Join the Hon. Judge Kathleen Uston, the Hon. J. Greg Parks, and Nicole Salvatore for an opportunity to learn about practicing before the Alexandria Circuit Court.  The panelists will discuss what goes on behind-the-scenes in both Chambers and the Clerk’s Office.  In addition, the Panel will discuss procedures that have changed, and those that have stayed the same, since the lifting of the Supreme Court’s Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency. 

Hon. Kathleen M. Uston 
Judge
Alexandria Circuit Court

Hon. Kathleen M. Uston began her service on the Circuit Court for the 18th Circuit in the City of Alexandria in April 2021. She received her juris doctorate from George Mason University School of Law in 1991 and, after passing the bar, went into private practice focusing in the areas of attorney ethical defense work, GAL representation, and civil litigation. Judge Uston served as Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria, as Assistant Bar Counsel with the Virginia State Bar for thirteen years and as adjunct professor of law at American University Washington College of Law teaching Ethics for Trial Lawyers. She is past President of the VSB Young Lawyers Conference, served as vice-chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Solo and Small Firm Committee, and is former President of the Alexandria Bar Association. Judge Uston also served as President of the National Organization of Bar Counsel and as NOBC's Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Judge Uston was a member of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, the Presidential Committee on Wellness of the Virginia State Bar, and a member of the Virginia Committee on Lawyer Wellness formed by Chief Justice Donald Lemons of the Virginia Supreme Court. Judge Uston is currently a member of the Supreme Court Wellness Advisory Committee. Over her career, Judge Uston has lectured extensively on the subject of attorney ethics and had the great honor of co-authoring the updated edition of Lawyers and Other People's Money with Frank Thomas, Esquire.

Hon. J. Greg Parks
Clerk of Court
Alexandria Circuit Court

J. Greg Parks was born and raised in Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He later earned a Juris Doctor degree from the American University and a Master of Laws degree from the George Washington University. After graduating from law school, Greg served as an attorney for the U.S. Coast Guard, Office of the Judge Advocate General. After the attacks of September 11^th, Greg served on the White House team that created the Department of Homeland Security. He went on to serve in senior legal and management positions with the Coast Guard, the Department of Transportation, the General Services Administration, and as Chief Counsel of a federal administrative tribunal, where he directed the full range of legal and operational functions and served as ethics officer for 15 judges. Greg was elected to an eight-year term as Alexandria Clerk of the Circuit Court on November 5^th, 2019, and took office as Clerk on January 1, 2020.

Nicole Salvatore
Senior Law Clerk
Alexandria Circuit Court

Nicole Salvatore is a Senior Law Clerk at the Alexandria Circuit Court. She graduated from William & Mary Law School in 2022 after completing a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware in 2019.