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• CLE: Contempt & Rule to Show Cause in Family Law Cases: To Reprimand or Remediate?

  • When
    29 Apr 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington County Courthouse (Room TBD)

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  Contempt & Rule to Show Cause in Family Law Cases:

  To Reprimand or Remediate?

  Please join the Arlington County Bar Association to learn from advanced family law practitioners the ins and outs of Contempt and Rules to Show Cause in Family Law Cases.

  • 1.      What kind of Contempt?
  • 2.      Procedures for filing/hearings
  • 3.      Drafting your agreement
  • 4.      Relief available
  • 5.      Defenses
  • 6.      Aftermath

  Approved for Two (2) Hour General CLE credit by VSB

  Tuesday, April 29, 2025

  3pm – Arlington County Courthouse

  Room:  TBD

  Meet the Speakers:

  CAROLYN ABBATE, Grenadier, Duffett, Levi, Winkler & Rubin, PC/Reston/Alexandria Ms. Abbate practices exclusively in the area of family law and divorce matters in Northern Virginia and has been with the firm since 2010. A native of Arlington, Virginia, Ms. Abbate graduated from George Mason University School of Law, cum laude, in 2009. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Abbate clerked for the Judges of Virginia’s 17th Judicial Circuit (Arlington County) from 2009– 2010. Ms. Abbate is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Arlington Bar Association, the Fairfax Bar Association and the Alexandria Bar Association, and is currently served on the Arlington County Bar Association board as a Director. Ms. Abbate has been recognized as a top attorney by Arlington Magazine in 2019 through 2024 and was named to Best Lawyers in 2024 and 2025.

  Sean P. Schmergel, Schmergel & Mersberger, PLC/Arlington Mr. Schmergel has been practicing family law for over 21 years as a co-founding member of Schmergel & Mersberger, PLC, recognized as a “Best Law Firm” in family law. He is “AV Rated” by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected a “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business, a “Super Lawyer” and a U.S. News “Best Lawyer” for family law in Virginia. He has also been named a top attorney in divorce and family law by Washingtonian and Arlington Magazine. Mr. Schmergel is admitted in Virginia and the District of Columbia and is a certified guardian ad litem for children in Virginia. He is Secretary of the Arlington County Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Judicial Screening Committee for the Alexandria Bar Association. He also serves as Chair of District 4-II Disciplinary Committee for the Virginia State Bar.

  
  

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• CLE: Expungement Process in Virginia

  • When
    30 Apr 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington Courthouse - Jury Assembly Room

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  FREE CLE: EXPUNGEMENTS IN ARLINGTON

  Wednesday, April 30, 4-5 pm

  Arlington County Courthouse

  Jury Assembly Room

  1425 North Courthouse Rd. Arlington, VA 22201

  This CLE will teach attendees about the Virginia expungement statute and walk through how the expungement process works in Arlington. Attendees will learn how to assist an applicant with the expungement process from beginning to end. This CLE is approved to provide 1 credit hour.

   

  In addition to the CLE there is a volunteer opportunity to participate at the upcoming Expungement Clinic on May 03 (the Saturday after the CLE) from 10:00 to 1:00 at Arlington Presbyterian Church (918 S. Lincoln Street, Arlington). This volunteer opportunity is a great opportunity to do pro bono work and to assist applicants with the expungement process. There will be sign-up sheets at the CLE.

   

  If you have already been trained on expungements and would like to volunteer at this clinic (or for any future clinics) you can also contact Isabel Corngold, Director of Conviction Integrity for the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, directly at icorngold@arlingtonva.us

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• April 30 Arlington Bar Happy Hour

  • When
    30 Apr 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ireland's Four Courts, 2051 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201

  Five O'Clock Docket Call AKA Happy Hour  30th of April, 2025 5 to 7 PM 30 April 2025 5 to 7 PM IRELAND'S FOUR COURTS 2051 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201 Cash Bar Cash Bar        This message was sent to you by {Organization_Name} If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time

  
  

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• Free Breakfast Friday - May 1st

  • When
    2 May 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
  • Location
    Arlington Courthouse Law Library

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  Free Breakfast Friday - May 1 The Arlington County Bar Association  reminds you to join your colleagues for a cup of coffee and a pastry before your docket calls!  Friday, May 1st  for  Free Breakfast Friday  (FBF!) 8:30 am - 10:15 am in the Walter T. McCarthy Law Library on the ground floor of the Arlington County Courthouse Thank you to this Month's FBF Sponsor :  Circuit Court Judges' Chambers About Us Member Login Events Arlington County Bar Association 1425 North Courthouse Road, Suite 6500 • Arlington, Virginia 22201 arlingtoncountybar@gmail.com www.arlingtonbar.wildapricot.org If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time

  
  

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• Expungement Pro-Bono Clinic

  • When
    3 May 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington Presbyterian Church, 918 S. Lincoln Street, Arlington, VA

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  For additional information on the Expungement Clinic, contact Isabel Corngold, Director of Conviction Integrity for the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, directly at icorngold@arlingtonva.us

  

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• Hon. Adam Krischer Investiture Ceremony

  • When
    18 Jun 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington County Courthouse - 3rd Floor
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Please join the

  Arlington County Bar Association

  as we celebrate

  The Investiture of

  The Honorable Adam Krischer

  to the

  Arlington General District Court

  Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM

  
  

  Arlington County Courthouse 3^rd Floor 

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• Hon. Chief Judge R. Frances O'Brien Retirement

  • When
    11 Jul 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington County Courthouse - 3rd Floor
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  Please join the

  Arlington County Bar Association as we celebrate the storied career of  

  Chief Judge R. Frances O’Brien

  upon her retirement from the 

  Arlington General District Court

  Friday, July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM

  
  

  Arlington County Courthouse 3^rd Floor 

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