethics, demeanor, and temperament, as well as exemplary conduct inside and outside the courtroom; courtesy and fairness with others; and work of the highest quality. Stan has a long history of involvement with the VADA, and we are so pleased to present this to him at our Annual Meeting in October!


VADA-VTLA Civility and Professionalism Award

Derrick Walker
Allen, Allen, Allen, and Allen

Congratulations are also due to Derrick Walker with Allen, Allen, Allen, and Allen as he will be honored with the 2025 Civility and Professionalism Award! This award is given to a member of the plaintiff’s bar who goes above and beyond the obligations of civility, professionalism, integrity, respect, and courtesy. We are pleased to present this award to him at our Annual Meeting in October!

Sponsors




     


                

         

                                  

Contact Amy Gilbody at agilbody@vada.org for sponsorship information.





Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

11533 Busy Street, #327

N. Chesterfield, VA 23236

804-649-1002

Executive Director: Sherma Mather

Director of Meetings: Amy Gilbody

Journal of Civil Litigation Managing Editor: Molly Terry

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