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William D. Ashwell
Warrenton, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Criminal Defense and Probate
University of Dayton School of Law
REPRESENTTIVE CASES
- United States v. Bosyk, 933 F3d 319 (4th Cir. 2019) cert denied, 140 S. Ct. 1124 (U.S. Feb. 24, 2020)(No. 19-860), 2019.
- Shepherd v. Conde, 797 S.E.2d 750 (Va. 2017)
- Chacey v. Garvey, 781 S.E.2d 357, (Va. 2015)
- Weatherholt v. Commonwealth, 839 S.E.2d 492 (Va. 2020)
- Spell v. Commonwealth, 851 S.E.2d 83 (2020)
- St. John v. Thompson, 854 S.E.2d 648 (2021)
CLASSES/SEMINARS
- Land Use and Zoning: Navigate Land Use/Zoning Regulations, Permitting Issues, Disputes and More; National Business Institute, July 20, 2017
- How to Get Your Social Media, Email and Text Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out), National Business Institute,...
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Sachin Kori
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Construction and Real Estate
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
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Mary Ellen Lench
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Estate Planning
American University Washington College of Law
Mary Ellen Lench is the principal of M.E. Lench, P.C.,
and her practice is concentrated in estate and trust administration and business planning. Mary Ellen has been in practice for more than 18 years, representing clients in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, and she focuses on personal service to her clients. She has been teaching estate planning classes through Loudoun County Adult Education for the past eight years and was recently voted among the Legal Elite for Trust/Estate/Elder Law Attorneys by Virginia Business
Magazine.
Mary Ellen received her J.D. from American University, cum laude, and was Editor of the Law Review. Following...
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Virginia Haizlip
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce and Family
The George Washington University Law School
I practice in the areas of family law, guardianships & conservatorships, estate planning, and estate administration. My clients are my first priority and I focus on achieving the best outcome possible for them. I am well-versed in a full range of legal services including litigation, agreements, mediation, and collaborative divorce.
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Honiyeh Sarpand
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Collections and Immigration
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Scott Dondershine
Reston, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Tax
George Mason University School of Law
Scott is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is also a former Certified Public Accountant and began his career in public accounting for a big five CPA firm. Scott's accounting background enables him to grasp tax and financial issues that are important in structuring transactions, ensuring that business as well as legal goals are met and that tax-reduction strategies are maximized and not overlooked. Scott has published several articles covering a variety of business, tax and estate planning issues, in addition to speaking on a variety of topics. ...
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Brenton D. Vincenzes
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Brenton D. Vincenzes, Virginia criminal lawyer and estate planning attorney, is founder of Vincenzes Law, PLLC, and leads the Vincenzes Law team.
I serve to protect the rights of those facing the criminal justice system in Northern Virginia. Young, old, affluent, indigent, or somewhere in between.
My firm also offers estate planning services, including wills, trusts, and unique planning solutions.
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Sakeena J. Farhath
Fairfax VA, US, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce and Family
George Mason University School of Law
Sakeena Farhath is a Managing Attorney at DiPietro Law Group, PLLC. She is a passionate advocate for our clients, helping them work to achieve the best possible outcomes for their cases. Sakeena is experienced in handling high-conflict custody and visitation cases, as well as cases with complex financial issues.
Prior to joining DiPietro Law Group, PLLC, Sakeena served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Thomas P. Mann in the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. She also worked at the Office of the County Attorney in Fairfax, assisting on child custody issues collaboratively with the Fairfax County Department...
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Priti Khanna
Reston, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
12110 Sunset Hills Road
Suite 600
Reston, VA 20190
Estate Planning, Family, Immigration and Probate
Priti founded Khanna Law in 2015 after moving to Virginia from Atlanta, Georgia, where she practiced family law, immigration law, and bankruptcy law. Priti’s primary fields of practice are family law, divorce and immigration law and she regularly handles complex custody, divorce, child support and family related immigration cases.
Priti decided to pursue a career in law in order to join a profession where she could directly and positively impact people and their lives. During law school Priti worked with various non-profit legal organizations assisting victims of domestic violence and immigrants with their legal issues. After graduating from law school Priti...
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Robert Feisee
Ashburn, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 27 years of experience
Estate Planning and Business
George Mason University
Hi, my name's Bobby Feisee and I'm an estate planning attorney in Ashburn, Virginia (VA). I founded my firm, Insight Law, because my passion is working with people and helping them plan for the future.
I tell everyone that estate planning is absolutely critical for properly organizing and planning the financial future of you and your loved ones. I realized this through a difficult personal experience I had with a loved one. My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I reviewed his estate plan (i.e. his Will, Trust, Power of Attorney and Medical Directives). I realized I made a terrible...
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Robert B. Walker
Reston, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 48 years of experience
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Melinda Merk
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(703) 934-1126
11350 Random Hills Road Suite 500
Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22030
Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
Melinda provides holistic multi-generational income and wealth transfer tax planning advice and estate and trust services to individuals, families, and business owners. She also advises fiduciaries and beneficiaries on probate and estate and trust administration, and serves as a technical expert on estate and trust litigation matters.
Melinda has over 25 years of experience in the estates and trusts area, and brings a unique and diverse perspective from her work in private law practice, Big Four accounting firms, and private banking/trust services. With her focus on advising clients in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, asset protection,...
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John Coppola
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
American University Washington College of Law
John M. Coppola, Esq. has a Bachelor's Degree from Union College (NY), a MBA from Boston College, and a Juris Doctor from American University. Mr. Coppola is a native of Northern Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar Association. Mr. Coppola has over twenty years experience working in the Estate Planning Field. He has drafted over 1000 Revocable Living Trusts.
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Craig E Buck
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Estate Planning and Real Estate
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Private practice with experience in Real Estate and Estate Planning. Have conducted or supervised roughly 35,000 real estate closings.
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Theseus Schulze
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 5 years of experience
Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, Family and Traffic Tickets
I am located in Fairfax, Virginia and serve the Northern Virginia area. My practice focuses primarily on Estate Planning, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury.
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Stephanie L. Duran
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Business, Divorce and Family
Stephanie L. Duran is an associate attorney in the DiPietro Law Group, PLLC Fairfax office. Although a native of Northern Virginia, Stephanie earned juris doctorate in both the United States and Canada as part of a select program between the University of Windsor and University of Detroit-Mercy. While in law school, Stephanie volunteered as a student attorney for the University of Detroit-Mercy’s Urban Law Clinic, providing legal services to Detroit’s elder community. She also worked for legal aid of Windsor, Ontario, providing valuable services to the Windsor community.
Following graduation from law school, Stephanie returned to Northern Virginia where she began...
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Jared A. Kartchner
Reston, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
University of Utah
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Mr. Yama Shansab
Reston, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 26 years of experience
Estate Planning, Appeals, Business and Employment
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Richard W. Hartman III
Vienna, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder and Probate
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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Valerie Geiger
Fairfax, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 22 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder and Probate
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Katherine S. Charapich
Culpeper, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Elder
Liberty University School of Law
U Mass Amherst - University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Political Science - Undergraduate Degree
Real Estate Broker License - Commonwealth of Virginia
Juris Doctorate Degree - Law Degree - Liberty University School of Law - Lynchburg, Virginia
Virginia State Bar - Commonwealth of Virginia
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Merritt James Green
McLean, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Divorce and Employment
Syracuse University College of Law and University of Oxford
Mr. Green is General Counsel, P.C.'s founder, managing partner and leads its employment law practice.
Merritt serves as an outside general counsel to numerous clients providing guidance on legal issues confronting businesses and non-profit organizations ranging from contracts and agreements to the structuring of corporate transactions and business formations. Merritt also represents businesses and individuals in all aspects of labor and employment law.
Merritt received his J.D., cum laude, from the Syracuse University College of Law (1997). At Syracuse, he was an Associate Editor of the Syracuse Law Review and was Editor-in-Chief of The Labor Lawyer, the publication of...
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Matthew Lane Kreitzer
Winchester, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Traffic Tickets
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Hi, I'm Matthew.
I approach the practice of law with a focus on helping my clients understand an often complicated legal system. Working collaboratively allows me to anticipate my clients' needs, while also aiding my clients by providing them an informed view of all the potential dangers and rewards of each unique case. My primary practice areas are Divorce, Child Custody, Trusts & Wills and Bankruptcy. However, I also provide legal support for small businesses looking to incorporate, resolve disputes with employees or review potential contracts and business transactions.
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Elaine Jarvis
Front Royal, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 26 years of experience
29 Crescent St
Front Royal, VA 22630
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business and Consumer
College of William and Mary
Eleven years’ legal experience in business law, corporate formation, compliance, complex consumer litigation, regulatory, contracts and bankruptcy law.
Local experience in family law; advocate for domestic violence survivors.
Four years in Am Law (top 100 American law firms) located in DC, with
business, bankruptcy and commercial litigation focus.
Experience in automotive and construction fraud litigation.
Fifteen years’ corporate experience, gained as business owner, award-winning author and airplane owner.
Advanced knowledge of and experience working with UDAAP,
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Benjamin Inman
Tysons Corner , VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 11 years of experience
(571) 766-8371
8609 Westwood Center Drive
Suite 110 PMB 1010
Tysons Corner , VA 22182
Estate Planning and Business
George Mason University School of Law
Benjamin has always stood up for what’s right – he finds real meaning in helping the good guys win! He’s always been guided by a clear sense of right and wrong, from his time in the U.S. Army to his time as a Commonwealth Attorney (prosecutor), to his current position at J. Madison PLC.
Before starting at J. Madison PLC, Benjamin worked at the Arlington Commonwealth Attorney’s Office for five years. As a Commonwealth Attorney, he helped the victims of violent, non-violent, and financial crimes find justice. He also tried hundreds of traffic cases and specialized in DUI cases. ...
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Sat Nam S. Khalsa
McLean, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 14 years of experience
(202) 796-8995
Tyson's Corner
1750 Tyson's Boulevard, Suite 1500
McLean, VA 22102
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Tax
Georgetown University Law Center
Sat Nam Khalsa's mission is centered on service, he is dedicated to helping clients resolve difficult problems with excellence and integrity. His clients include individuals, families, small businesses, and nonprofits. Sat Nam Khalsa practices Tax and Business Law, Estate Planning and Probate, and non-adversarial Family Law.
In his tax practice, Sat Nam represents individuals and organizations seeking to resolve tax controversies with the IRS and state and local tax authorities. He also represents clients litigating tax disputes in Federal and State courts.
Sat Nam’s work for business clients, nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations includes advice related to entity formation and...
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Joshua E. Bushman
Arlington, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 16 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
University of Richmond School of Law
At the Bushman Law Group, our motto is simple: "Let our attorneys deal with your legal problems while you get back to what is truly important . . . the rest of your life." We know that facing a legal problem is stressful, that is why our attorneys guide you through each step of the legal process with prompt, personal service you can trust. Our goal is to build a long-term, relationship with our clients, and we want our clients to trust us with all of their legal work. To this end, we work hard on every case,...
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Sonja Aoun
Tysons Corner, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
Georgetown University Law Center
Sonja Aoun represents family law clients in all aspects of separation and divorce, including divorce planning/premarital agreements, collaborative divorces, negotiated settlements, and trials. Her estate planning practice ranges from the preparation of powers of attorney and advance medical directives to wills and complex trusts and special needs planning.
Sonja obtained her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center after graduating cum laude with a B.S. in Languages (Spanish) from Georgetown University. Starting in 2014, she has been named to the Virginia SuperLawyers list in the field of family law; she has been listed in the Washington,...
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Shafeek Seddiq
VIENNA, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Seddiq Law Firm (SLF) knows what’s involved with real estate transaction whether you are buying, selling, investing, flipping, financing, or refinancing a residential or commercial property. SLF will advice and counsel you on the best structure and form of a company, and guide you in protecting your assets and securing your and your family's financial future with an estate planning.
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C. Douglas Welty
Arlington, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Estate Planning and Business
University of Virginia School of Law
C. Douglas Welty, a full-time trusts & estates attorney, is certified as an Estate Planning Law Specialist by the Estate Law Specialist Board, an autonomous body accredited by the American Bar Association and affiliated with the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. He was the first estate planning attorney in Northern Virginia to earn such certification.
Doug Welty also holds the multidisciplinary Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) designation, which is conferred by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils upon both estate planning attorneys and highly experienced non-attorney estate planning professionals (such as certified public accountants, financial planners, insurance specialists,...
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Foster Friedman
Alexandria, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
Boston University School of Law
Foster Friedman concentrates on planning and controversy matters involving estate and trusts. He has extensive experience advising clients on the transfer of wealth from one generation to another, including the orderly and tax-efficient succession of family-owned businesses, through the preparation and implementation of Wills, Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies.
Mr. Friedman serves individual clients who seek to transfer assets efficiently to their chosen beneficiaries. As a part of our estate planning services, we also consider the impact of federal income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes on the transmission of wealth. We often help our clients achieve tax...
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James Douglas McCarthy
Manassas, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 21 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Real Estate
University of Dayton School of Law
J. Douglas McCarthy is a founding partner of McCarthy & Akers, PLC. His practice focuses on transactional law dealing with Estate Planning, Real Estate and Corporate matters. Prior to founding McCarthy & Akers, PLC, Mr. McCarthy was a partner in the Winchester, Virginia law firm of Groves and McCarthy.
Mr. McCarthy received his J.D. from the Keller School of Law at The University of Dayton, in Dayton, Ohio, where he earned honors in the fields of Taxation, Wills and Trusts. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where he majored in Political Science.
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Ryan Andrew Brown
Arlington, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Tax
George Mason University
Attorney with emphasis in start-up and venture business law, small business law, taxation, wills, trusts and estate planning.
Computer Scientist with extensive experience in web based application development, databases, data mining, information retrieval and distributed systems.
I enjoy working with small and start-up technology businesses and advising them both on technology and law, where appropriate.
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Jason A. Morton
Arlington, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Probate and Tax
WEBB & MORTON PLLC
The legal team at Webb & Morton has seen it all. We have helped countless taxpayers, business owners and families answer some of life’s most difficult questions. We are a small boutique law firm focusing on tax defense and compliance, asset protection, business law and corporate planning, wills, trusts and probate, and trust management. We are a progressive law firm, believing that the best solutions emerge from hard work and the re-engineering tried and true ideas. Law firms can no longer rely only on institutional knowledge – they must also innovate and inspire.
At Webb & Morton, you...
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Michele L. Burton
Leesburg, VA Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
College of William and Mary and Old Dominion University
Name and co-founding partner Michele L. Burton was born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia. She attended the University of Virginia where she obtained Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Anthropology. Shortly thereafter, Michele graduated from Old Dominion University with a Master of Arts in Humanities with a focus on Race and Law. In May 2012, she graduated from the College of William and Mary School of Law with a Juris Doctorate and passed the bar in October of that year.
Upon graduation, Michele worked as a magistrate in Norfolk, Virginia for two years where she conducted probable cause...
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Jay Braddock Jackson
Fredericksburg, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
In total, I spent 35 years in the insurance industry, handling liability claims. Prior to attending law school, I worked as an insurance adjuster and in claims management at GEICO. My positions allowed me the opportunity to learn a great deal about insurance company claims operations and the difficulties that large insurance companies face as well as the biggest hurdles for people who need to make claims. My work led me to attend law school while continuing my career in insurance. Following my graduation, I moved into the position of attorney with the company. Since that time, I have defended...
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Ryan A Brown
Arlington, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
George Mason University
Ryan A. Brown was born in Kansas City and raised in California. His first job in the computer industry began at the age of eleven, building and repairing personal computers for a local store in Santa Barbara, California. In 1993 he began a computer and Internet consulting firm and started the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Santa Barbara.
Ryan went on to attend Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he received a BS in Computer Science with departmental and school honors and a BA in Spanish in 2000. Ryan is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon...
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Jamie J. Sack
McLean, VA Estate Planning Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
The George Washington University Law School
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Andrew P. Hill
Front Royal, VA Estate Planning Attorney with 13 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Andrew P. Hill is a founding partner and attorney with Mata & Hill PLC, a full-service civil law firm serving the beautiful northern Shenandoah Valley. Mr. Hill concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, estate planning and administration, litigation, and business.
Mr. Hill received his undergraduate degrees from Northwestern University and his law degree from the College of William and Mary. Prior to forming Mata & Hill PLC, he worked with small but highly-respected law firms in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
Mr. Hill is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Virginia,...