Top Attorneys 2022

This feature 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 is limited to 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 – Blanch & Hart

John Cottrell – Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell

Ben DiMuro – DiMuroGinsberg

Laura Dove – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law

David Ginsberg – Cooper Ginsberg Gray

Tashina Gorgone – Maddox & Gerock

Juli Porto – Blankingship & Keith

Doug Ross – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights

Xue Connelly – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Andrea Davison – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Jason Gold – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Brad Jones – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Brian Lee – Lee Legal

Rob Marino – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell

Ashley Morgan – Ashley Morgan Law

Daniel Press – Chung & Press

Steven Ramsdell – Tyler, Bartl & Ramsdell

Jeremy Root – Blankingship & Keith

Madeline Trainor – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell

Business/Corporate

Brian Abbott – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Paul Abraham – PJI Law

Robert Baumgartner – Hale Ball

Ryan Brown – Arlington Law Group

Kathleen Kelley – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Michael Kim – Blankingship & Keith

David Kuhnsman – Protorae Law

Bill Porter – Blankingship & Keith

Robert Powers – McClanahan Powers

Ryen Rasmus – Lipp Law

Jennifer Schiffer – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Colin Smith – Holland & Knight

Roya Vasseghi – Vasseghi Budd Law

Construction

Shannon Briglia – Smith Currie

Juanita Ferguson – Bean, Kinney & Korman

David Gogal – Blankingship & Keith

David Gutkowski – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Tim Hughes – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Zach Miller – McClanahan Powers

Alison Mullins – Shannon Mullins & Wright

Michelle West – Smith Currie

Criminal Defense

James Abrenio – Abrenio Law

Bruce Blanchard – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Amy Bradley – Blankingship & Keith

Anna Dvorchik – Law Office of Anna K. Dvorchik

Peter Greenspun – Greenspun Shapiro

Brendan Harold – Harold Law Firm

Carly Hart – Blanch & Hart

Jennifer Leffler – LefflerPhillips

Manuel Leiva – The Leiva Law Firm

Lana Manitta – The Law Office of Lana Manitta

Marina Medvin – Medvin Law

Jonathan Phillips – LefflerPhillips

Libbey Van Pelt – Libbey Van Pelt Law 

Rebecca Wade – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Elder

Jean Galloway Ball – Hale Ball

Paul Barnett – Manning, Murray, Barnett & Baxter

Cary Cucinelli – Cucinelli Geiger

Evan Farr – Farr Law Firm

Elizabeth Gray – McCandlish Lillard

Lamya Moosa – MWM Legal Group

Gene Robinson – Gene Robinson Law

Catherine Schott Murray – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Elizabeth Wildhack – MWM Legal Group

Employment (Employee)

Elaine Bredehoft – Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Nadelhaft

Carla Brown – Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Nadelhaft

John Cook – Cook Craig & Francuzenko

Broderick Dunn – Cook Craig & Francuzenko

Josh Erlich – Erlich Law Office

Katie Lipp – Lipp Law

Monique Miles – Old Towne Associates

Marc Pasekoff – Shannon Mullins & Wright

Roya Vasseghi – Vasseghi Budd Law

Employment (Employer)

Maureen Carr – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Brian Chandler – Protorae Law

Broderick Dunn – Cook Craig & Francuzenko

Edward Isler – Isler Dare

Laurie Kirkland – Blankingship & Keith

Katie Lipp – Lipp Law

Tom Sawyer – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Doug Taylor – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Roya Vasseghi – Vasseghi Budd Law

Family

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

Michelle Bieber – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Jennifer Bradley – Mullett Dove & Bradley  Family Law

John Byrnes – Kelly Byrnes & Danker

David Clarke – Blankingship & Keith

James Cottrell – Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell

Camille Crandall – Hicks Crandall Juhl

Laura Dove – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law

Julie Gerock – Maddox & Gerock

David Ginsberg – Cooper Ginsberg Gray

Dan Gray – Cooper Ginsberg Gray

Carolyn Grimes – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Virginia Haizlip – McCandlish Lillard

Carly Hart – Blanch & Hart

Lynn Hawkins – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Mary Huff – Blankingship & Keith

Karen Keyes – Arlington Collaborative Law

Rebecca Kinsel – Protorae Law

Kristen Kugel – Cooper Ginsberg Gray

Christian Lapham – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kara Lee – Lee Lopez Law

Jessica Leischner – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Linh Ly – Pesner Altmiller Melnick DeMers & Steele

Jennifer McCammon – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Theresa Mihalik – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Jennifer Mullett – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law

Nathan Olson – Cooper Ginsberg Gray

Sarah Piper – Hicks Crandall Juhl

Alan Plevy – SmolenPlevy

Sonya Powell – Powell Radomsky

David Roop – Roop Law

Leigh Taylor – Taylor Hugeley Powers

Julia Yolles – The Havrilak Law Firm

David Zangrilli – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Government Contracts

Lars Anderson – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

David Black – Holland & Knight

Pat Burns – Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

John Cafferky – Blankingship & Keith

Devon Hewitt – Potomac Law Group

Rich Kelley – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Heather Mims – Centre Law and Consulting

Daniel Strouse – Cordatis

Stephanie Wilson – Berenzweig Leonard

Immigration

Pratibha Agarwal – Agarwal Law Group

Eileen Blessinger – Blessinger Law Firm

Nancy Lawrence – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Alex Miller – The Law Office of  S. Alexander Miller

Charles Tievsky – Tievsky Immigration Law

Intellectual Property

Clyde Findley – Berenzweig Leonard

Michael Fortkort – Protorae Law

Tim Hsieh – MH2 Technology Law Group

Elizabeth Husebø – McClanahan Powers

Kandis Koustenis – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Kevin Oliveira – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Todd Pilot – The Trademark Institute

Ryen Rasmus – Lipp Law

Land Use/Zoning

John Altmiller – Pesner Altmiller Melnick DeMers & Steele

Andrew Gregg – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Giff Hampshire – Blankingship & Keith

Jon Kinney – Bean, Kinney & Korman

John McBride – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Evan Pritchard – Cozen O’Connor

Matt Ravencraft – Rees Broome

Mark Viani – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Nan Walsh – Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh

Legal Aid/Pro Bono

Chidi James – Blankingship & Keith

Brad Jones – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Anthony Nourse – Law Office of Anthony H. Nourse

Meghan Zimman – Legal Services of Northern Virginia

Litigation

John Altmiller – Pesner Altmiller Melnick DeMers & Steele

Stephen Caruso – Bean, Kinney & Korman

John Coffey – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell

Craig Franco – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

David Gogal – Blankingship & Keith

Richard Holzheimer – McGuire Woods

Doug Kay – Offit Kurman

Kristi Kelly – Kelly Guzzo

James Kinsel – Protorae Law

Margaret Marks – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Dirk McClanahan – McClanahan Powers

Shannon Peak – Shannon Mullins & Wright

Bill Porter – Blankingship & Keith

Rip Sullivan – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Mariam Tadros – Rees Broome

Nonprofit

Tim Hughes – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Tammy Hui – Geller Law Group

Kathleen Kelley – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Ben Kinder – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Personal Injury/Workers Comp 

Amy Bradley – Blankingship & Keith

Mark Cummings – Sher Cummings and Ellis

Tom Curcio – Curcio Law

David Marks – Law Office of David Marks

Juli Porto – Blankingship & Keith

Libbey Van Pelt – Libbey Van Pelt Law

Real Estate

John Altmiller – Pesner Altmiller Melnick DeMers & Steele

Jo Anne Bitner – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Philip Chung – Chung & Press

John Cowherd – Cowherd

Justine Fitzgerald – Hirschler

Angela Hart – Chung & Press

John Kelly – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Roy Shannon – Shannon Mullins & Wright

Theodora Stringham – Offit Kurman

Minturn Wright – Shannon Mullins & Wright

Schools & Education

Cheri Belkowitz – Belkowitz Law

John Cafferky – Blankingship & Keith

Juliet Hiznay – J.D. Hiznay

Joan Proper – The Law Office of Joan H. Proper

Tax

Scott Dondershine – David, Brody & Dondershine

Ronald Feuerstein – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Jessica Harris – Legal Services of Northern Virginia

Eric Horvitz – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Robert Nath – Robert G. Nath

Kevin Thorn – Thorn Law Group

Christopher Wright – Shannon Mullins & Wright

Trusts & Estates

Paul Abraham – PJI Law

Alvi Aggarwal – Yates Campbell & Hoeg

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 Friedman – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Valerie Geiger – Cucinelli Geiger

David Knasel – Protorae Law

Jennifer Lucey – Lucey Law

Gretchyn Meinken – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner

Pamela Morand – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Elizabeth Morrogh – Blankingship & Keith

Daniel Ruttenberg – SmolenPlevy

Jennifer Schiffer – Bean, Kinney & Korman

Catherine Schott Murray – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman

Jason Smolen – SmolenPlevy

Brooke Tansill – Frederick J. Tansill & Associates

Fred Tansill – Frederick J. Tansill & Associates

Christopher Wright – Shannon Mullins & Wright

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