WBA Foundation 2026 Wine Tasting and Silent Auction

Join us for the WBA Foundation's 23nd Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction on Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Our tasting will be led by Jay Youmans, MW. Jay has been tasting wine professionally for nearly 30 years. He is the Educational Director and Owner of the Capital Wine School; and the Owner of Rock Creek Wine Merchants, a sales and marketing consultancy. Jay has served as a wine judge for numerous wine competitions and has contributed to several books and magazines on wine. Jay is an Advanced Level Sommelier (AS), a Certified Wine Educator (CWE), a French Wine Scholar (FWS), an Italian Wine Professional (IWP), a Bordeaux Wine Educator, a Burgundy Wine Educator, a Certified Specialist of Sherry, and Washington, DC’s first Master of Wine (MW).

Attendees will have a chance to bid online for dozens of unique and unbeatable auction items, some of which will be on display at the event. All of this will take place LIVE in the companionship of friends and acquaintances gathered in fellowship and in support of the WBAF. Don’t miss it!

Proceeds from the event benefit the WBAF Founders Fellowship and our Community Grant programs. Over the years, the WBAF has awarded almost $1.3 million to support the legal and related needs of many women and girls in DC. Help us award more grants in 2026; join us as an auction donor, sponsor, or registrant.

Silent Auction

Silent auction items include sports tickets, vacation stays, tickets to local theaters, unique experiences, jewelry and handcrafts, and several gift baskets. Access to the auction is both online and in-person.

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Sponsors

VIP Level

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP

Venable LLP

Select Level

District Wealth Strategies

Outten & Golden LLP

Magnum Level

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tenenbaum Law Group PLLC

Charles River Associates

Crowell & Moring LLP

Beacon Hill Solutions Group

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Shulman Rogers

Erica Dominitz

Vickie S. Robinson

King & Spalding LLP

Kirsten Wilkerson

Vasseghi Law, PLLC

Saks Fifth Avenue

Daniel Welch - Morgan Stanley

Akin

Justina Martynaityte Family Donation Fund

Steptoe LLP

Ain & Bank, P.C.

Champagne Level

RADM Matt and Mary Ellen Kleiman

Grace Parke Fremlin of PF Global

Reed Smith LLP

Jennifer A. Duane

NVG, LLC

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.

ImpactGC, LLP

Veritext Legal Solutions

Consilio

Wine Level

Legal Innovators

Ellen M. Jakovic

Dr. Indira Henard

Price Benowitz LLP

Meredith Margolis- Your P&rtners @ Compass Real Estate

Paulette Chapman

Kodem Son Tang Law Group

Elizabeth Sinnott Medaglia

Kathy Gunning

Bridget Bailey Lipscomb

PintoBrown PLLC

Jackie Johnson

Mary Blatch

Wiley Rein LLP

Major, Lindsey & Africa

Marla Spindel

Jennifer and Nathan Mammen

FTI Consulting - Trial & Arbitration Support

Lindsey B. W. Savage

Tamara Kraljic

Individual tickets: refund requests must be made by 5:00pm ET , October 18, 2025. No refunds will be issued after that time. Replacement attendees are permitted.

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