Annual Dinner

The 38^th FCBA Annual Dinner will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2026, at the WASHINGTON HILTON, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009.

Click here to purchase a table or an individual ticket. Please get your forms in by November 6!

Invitations to Congressional Staff

Senate and House ethics rules prohibit staff members from accepting Annual Dinner invitations from registered lobbyists and entities that employ or retain registered lobbyists. The FCBA therefore will issue most Annual Dinner invitations to Congressional staff and reminds individuals and organizations to which this prohibition applies to refrain from inviting Congressional staff directly.

If you would like to suggest staff to be invited to the dinner, please send an email to me (kerry@fcba.org) with the subject line “Annual Dinner: Congressional Staff,” including the name, office, and email address of each proposed invitee as soon as possible and not later than November 9.

If you plan to have available seats at your table(s), please email me the number of seats as soon as you are able. Consistent with applicable ethics rules, the FCBA, in its sole discretion, will determine Annual Dinner seating assignments for Congressional staff and cannot guarantee its ability to honor requested seating assignments for specific staff members.

Invitations to Other Federal Government Staff

The FCBA Annual Dinner appears to qualify as a widely attended event pursuant to Office of Government Ethics regulations. 5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(g)(2). Individuals and organizations that purchase tables may directly invite federal employee guests who are not Congressional staff. However, those employees must obtain written guidance from their agencies regarding Annual Dinner attendance. 5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(g)(3).

This is a special evening when virtually the entire FCBA membership comes together to celebrate what makes this bar association so special. Part of that is philanthropy. Every table sold includes a $150 tax-deductible donation to the FCBA Foundation—a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides college scholarships to area high school students, as well as scholarships and stipends to law school students. The dinner also plays an important role in the FCBA’s own financial health.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr will deliver the evening’s featured remarks. We’re grateful to him and his fellow Commissioners, Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty, as well as NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth, for joining us for the Annual Dinner. We hope to see you all there too!

Click here to purchase a table or an individual ticket.

Inviting Government Guests

Pursuant to the Office of Government Ethics regulation on widely attended gatherings (5 CFR 2635.204(g)(2)), the FCBA Annual Dinner appears to qualify as a widely attended event. Federal employees may be invited to attend the dinner as a guest of an individual or organization without the involvement of the FCBA, however, the employee is required to seek written guidance from their agency before accepting an invitation to the event (5 CFR 2635.204(g)(3)). Invitations to Members of Congress and Congressional Staff must be issued by the FCBA.

Requests for invitations to be sent from the FCBA must be emailed to kerry@fcba.org by Wednesday, November 12. Invitees will be placed at the discretion of the FCBA.

*Please note that seating is reserved and there will be no physical tickets to distribute. Your table number(s) will be emailed to you, and you will be responsible for distributing that information to your guests.