Almost Noise (In The Basement)
Featuring legal talent from Venable
Rocking for Friends of ROAM (Rock of Ages Music)
Almost Noise (in the Basement) is a high-energy rock band born from the legendary, multi-time Law Rocks champion Noise in the Basement. This new lineup blends three NITB veterans with four rocking lawyers from Venable LLP—one of whom is a crossover member—and a former-lawyer guest star adding vocal firepower. Expect dueling guitars, powerhouse vocals, and a stage presence that’s all-in on fun. Whether you’re here for the music or the mayhem, Almost Noise is ready to lay down the law and bring down the house!
Harmful Interference
Featuring legal talent from Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Industry Association, USTelecom, Verizon, Somos, and Interlink Capital Strategies
Rocking for Miriam's Kitchen
Harmful interference was formed in the Spring of 2019 with the quickly achieved goal of becoming the world’s greatest telecom lawyer rock band. Rocking audiences from DC to Atlanta to Chicago, the band’s reputation has grown exponentially in the following years. The band presently includes telecom industry legends Patrick Halley, guitar/vocals/off-color humor (Wireless Infrastructure Association, formerly FCC, USTelecom, Wilkinson Barker Knauer); Kristi Thompson, Vocals/percussion/robocall cop (FCC), Brandon Heiner, vocals/guitar/gear master (USTelecom, formerly Hill staff, Lumen), Joel Bernstein, bass/definitely not vocals/next-level conversation skills (Somos, formerly Temple Strategies); Randy Clarke, drums/practice space purveyor/smoldering intensity (Verizon, formerly FCC, Lumen); along with telecom outsider Jozsef Szamosfalvi (Interlink Capital Strategies, highest scoring scrabble name in the history of Law Rocks DC with 53 points).
Larry and the LandLawyers
Featuring legal talent from Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh
Rocking for HomeAid National Capital Region
Larry & The LandLawyers is a rock band born from the legal world, featuring three attorneys from Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh John Rinaldi, Mark Goetzman, Mike Kieffer, and longtime friend and client Larry Clark of Felice Development Group. The band regularly performs as part of Law Rocks, a global nonprofit concert series that brings together legal professionals to raise money for charitable causes.
Blending legal expertise with musical talent, Larry & The LandLawyers are proud to support organizations making a real impact in the community, including LUNGevity, in memory of their friend Pete Dolan, and HomeAid Northern Virginia, which builds and renovates shelters for those in need. Known for their energy on stage and commitment off it, the band proves that lawyers can rock — and do good — at the same time.
Lex Loco
Featuring legal talent from Maryland Office of the Attorney General; Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright; Lutzker & Lutzker
Rocking for Young Artists of America
Lex Loco is DC’s most original cover band, delivering power rock and pop anthems with flirtatious swagger and charisma to spare.
From Queen to Britney, these attorneys-by-day-rock-stars-by-night deliver banger after banger to boisterous crowds across the DMV.
People are saying the only thing more dangerous than Lex Loco in legal practice is Lex Loco on stage.
Lex Loco is Lexi Pozonsky (vocals), Arnold Alaniz (guitar), Ethan Barr (guitar and keys), Evan Allis (bass), and Will Elman (drums). The band will be raising money for Young Artists of America, which offers orchestral and musical theater training for elementary through high school students in the DC area.
Malicious Code
Featuring legal talent from Baker Hostetler; Fish and Richardson; Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Rocking for Catholic Charities Legal Network DC
Warning: Malicious Code will worm into your ears and camp out in your brain with a blend of classic, southern, and early 2000s rock as easily as a hacker on an unpatched network running Windows Server 2012. Starring Jon Knight, Ben Christoff, Justin Heminger, Darrell Stark, Kristen Bertch, and Nate Gibson. Yeah, we know you've been told not to trust us. But go ahead. Click the link. You'll love it.
Night Work
Featuring legal talent from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Rocking for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Led Zeppelin. Van Halen. Metallica. Each legends of rock in their own right, but none executing with the unmitigated musicality and Akin spirit of Night Work.
Night Work consists of attorneys from the DC office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The name Night Work was devised by a broader group of Akin musicians across the firm’s many offices in honor of the firm’s founder, Bob Strauss. Mr. Strauss famously said to a client that “You’ve given us your night work; now can we have your day work?”
Sporting a palatable blend of 70s, 80s and 90s influence, Night Work has taken the music landscape by storm and is ready to deliver another unforgettable evening of your favorite hits and hidden gems. The soaring vocals of Matt Nicely and J.R. Molm, virtuosic dynamism of Steve Kho on keys, infectious groove of Brian Pomper on bass, thrilling command of rhythm by Scott Alberino on drums and rip-roaring edge of Tom McCarthy on guitar create a one-of-a-kind sound that leaves audiences wanting more and other attorneys wondering if, they too, can live out their rockstar ambitions.
The Precedents
Featuring legal talent from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Interactive Brokers, McGuire Woods, the DOJ Appellate Division
Rocking for Gifts For The Homeless
The Precedents are an all-lawyer band with no ringers. They started playing charity gigs 20 years ago. The band features legal talent from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Interactive Brokers, McGuire Woods, and the DOJ Appellate Division. The Precedents are the band that all other lawyer bands must follow.
Sound Counsel
Featuring legal talent from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Rocking for TBD
SOUND COUNSEL makes its debut performance at Law Rocks DC 2025, bringing together Orrick attorneys and colleagues with a shared passion for great music and live shows. Sound Counsel’s sound is eclectic, high energy, loud and fun.
Friends of ROAM
HomeAid
Force Majeure
Featuring legal talent from K&L Gates
Rocking for Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Rocking the world for almost a decade, Force Majeure formed under pressure and first performed at a K&L Gates firmwide global retreat in Phoenix, Arizona, after The Beatles terminated without cause, nunc pro funk. Since then, Force Majeure have presented their eclectic musical offerings widely at firm events, house parties, and via video, and hope to have Sir Paul make a surprise visit to join one of their sets, someday. The new and improved 2025 edition of Force Majeure consists of K&L Gatesers Claire White (lead vocals), Gary Kocher (guitar/vocals), Brandi Ledferd (drums), and Mark Wittow (guitar/vocals), with friends Ian Paden (bass/vocals) and Dan Hensley (trumpet/percussion/vocals).
Legal Issues
Featuring legal talent from Law Office of Andrew C. Huff; Law Office of Greg Hoover; Law Office of Raymond Ejarque
Rocking for Seattle Humane Society
"Legal Issues" are three lawyers and a scientist who are longtime friends. We formed this band about three years ago once our kids were full grown and we now have the time, and have played at several venues, bars, taverns, any place with a stage. We primarily play classic rock covers and some originals and tend to put an edge on many of these songs. When we play, we don't tend to stand around but instead like to put on a show with our music and stage presence. We can be loud and that's the way we like it.
The Lumberjax
Featuring legal talent from Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
Rocking for Teen Talking Circles
Hailing from the Great White North in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jean-Piérre et Jacques are two burly, hockey-playing, ax-swingin’, acoustic-strummin’ hosers who will happily rock your pants right off your body to leave you burnt and smoking on the dance floor!
A mix of comedy and musicianship, these bearded boys promise to entertain you with their interpretations of 80s covers from AC/DC to Whitney Houston to Bryan Adams to Guns N' Roses. The Pacific Northwest is their predominant stomping grounds these days so keep an eye out to witness them jack choppin’ some wood in your neighborhood!
The Orphan 40
Featuring legal talent from Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala
Rocking for Rebuilding Hope
“The Orphan 40” is the solo, acoustic project of PCVA Partner Ian Bauer, who spends his days representing survivors of child sexual abuse and can be otherwise found on a stage somewhere in the greater Puget Sound region with a guitar in hand, as a regular gigging musician.
Prior to and during law school, Ian played in and around Seattle solo and in bands, before professional and family obligations meant stepping back from playing live. The Orphan 40 began when, during a sleepless night in the middle of a contentious trial and on the heels of his mom’s Stage IV cancer diagnosis, Ian did something he hadn’t done for years – hit the record button on his do-it-yourself home recording setup.
The result? Dozens of originals and eclectic covers stripped down to their bare essentials – solo guitar and vocals recorded live, to capture and convey the raw emotion of the moment, where the imperfections and straightforward arrangements reflect an earnest authenticity all too often lacking in the modern music industry.
One thing led to another, and within a matter of weeks Ian began booking shows as The Orphan 40 many months in advance, with thousands of monthly listeners checking in from Seattle to Stockholm, and everywhere in between.
Side Bar
Featuring legal talent from King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; Robert F Cousins Attorney at Law
Rocking for Troy & Baden Biddle Foundation
The members of Side Bar rarely speak to each directly. One whispers to another out of earshot of the other band members. Some musical decisions (i.e., how much vibraslap is too much) are simply too prejudicial to discuss openly. It’s completely irrelevant and highly irregular but we allow it. When not preparing for the zombie apocalypse, Rob hones his guitar skills by listening exclusively to the Ventures. El Jeffe bangs on the drums while administering criminal justice with his office door wide open. Scott is most at home wearing a coconut bra and brandishing the aforementioned vibraslap. Brian, guitarist extraordinaire, covers all the bases from rock solid rhythm to face-melting leads. Finally, Amanda, our lungs breathing life into this venture, still flexes her legal muscles from time to time, but usually only to bail out her friends in a pinch. That about sums up Side Bar. Like we said, we rarely speak to each other directly.
Host - Valerie Ojeda
This proud Chicago native is best known for her vocal versatility, boundless energy and magnetic charisma on stage.
During the week, Valerie Ojeda travels the country, working as an Event Emcee, Trade Show Presenter and Automotive Product Specialist, representing top companies like Panasonic, HPE, Microsoft, 3M and Honda, just to name a few.
On weekends, she manages and sings lead vocals for the wildly successful cover band, “Anthem Road,” playing in casinos, resorts, conventions, wineries, private parties and outdoor festivals, throughout the country. Anthem Road has shared the stage with such iconic 80’s bands as Berlin and Warrant, as well as some of the top tribute bands in the world. Valerie’s favorite musical moments to date were meeting rock legends Pat Benatar, Kip Winger, Jerry Dixon and Billy Ocean, as well as singing with Terri Nunn at The Canyon Club and singing the National Anthem before a Slaughter concert.
For Valerie, being of service is the highest form of consciousness, so being able to give back to local communities, by being a part of Law Rocks, is an absolute dream come true!
