The Rocket Docket: Trying Cases in the Eastern District of Virginia – Alexandria

A pre-recorded streaming AUDIO replay of the December 2024 webcast, The Rocket Docket: Trying Cases in the Eastern District of Virginia.

This long-running seminar is a must-attend event for any attorney practicing in the Eastern District of Virginia. Learn how the streamlined practices and local rules make this district consistently one of the fastest trial dockets in the United States. At this program, you hear directly from the judges who try your cases and from some of the area’s finest litigators as they discuss all relevant aspects of federal trial practice. Throughout the seminar, panelists offer insight and practice tips to help you achieve the optimum outcome for your clients. The rules and procedures unique to the Eastern District are clearly highlighted—those aspects that insiders know and follow and that outsiders ignore at their peril.

Both experienced and new attorneys benefit from the opportunity to explore the most successful strategies when trying cases in these courts. Ask any of your colleagues who practice in the Eastern District: it is too late to learn the court’s rules once your case starts; you have to know them now.

• Understand the rules applicable in the Eastern District
• Explore best practices with pointers from experienced litigators
• Hear what the judges want—and don’t want
• Includes an extraordinary set of written materials—the electronic version of Virginia CLE^®’s Federal Civil Practice in Virginia—a $324 value!

JUDGES and MAGISTRATE JUDGES

ALEXANDRIA

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

Hon. Leonie Brinkema, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia / Alexandria

FACULTY

Thomas Connally, Hogan Lovells US LLP / Tysons

Ellen Marcus, Holmes Costin & Marcus PLLC / Alexandria

Sona Rewari, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP / Washington, DC

Mary C. Zinsner, Troutman Pepper LLP / Tysons