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250 Years of American Political Satire - A Fall Kickoff Mixer
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Sep 24 2026
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250 Years of American Political Satire - A Fall Kickoff Mixer

Richmond Lawyer Chapter

Residence of Ken and Ann Davis
327 Oak Lane
Richmond, VA 23226
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Steve Kelley
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America 250: Abraham Lincoln and the Founding of America, a Conversation with Ken Davis
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Christian & Barton in James Center One, 2nd Floor Conference Room
901 East Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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John Kennerly Davis
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Labor Rights, Civil Wrongs: Legal Fights Against Anti-Semitism & Unions - Richmond
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Christian & Barton in James Center One, 2nd Floor Conference Room
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Danielle Susanj
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Steve Kelley

Steve Kelley

Political Cartoonist

Biography

For 45 years, political cartoonist Steve Kelley has devoted his attention to public officials the way the radiator grille of a tractor-trailer might devote its attention to June bugs. He has delighted readers by consistently consigning officeholders to the one fate they fear most -- that of not being taken seriously.

A 1981 honors graduate from Dartmouth College, Kelley spent two decades as staff political cartoonist for The San Diego Union-Tribune. In 2002, he moved to The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.  

"I tend to limit my cartoons to two subjects," Kelley confesses. "Politics and stuff people actually care about."

Kelley's cartoons are nationally syndicated and have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and USA Today among many others. They are routinely featured on prominent Internet news sites.

With cartoonist Jeff Parker, Kelley created the popular syndicated comic strip, Dustin, which has appeared in more than 300 newspapers daily since its debut in 2010.

The Virginia native is a popular speaker and humorist.  A veteran of seven appearances on The Tonight Show, Kelley has given much of his time and talent to charity. Funny Money, a  fundraiser he co-created with another comedian, provided funding for the San Diego Child Abuse Prevention Foundation for seven consecutive years.  A Thousand Laughs for a Thousand Smiles  helped underwrite reconstructive dental surgery for children in Mexico.

Kelley is the father of a 27-year-old son, Hayden, about whom he brags without regard to the listener's interest.

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John Kennerly Davis

John Kennerly Davis

Former Deputy Attorney General for Virginia

Biography

Kennerly Davis has over forty years of experience in corporate management, public service, and the private practice of law. He has held senior executive positions in a Fortune 500 electric and gas company. He has served as Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and as a legislative aide to a U.S. Senator and a U.S. Congressman. He practiced law for 25 years with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

Davis is active in the Federalist Society as a member of the Regulatory Process Working Group of the Regulatory Transparency Project, and as a member of the Execuitve Committee of the Administrative Law and Regulation Practice Group. He is active in the national Alumni Free Speech Alliance, and involved in AFSA-chapter initiatives, including litigation, to publicize and correct the serious legal problems created by university Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs and the anonymous bias reporting systems used to enforce those DEI programs.

Davis writes and speaks on a wide variety of topics, including those related to the Founding of America, the natural rights foundation of our Republic, the constitutional rule of law, equal protection and free speech, DEI programs and bias reporting systems, capitalism, regulation and regulatory reform, and economic development. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Examiner, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Federalist Society Review, the FedSoc Blog, Real Clear Energy, Townhall, the Daily Caller, reports of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and other publications. He appears frequently on radio, podcasts, and television.

Davis graduated with honors from Cornell University with an A.B. degree in Government. He earned an M.A. degree from Pembroke College, Oxford, in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He was awarded a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, and an M.B.A. degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Davis lives in Richmond, Virginia. He can be contacted by email: j.kendavis@verizon.net, and by phone: (804) 624-8525.

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Danielle Susanj

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Mark Curtis Christie

Mark Curtis Christie

Founding Director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy, William & Mary Law School; Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Former Chairman, Virginia State Corporation Commission

Biography

Mark Christie is the Founding Director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy at William & Mary Law School.  He also teaches courses on energy law at the law school as a visiting professor from practice.  

Christie is a former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  He served as a FERC commissioner from January 2021 to August 2025, the final seven months as Chairman.   

Prior to serving on FERC, Christie was the Chairman of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (Virginia SCC), on which he served as a commissioner for nearly 17 years. He was elected to the Virginia SCC, which regulates utilities, insurance and banking, three times by the Virginia legislature on bipartisan votes. 

During Christie’s service as a state regulator, he was elected president of the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI), an organization of utility regulators representing the 13 states and the District of Columbia which participate in the PJM transmission and markets organization. He served for more than a decade on the OPSI governing board. Christie also served as president of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC), a regional chapter of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). 

Former Chairman Christie taught regulatory law for a decade as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Law and constitutional law and government for 20 years in a doctoral program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Christie received his law degree from Georgetown University and his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University, where he graduated Magna cum Laude and earned Phi Beta Kappa honors.  To help pay for college, he worked as an underground coal miner during summers.

He served as an officer in the U. S. Marine Corps.   Semper fi.

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Richard Cullen

Richard Cullen

Biography

Over the course of a legal career spanning more than four decades, Richard Cullen has built an exemplary record of consequential public service and distinguished private practice.

Mr. Cullen joined McGuireWoods in 1977. His wide-ranging practice has included complex commercial litigation, high profile government investigations, and white-collar defense. He led the firm as Chairman for over ten years.

Since joining McGuireWoods, Mr. Cullen has taken leave several times for significant public service assignments. In 1987, he served as special counsel to U.S. Senator Paul Trible, Jr. during the Iran-Contra investigation. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, serving until 1993.

In 1997, Governor George Allen appointed Mr. Cullen Attorney General of Virginia to fill the unexpired term of Jim Gilmore, who had resigned to run for governor. Mr. Cullen was a member of George W. Bush’s legal team for the Florida recount during the 2000 presidential election and Vice President Mike Pence’s legal team following the 2016 presidential election. Mr. Cullen has for the last four years served as Counselor to Governor Glenn Youngkin.

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