Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Jessica Leischner
Alexandria, VA Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Creighton University School of Law
Jessica L. Leischner is partner with Wade, Grimes, Friedman, Meinken & Leischner, PLLC. As an accomplished family law attorney and litigator serving Northern Virginia, Ms. Leischner represents clients in Fairfax County, Alexandria City, Arlington County, Loudoun County, Stafford County, and Prince William County. Ms. Leischner’s practice is exclusively in the area of family law, including divorce, child custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution, settlement agreements, property rights, post-divorce disputes and other family law matters. With the proximity to Washington, D.C., Ms. Leischner has extensive experience in cases involving federal government employees, military personnel, Foreign Service employees, including complex...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Sakeena J. Farhath
Fairfax VA, US, VA Family Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
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...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Jenniffer DeNigris
Leesburg, VA Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Kara L. Tappan
Falls Church, VA Family Law Attorney
Family, Appeals, Civil Rights and Estate Planning
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial MediaResponsive Law
Douglas Sanderson
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
McCandlish & Lillard, P.C.
11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22030
Family, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
The George Washington University Law School
Douglas J. Sanderson provides legal services in the multiple areas of commercial real estate, family law/domestic relations, and business organizations and transactions. In his family law/domestic relations practice, Doug counsels and represents people who seek legal assistance with, for example, separation agreements, divorces, and issues of child custody and visitation, equitable distribution, and support (spousal and child, as may apply), as well as, on a happier note, pre-nuptial agreements. Doug’s practice includes litigation as well as other methods of problem-solving, and he strives to assist clients in finding resolutions that avoid or minimize litigation, and to further that...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Brian Mitchell Hirsch
Reston, VA Family Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Family and Divorce
American University, Washington College of Law
Brian has been a divorce attorney litigating and settling cases in Northern Virginia since 1985, and is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court in Family Mediation. He is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America", Washingtonian magazine's Top Divorce Lawyers, Northern Virginia magazine’s Top Divorce Lawyers and Virginia Business magazine's "Legal Elite".
He is the editor of the Virginia Family Law Quarterly, the official publication of the Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. Brian is a past Chair of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section Board of Governors. He has been a Fellow of the American Academy of...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Joseph J. DiPietro III
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
American University Washington College of Law
Joe DiPietro is the Founder of DiPietro Law Group, PLLC. He is experienced handling complex cases in state and federal courts involving international custody disputes under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction at the trial and appellate levels, international and domestic divorce, and complex cases involving spousal support, custody and visitation, child support, and enforcement of awards on behalf of clients.
Joe’s philosophy and mission is to make family transitions and conflict a time for personal growth and powerful positive change, in addition to advocating for the best possible result for his client in...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Sabahat Pervaiz
Fairfax, VA Family Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business and Traffic Tickets
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Leslie Weber Hoffman
Fairfax, VA Family Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Nova Southeastern University
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Sean A Sherlock
Alexandria, VA Family Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
American University Washington College of Law
Sean A. Sherlock is an award-winning trial attorney specializing in criminal defense, DUI/traffic defense, and civil litigation. A passionate and forceful advocate for his clients, Mr. Sherlock consistently achieves outstanding results through the application of his extensive trial experience and legal insight.
Having tried hundreds of cases ranging from DUI/DWI, drug distribution, fraud, embezzlement, domestic violence, gang offenses, and murder, Mr. Sherlock's depth of experience as a former prosecutor for the City of Alexandria distinguishes him from other defense attorneys. Clients facing criminal or traffic charges benefit from his unique insights into how law enforcement and prosecutors build their cases and...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Karen Louise Keyes
Arlington, VA Family Law Lawyer
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
I am a licensed divorce attorney and an advanced family certified mediator serving Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area. For over 20 years I have helped clients who are going through separation and divorce. My commitment is to help clients resolve issues without court intervention. My goal is to help my clients work though issues and arrive at solutions that are best for the client and their family.
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Melanie Hubbard
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney
Family
George Mason University School of Law
Melanie Hubbard is a founding partner at Malinowski Hubbard and practices exclusively in family law. She has successfully litigated multiple cases involving child custody, property and asset division, grandparents’ rights, property settlement agreements, and more. An active member of the legal community, Attorney Hubbard helped author Chapter 3 – Support and Property Provisions in Separation and Support Agreements – of “Negotiating and Drafting Marital Agreements” handbook. She also contributed to the Virginia Family Law Coalition’s report to the Virginia Senate Rules Committee (October 2013) revolving matters of parental control and third party infringement. Her peers selected her for the 2016...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Elizabeth S. Vaughan
Leesburg, VA Family Law Attorney
Elizabeth Vaughan believes that everyone who walks into a family lawyer’s office needs three things: A good listener, an educated counselor, and a fierce advocate. By first getting to know her clients and understanding what is important to them, Elizabeth then works with clients to make a plan that achieves their goals and takes the anxiety out of the court process. Elizabeth has practiced law in Virginia for fourteen years.
Elizabeth is a graduate of Penn State University and William and Mary Law School. In addition to divorce, custody, and support matters, Elizabeth has a particular expertise in adoption and child...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Julie Gerock
Falls Church, VA Family Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
James L. Heiberg
Falls Church, VA Family Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(703) 237-1200
201 Park Washington Ct
1st Floor
Falls Church, VA 22046
Family, Bankruptcy, Consumer and Criminal Defense
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Jonathan S. Gelber
Falls Church, VA Family Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
(703) 237-1200
201 Park Washington Ct
1st Floor
Falls Church, VA 22046
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Collections
George Mason University School of Law
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Pia J. Miller
Alexandria, VA Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Christopher Todd Mays
Alexandria, VA Family Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Estate Planning and Probate
Christopher Mays received his BS from Virginia Tech and JD from the George Washington University Law School. Chris has received various awards for his work as a family law attorney, including recognition as a “Top Lawyer” by Northern Virginia Magazine. He has lectured at Continuing Legal Education seminars for the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and local bar associations in Northern Virginia. He has also written for the Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and co-authored written materials for Virginia CLE (Continuing Legal Education). As an attorney, Chris focuses his practice on representing individuals and families in matters relating...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
S. Howard Woodson III
Alexandria, VA Family Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
George Mason University School of Law
Claimed Lawyer Profile
John Carson Clark
Warrenton, VA Family Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Family, Appeals, Business and Divorce
University of Dayton School of Law
As a criminal defense attorney, John has fought aggressively for his clients’ rights in cases involving serious felonies, including murder, malicious wounding, drug possession/distribution, white-collar crimes, and sex crimes (e.g. rape, child pornography) as well as all types of misdemeanors, including DUI, assault and battery, and simple driving infractions, such as reckless driving.
As a civil litigation lawyer, John has experience in both jury trials and bench trials, and has represented clients in cases worth millions of dollars. Early on in his career, he litigated patent infringement cases all over the country. Over the years, he has continued to excel in...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Teresa Cole
Vienna, VA Family Law Lawyer
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Michael Eisner
McLean, VA Family Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily, Bankruptcy, Business and Estate Planning
George Mason University School of Law
Michael L. Eisner is a founding member of Northern Virginia Law Group, PLLC. Mr. Eisner represents the firm's diverse client base in a variety of legal matters. His practice includes transactional-based matters, such as residential and commercial real estate transactions; corporate formations, organizations, mergers and acquisitions, and various contractual matters. Mr. Eisner regularly litigates in the state and federal courts of Virginia for both civil and criminal matters, with an emphasis on bankruptcy law, landlord and tenant law, civil business litigation and family law. He is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. Mr....
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Tracy Ford
Alexandria, VA Family Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Family, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Columbia Law School
Tracy Ford, a native of South Carolina, graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 2008. During law school, Tracy was a member of the Public Interest Law Foundation, a Moot Court Student Editor, and a member of the Journal of Gender and Law. She spent the summer following her first year of law school as a legal intern for Equality Now, a women’s human rights organization, in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work in Nairobi centered around researching and documenting the work of international nongovernmental organizations in the campaign to ratify the Protocol on the Rights of Women...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Rachel Fierro
Herndon, VA Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
1035 Sterling Road, Suite 103
Herndon, VA 20170
Family, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Divorce
Attorney Rachel Fierro received her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Maine and her Juris Doctorate from the New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. Her primary practice areas are Family Law, Traffic and Criminal Law. She has been practicing for over 20 years. She is admitted to practice in Virginia, U.S. District Court and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Nicole Grejda
Fairfax, VA Family Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Family and Divorce
George Mason University School of Law
Claimed Lawyer ProfileResponsive Law
Daniel C. Collier
Alexandria, VA Family Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
John P. Lavinus
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
John P. Lavinus IV is a Senior Associate at the DiPietro Law Group, PLLC in the Fairfax office, where he works with individuals who are dealing with divorce, custody, support, and other significant family law issues throughout Northern Virginia. John believes that every client’s case is unique and requires special consideration and works to provide each and every one of his clients with a strategy that is tailored to their specific needs. John is a Virginia native, hailing from Richmond where he attended the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, before going on to receive a...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Clare Cherkasky
Falls Church, VA Family Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Immigration
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Karen Leiser
McLean, VA Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Family, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Landlord Tenant
Georgetown University Law Center
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Nan M. Joseph
Leesburg, VA Family Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
University of Richmond School of Law
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Robert Matthew Cambridge
Arlington, VA Family Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Family and Juvenile
Georgetown University
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Theseus Schulze
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney with 5 years of experience
I am located in Fairfax, Virginia and serve the Northern Virginia area. My practice focuses primarily on Estate Planning, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury.
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Renee' Elizabeth Stein
Alexandria, VA Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Family, Elder, Estate Planning and Landlord Tenant
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Sara Leiner Schuler
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Sara Leiner Schuler is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), and practices all aspects of family law in the Northern Virginia area, including Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Spousal Support and Alimony, Prenuptial Agreements, Step-Parent Adoptions (including Same-Sex Step-Parent Adoptions), Uncontested Divorces, and Enforcement Issues. Ms. Schuler also represents clients in the Collaborative Divorce process, a voluntary team-based approach in which a couple chooses to divorce without contested litigation to best meet their respective individual needs and the needs of any minor children.
Ms. Schuler practices family law in both the Circuit and Juvenile and Domestic Relations...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Stephen Glassman
Vienna, VA Family Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Medical Malpractice and Military
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Stephanie L. Duran
Fairfax, VA Family Law Lawyer
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
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...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Dianya Pu
Fairfax, VA Family Law Attorney
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Emanuel N. Mpras
Annandale, VA Family Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Family, DUI & DWI and Immigration
Claimed Lawyer Profile
David Neal Goldberg
Tysons Corner, VA Family Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
(703) 745-1817
8000 Towers Crescent Drive
Suite 1400
Tysons Corner, VA 22182
Free ConsultationFamily, Business, Collections and Divorce
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Shirley Chim
Fairfax, VA Family Law Lawyer
Shirley Chim is an attorney with a solid foundation of professional experience in the areas of Family Law matters. Shirley has worked with families and individuals in Northern Virginia to help them understand the processes and complexities that are often presented in divorce, child custody, support, equitable distribution, adoption, and protective orders.
Not only is Shirley a nationally ranked, skillful, and aggressive litigator, but she's also an effective negotiator and believes in empowering her clients in settlement and mediation where appropriate.
Shirley is flexible and creative in her approach to law and works side by side with her clients...