Below are image galleries of events held during our 2014 Annual Meeting and Convention. Click on an event to see the respective photos.
Thursday, September 4
- Younger Lawyers Division Awards Luncheon
- Federal Litigation Section Happy Hour
- Reception at WaterFire
Friday, September 5
- First Circuit Swearing In Ceremony
- Fellows of the Foundation of the FBA Luncheon
- Networking Cocktail Reception
Saturday, September 6


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Brett Barfield, Eleventh Circuit Vice President; Christie Varnado, Fourth Circuit Vice President; and Steve Jackson


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Stefani Moon and Ron Kozlowski, North Central Florida Chapter President


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Jeff Kichaven, Section Chair; Mark Vincent, FBA National President-Elect; and Dan Hedlund, Eight Circuit Vice President


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Dr. James Moreland and Jim Moreland


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Robert DeSousa, former FBA National President (2012-2013); and Hon. Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Attendees with Howard McPherson, Chair of the Admiralty Law Section; and Simeon Baum, FBA Board of Directors


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Arturo Thompson, Kansas Chapter President; Geoff Cheshire, Chair of the Criminal Law Section; and Chris Stephens, Tenth Circuit Vice President


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
David Stone; Beth Smith; Todd Hedgepeth; and Kara Van de Carr, 2014 Sarah T. Hughes Award Recipient


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Kelly Scalise, New Orleans Chapter Treasurer (far right) with two attendees


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Jim Satola, Sixth Circuit Vice President; Hon. Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer; Beth Smith and her husband, David Stone


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Kip Bollin, FBA Board of Directors; and Hon. Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Robert Desousa, former FBA National President; Matthew Moreland; current FBA National President; and Sean Connolly


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Robert Desousa, former FBA National President; and Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President presenting the 2014 President’s Award to Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Beth Smith; Steve Jackson; and Hon. Michelle Burns
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matthew Moreland; current FBA National President; Hon. Patricia Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, District of Rhode Island, recipient of the 2014 Elaine R. “Boots” Fisher Award; Jim Satola, Sixth Circuit Vice President; and Aaron Bulloff, Foundation Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Sarah Perlman with Stacy King, FBA Staff; and Martha Hofmeister, President of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President presenting the 2014 Earl W. Kintner Award to Larry D. Thompson, FBA Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Roberto Santana-Aparicio
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Marc Taubenfeld, Fifth Circuit Vice President; and Sean Connolly
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Michelle Burns; Patricia Ryan, DC Chapter Board Member; Kate Margolis, Mississippi Chapter President; and Fern Bomchill, former FBA National President (2011-2012)
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Maria Vathis, FBA Board of Directors; Katherine Gonzalez-Valentin, FBA Board of Directors; and Adine Momoh
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Ethan Don; Joe Leventhal, Ninth Circuit Vice President; Anh Le Kremer, FBA Board of Directors; and Matthew Moschella, FBA Board of Directors and First Circuit Vice President
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Elizabeth Kronk Warner
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Kara Van de Carr, Executive Director, Eden House, recipient of the 2014 Hon. Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award; Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President and Hon. Patricia Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, District of Rhode Island, recipient of the 2014 Elaine R. “Boots” Fisher Award
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Joyce Kitchens, former FBA National President; Larry D. Thompson, Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors; and Ashley Belleau, former FBA National President (2010-2011)
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Maria Vathis, FBA Board of Directors; Katherine Gonzalez-Valentin, FBA Board of Directors; Hon. Michael McBride; and Adine Momoh
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Warren Burke; Henry Quillian; and Hon. Arthur Burnett, Sr.
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President; Larry D. Thompson, Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors; and Ashley Belleau, former FBA National President (2010-2011)
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President presenting FBA Deputy Executive Director Stacy King with the 2014 President’s Award
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Color Guard
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Larry D. Thompson, Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Robert Desousa, former FBA National President (2012-2013); and Sean Connolly
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Patricia Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, District of Rhode Island; Hon. Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer; and Martha Hofmeister, President of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
John Okray, Chair, Corporate and Association Counsel Division; Martha Hofmeister, President of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association; and Aaron Bulloff, Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Stacy King, FBA Deputy Executive Director and Karen Silberman, FBA Executive Director
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matt Moreland, FBA National President; Hon. Mary Ann Lemon; Barry Ashe, Fifth Circuit Vice President; Ashley Belleau, former FBA National President (2010-2011); and Patrick O’Keefe, FBA Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Sean Connolly; Kent Hofmeister; and Sean’s wife Carol
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Winston Haythe, Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors; and Adrienne A. Berry, former FBA National President (1998-1999)
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Beth Smith; Matt Moreland, FBA National President; and Hon. Michelle Burns
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President; and Hon. Elizabeth Kronk Warner
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Donna Frosco; Patricia Ryan, DC Chapter Board Member; and Hon. Michelle Burns
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Kathy Richardson and Jim Richardson, former FBA National President (2007-2008)
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
David Stone; Beth Smith; Matt Moreland, FBA National President; and Hon. Michelle Burns
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Robert DeSousa, former FBA National President (2012-2013); Matt Moreland, FBA National President; and Sean Connolly
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
George Lieberman; Chris Sullivan, First Circuit Vice President and his wife
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matt Moreland, FBA National President, speaks to the audience
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Mary Ann Lemon; Ashley Belleau, former FBA National President (2010-2011); and Matt Moreland, FBA National President
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Mary Ann Lemon swearing in Matt Moreland as the 87th FBA National President
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Kathy Richardson; Fern Bomchill, former FBA National President (2011-2012); Jim Richardson, former FBA National President (2007-2008); and Sean Connolly
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Warren Burke and his daughter, Evangeline
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Aaron Bulloff, Foundation Board of Directors; Hon. Patricia Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, District of Rhode Island, recipient of the 2014 Elaine R. “Boots” Fisher Award; and Scott Kilpatrick, Rhode Island Chapter President
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Michael Newman, Dayton Chapter President and FBA National Treasurer; . Patricia Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, District of Rhode Island; and Martha Hofmeister, President of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matt Moreland, FBA National President; and Hon. Michelle Burns
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President; Kara Van de Carr, Executive Director, Eden House, recipient of the 2014 Hon. Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award; and Beth Smith
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Martha Hofmeister, President of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association; Carl Gilmore, Foundation Board of Directors; and Luis Nido, Foundation Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Evangeline Burke reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Arthur Burnett, Sr.; and Kent Hofmeister
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
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Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Bruce Moyer, FBA Government Relations Counsel, and his wife
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Sean Connolly; and Fern Bomchill, former FBA National President (2011-2012)
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matt Moreland, FBA National President; and Robert Mueller, former FBA National President (1997-1998) and President of the Federal Bar Building Corporation
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Olivera Medenica, Southern District of New York Chapter President; Donna Frosco; and Amy Gell
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr, Immediate Past National President presenting the President’s Award to Christopher Sullivan
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Bruce Moyer, Government Relations Counsel; and West Allen
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matt Moreland, FBA National President; Hon. Mary Ann Lemon; and her husband
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Ernest Bartol, Second Circuit Vice President; Hon. Joanna Seybert; Darrel Gardner, Alaska Chapter President and his wife
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Matt Moreland, FBA National President; and Kent Hofmeister
Photo by Kent Hofmeister


2014 Annual Meeting & Convention
Cocktail Reception & Presidential Installation Banquet
Carl Gilmore, Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors; Rob Kohn, Chair, Federal Litigation Section; and Luis Nido, Foundation Board of Directors
Photo by Kent Hofmeister
