Top Attorneys 2021

This list of top lawyers reflects the results of a survey conducted by Arlington Magazine in which area attorneys were asked to nominate their peers in 21 practice areas. Participants were allowed to recommend attorneys in their own firms, provided they also recommended an equal number of attorneys (or more) in other firms. The list includes attorneys who are located in Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Falls Church and the City of Alexandria. Arlington Magazine administered the survey but was not involved in the selection process.

Appellate

Patrick Blanch — Zinicola Blanch Overand & Hart

Jennifer Brust — Bean, Kinney & Korman

John Cottrell — Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell

Raighne Delaney — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Ben DiMuro — DiMuro Ginsberg

Laura Dove — Mullett Dove & Bradley

Sally Ann Hostetler — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Juli Porto — Blankingship & Keith

Rip Sullivan — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Bankruptcy / Creditors’ Rights

Jennifer Brust — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Xue Connelly — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Andrea Campbell Davison — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Marguerite DeVoll — Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald

H. Jason Gold — Nelson Mullins

Alex Laughlin — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Stephen Leach — Hirschler

Brian Lee — Lee Legal

Rob Marino — Redmon, Peyton & Braswell

Madeline Trainor — Redmon, Peyton & Braswell

Gregory Wade — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Business Corporate

Paul Abraham — PJI Law

Ryan Brown — Arlington Law Group

Tiffany Burton — Rees Broome

David Charles — Rees Broome

Ann Gillooly — Gillooly Law

Daniel Ingersoll — Cameron McEvoy

James Irving — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kathleen Kelley — Bean, Kinney & Korman

David Kuhnsman — Protorae Law

Eric Lemmer — Arlington Law Group

William Porter — Blankingship & Keith

Tom Quinn — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Colin Smith — Holland & Knight

Construction

Shannon Briglia — Smith Currie

Edward Cameron — Cameron McEvoy

Juanita Ferguson — Bean, Kinney & Korman

David Gogal — Blankingship & Keith

Timothy Hughes — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Steven Krieger — Steven Krieger Law

Alison Mullins — Shannon Mullins & Wright

John Purdy — Fullerton & Knowles

Steve Weber — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

A. Michelle West — Smith Currie

Criminal Defense

James Abrenio — Abrenio Law

Aaron Book — Webster Book

Amy Bradley — Briglia Hundley

David Deane — David Deane Law

Nina Ginsberg — DiMuro Ginsberg

Peter Greenspun — Greenspun Shapiro

Carly Hart — Zinicola Blanch Overand & Hart

Matt Kapuscinski — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Manuel Leiva — The Leiva Law Firm

Mikhail Lopez — Lee Lopez Law

Marina Medvin — Medvin Law

Dennis Mersberger — Schmergel & Mersberger

Jonathan Phillips — LefflerPhillips

Rebecca Wade — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Elder

Cary Cucinelli — Cucinelli Geiger

Vera Golenzer — Hale Ball

Elizabeth Gray — McCandlish Lillard

Catherine Schott Murray — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Gene Robinson — Gene Robinson Law

Kelly Thompson — Thompson Wildhack

Elizabeth Wildhack — Thompson Wildhack

Employment (Employee)

Kimberly Berry — Berry & Berry

Carla Brown — Charlson Bredehoft Cohen & Brown

Maureen Carr — Bean, Kinney & Korman

John Cook — Cook Craig & Francuzenko

Broderick Dunn — Cook Craig & Francuzenko

Joshua Erlich — Erlich Law

Katie Lipp — Lipp Law

R. Doug Taylor — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Employment (Employer)

Maureen Carr — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Brian Chandler — Protorae Law

Edward Isler — IslerDare

Laurie Kirkland — Blankingship & Keith

Katie Lipp — Lipp Law

Tom Sawyer — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

R. Doug Taylor — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Roya Vasseghi — Vasseghi Law

Family Law

Carolyn Abbate — Grenadier, Duffett, Levi, Winkler & Rubin

Emily Baker — Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell

Jennifer Bradley — Mullett Dove & Bradley

James Cottrell — Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell

Camille Crandall — Hicks Crandall Juhl

Laura Dove — Mullett Dove & Bradley

Carolyn Grimes — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

David Hagan — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Virginia Haizlip — McCandlish Lillard

Carly Hart — Zinicola Blanch Overand & Hart

Sandra Havrilak — The Havrilak Law Firm

Lynn Hawkins — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Mary Huff — Blankingship & Keith

Karen Keyes — Arlington Collaborative Law

Rebecca Kinsel — Protorae Law

Carolé Krogmann — Masterman Krogmann

Christian Lapham — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kara Lee — Lee Lopez Law

Jessica Leischner — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Ann Luu — Kelly Byrnes & Danker

Jennifer McCammon — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Grant Moher — Curran Moher Weis

Jennifer Mullett — Mullett Dove & Bradley

Nathan Olson — Cooper Ginsberg Gray

Sarah Piper — Hicks Crandall Juhl

David Roop — Roop Law

Jamel Rowe — Livesay & Myers

Sean Schmergel — Schmergel & Mersberger

Sara Leiner Schuler — Law Office of Sara Leiner Schuler

Jill Seiferth — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kristina Cruz Skidmore — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Andrew Tank — Livesay & Myers

Rebecca Wade — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Government Contracts

Lars Anderson — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

David Black — Holland & Knight

James Boland — Venable

Raighne Delaney — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Devon Hewitt — Protorae Law

Richard Kelley — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Heather Mims — Centre Law & Consulting

Daniel Strouse — Cordatis

Stephanie Wilson — Berenzweig Leonard

Immigration

Pratibha Agarwal — Agarwal Law Group

Ofelia Calderón — Calderón Seguin

Alan Dobson — DC Metro Immigration Law

Nancy Lawrence — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Moona Shakil — The Law Office of Moona Shakil

Charles Tievsky — Tievsky Immigration Law

Intellectual Property

Jill Browning — Greenblum & Bernstein

Clyde Findley — Berenzweig Leonard

Michael Fortkort — Protorae Law

Timothy Hsieh — MH2 Technology Law Group

Kandis Koustenis — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kevin Oliveira — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Ryen Rasmus — Lipp Law

Land Use/Zoning

Tim Dugan — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Jonathan Kinney — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Sara Mariska — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Andrew Painter — Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh

G. Evan Pritchard — Venable

Matt Roberts — Bean, Kinney & Korman

P. David Tarter — Tarter NoVa Law

Mark Viani — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Martin Walsh — Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh

Nan Walsh — Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh

Kedrick Whitmore — Venable

Legal Aid/Pro Bono

Chidi James — Blankingship & Keith

Jim Miller — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Dipti Pidikiti-Smith — Legal Services of Northern Virginia

Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg — Legal Aid Justice Center

Litigation

Amy Bradley — Briglia Hundley

Stephen Caruso — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Mikhael Charnoff — Perry Charnoff

Stephen Charnoff — Rees Broome

John Coffey — Redmon, Peyton & Braswell

Craig Franco — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Jonathan Harrison — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Robert Hicks — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Richard Holzheimer — McGuireWoods

James Kinsel — Protorae Law

Steven Krieger — Steven Krieger Law

Dirk McClanahan — McClanahan Powers

David Moon — Lipp Law

William Porter — Blankingship & Keith

Rip Sullivan — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Roya Vasseghi — Vasseghi Law

Nonprofit

Ryan Brown — Arlington Law Group

John Hale — Hale Ball

Timothy Hughes — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kathleen Kelley — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Ben Kinder — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Personal Injury / Workers Comp

D. Cory Bilton — Bilton Law

Amy Bradley — Briglia Hundley

Tom Curcio — Curcio Law

Brandon Gladstone — Becker, Kellogg & Berry

Peter Greenspun — Greenspun Shapiro

Allyson Kitchel — Kitchel Law

Charles O’Donnell — The Law Offices of Charles W. O’Donnell

Scott Perry — Perry Charnoff

Juli Porto — Blankingship & Keith

Andrew Simpson — Perry Charnoff

Real Estate

John Altmiller — Pesner Altmiller Melnick & DeMers

Jennifer Banks — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

David Canfield — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Philip Chung — Chung & Press

David Hannah — Hirschler

John Kelly — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Michael Kieffer — Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh

Jonathan Kinney — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Crystal Kramer — Offit Kurman

Steven Krieger — Steven Krieger Law

Theodora Stringham — Offit Kurman

Schools & Education

Cheri Belkowitz — Belkowitz Law

John Cafferky — Blankingship & Keith

Amanda DeFede — McIntyre DeFede

Joshua Erlich — Erlich Law

Juliet Hiznay — J.D. Hiznay

Grace Kim — Law Office of Grace E. Kim

Katie Lipp —  Lipp Law

Melissa Little — Melissa A. Little Consulting & Mediation Services

Joan Proper — The Law Office of Joan H. Proper

R. Doug Taylor — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Tax

Brian Abbott — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Tiffany Burton — Rees Broome

Scott Dondershine — David, Brody & Dondershine

Ronald Feuerstein — Bean, Kinney & Korman

Burton Haynes — Burton J. Haynes

William Lowrance — Surovell Isaacs & Levy

John Morgan — Rees Broome

Robert Nath — Robert G. Nath

Dusko Stojkov — Bean, Kinney & Korman

G. Christopher Wright — Shannon Mullins & Wright

Trusts & Estates

Paul Abraham — PJI Law

Alvi Aggarwal — Yates Campbell & Hoeg

James Anderson — Arlington Law Group

Kathi Ayers — Vaughan, Fincher & Sotelo

Brent Baxter — Manning, Murray, Barnett & Baxter

Ryan Brown — Arlington Law Group

Cary Cucinelli — Cucinelli Geiger

Miriam Epstein — Miriam Epstein | Attorney at Law

Foster S.B. Friedman — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Lauren Jenkins — Offit Kurman

Jonathan Kinney — Bean, Kinney & Korman

David Knasel — Protorae Law

Jennifer Lucey — Shannon Mullins & Wright

Gretchyn Meinken — Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Pam Morand — Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Elizabeth Morrogh — Blankingship & Keith

Jennifer Schiffer — Bean, Kinney & Korman

G. Christopher Wright — Shannon Mullins & Wright