2026 Faculty

Director

Stephen A. Saltzburg
George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC

Co-Directors

Gerald F. Ivey
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Washington, DC

Mary Lynn Tate
The Tate Law Firm
Abingdon, Virginia

Judiciary

Honorable John Anderson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Alexandria

Honorable Bernice Donald
U.S. Court of Appeals, (Ret.)
Menphis, Tennessee

Honorable Charles Dorsey
Roanoke County and Salem Circuit Courts
Salem, Virginia

Honorable Barbara Gaden
Richmond General District Court 
Richmond, Virginia

Honorable Karen Henenberg
Arlington General District Court
Chantilly, Virginia

Justice Helen Hoens
New Jersey Supreme Court
New Jersey, New York

Honorable Pamela Hutchens
2nd Judicial District, General District Court (Ret.)
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Honorable David Lannetti
Norfolk Circuit Court
Norfolk, Virginia

Honorable Liam O’Grady
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, (Ret.)
Alexandria

Honorable Dan Ortiz
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia

Honorable Stephen Shannon
Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Fairfax
Fairfax, Virginia

Honorable Paul F. Sheridan
Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Arlington (Ret.)
Arlington, Virginia

Honorable Tony Trenga
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Alexandria

Honorable Mike Urbanski
Senior United States District Judge, Western District of Virginia
Roanoke

Legal Faculty

John Boneta
John Boneta, PLLC
Leesburg, Virginia

Jeffrey Breit
Breit Biniazan Trial Lawyers
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Ken Curtis
Bacon, Halfhill & Young
Fairfax, Virginia

Daniel Fortune
Trial Attorney
Birmington, Alabama

David Gogal
Blankinship & Keith, P.C.
Fairfax, Virginia

David Harless
Christian & Barton, LLP
Richmond, Virginia

Pat Hastings
EDE Litigation Consulting, LLC
St. Petersburg, Florida

Roscoe Howard
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Washington, DC

Brenda Howdershell
Allstate / Encompass/Esurance Staff Counsel
Chantilly, Virginia

Brian Jackson
McGuireWoods
Charlottesville, Virginia

Chidi James
Blankenship Keith
Fairfax, Virginia

Tonja Kelley, Jr.
Troutman Pepper Locke
Washington, DC

Chip Nunley
Hunton & Williams LLP
Richmond, Virginia

Kathy Nusslock
Amundsen Davis, LLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

John A. Schwab, Esq.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Stacey Steiner
Allegheny County Public Defender
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mike Zogby
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Morristown, New Jersey

“This was the greatest educational experience of my life. The passion of the faculty for trial advocacy was inspirational.”

— Attendee