Richmond Lawyers

Deveney Andrade is an Associate Attorney at Raheen Family Law, P.C., practicing exclusively family law. She is experienced in handling every type of family law matter in Virginia, including separation, divorce, custody, visitation, and support cases. Ms. Andrade represents clients in Fairfax, Manassas, Prince William County, Alexandria, Arlington, Leesburg, Loudoun County, and all across Northern Virginia. Ms. Andrade, originally from Rhode Island, came to the Washington, D.C. area to attend American University Washington College of Law, where she graduated in May of 2022. During Ms. Andrade's tenure at American University Washington College of Law, she served as a student-attorney in the...

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...

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...

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....

A graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law, Mr. Fish is a partner at the Reston Law Group, LLP, in Reston, VA. With over thirty years of experience, his practice is focused on providing trusted guidance, support and legal services to businesses of all sizes. Mr. Fish began his career as a corporate and securities attorney with the Washington D.C. office of a national law firm. After five years, he moved into a position as in-house counsel for a government contractor client. He has spent roughly half of his legal career...

BA 1990 Villanova University
JD 1993 University of Dayton school of law ( member and then editor university of Dayton law review)

Named the 2007 Maryland trial lawyer of the year by the Maryland trial lawyers Association for groundbreaking litigation throughout the state of Maryland involving the safety of manufactured housing which reversed years of county building inspectors improper Interpretation of and inspection for footings to the frost line

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Attorney Wendy Pizer counsels and advocates for families seeking special education services or other disability-related supports for children in public schools. She works with families in Arlington and throughout Virginia.

Jonathan Frieden is a principal in Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.'s Litigation practice group where he tries a variety of complex commercial disputes and criminal matters. His diverse civil practice encompasses intellectual property litigation, including trademark and copyright enforcement proceedings; the representation of management in employment discrimination claims; the defense of corporations against consumer claims; and a variety of commercial contract disputes. Mr. Frieden counsels e-commerce businesses in a variety of industries and recently led the team of attorneys representing one of these businesses in its acquisition by a publicly traded company. He is also the author of E-Commerce Law (www.ecommercelaw.typepad.com),...

Kirk Rankin was born in Washington DC and graduated with Honors from The George Washington University Law School in 1993. He studied finance and economics at The American University where he graduated in 1987. Mr. Rankin founded the Law Offices of Kirk Rankin and Associates nearly 20 years ago after practicing law for 5 years with another attorney.

Mr. Rankin was admitted to the Bars of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for Maryland, Virginia, as well as the USCIS and all Immigration Courts.

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In 2014 Mr. Merchant formed Merchant Law, PLLC and also began working on EB-1 Extraordinary Ability green card cases which he continues to successfully prepare today. Mr. Merchant also serves as an attorney consultant to various firms in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and accross the country. Mr. Merchant is licensed to practice law in New York and is a member of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and the American Bar Association (ABA). Practice focused on Immigration Law (Employment & Investment Based, Detained, & Asylum/Refugee) Frequent court appearances before the Department of Justice - Executive Office for Immigration...

Arthur Pickett is a graduate of the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Mr. Pickett graduated with honors ranked 3rd in his graduating class. He now specializes in criminal defense as well and civil litigation including personal injury and divorce law. As a partner and associate attorney of the Pickett Law Group, PLLC, Mr. Pickett's practice spans all of Northern Virginia.

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.

I am not accepting new clients because I am in the process of retiring.

Lindsay R. McKasson is a Constitutional and Commercial litigation lawyer at Binnall Law Group. She is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and member of the California and D.C. Bar Associations. Lindsay has successfully argued at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and previously had the highest maritime verdict in California in 2016. Lindsay currently practices Constitutional litigation, including Title IX, free speech, and section 1983 cases, as well as Commercial litigation.

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Coming to the Oast & Taylor team with valued legal experience, Ms. Smith adds significant skill and talent to our practice. Certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF), she offers clients exceptional legal assistance in the areas of Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Asset Protection Planning, Special Needs Planning, Long-term Care Planning and Veterans Benefits Planning. Ms. Smith is a twenty year veteran of the United States Air Force. Her ongoing work with veterans in our community includes the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits...

Brandon is a lifelong Virginian who grew to love Hampton Roads during his time at Christopher Newport University. After graduating from "CNU," Brandon attended law school at the University of Richmond. There, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law & Technology as well as the President of the Moot Court Board. During law school Brandon interned at a large civil defense firm in Norfolk. After graduating Brandon worked briefly as an Associate there before deciding that he could better help the community by working for Employees, Plaintiffs, and Small Businesses. Brandon's practice focuses on medical malpractice, employment law,...

Lenard Myers focuses his practice on the representation of consumers, contractors, and businesses. A great deal of his work involves auto fraud, defending and preventing foreclosures, as well as matters involving complex commercial litigation. Mr. Myers practices law in the state and federal courts of Virginia. He places great value on courtesy, professionalism and resolving problems in the most cost-efficient manner possible. Lenard began his legal career as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney. Notably, he prosecuted over 300 matters with a conviction rate exceeding 90%. Subsequently, he successfully transitioned to private practice while returning to academia as an Adjunct Professor...

Lamont Maddox focuses his practice on general business law matters, such as business start-ups, mergers and acquisitions, finance, securities, contracts, leases, e-commerce and corporate governance. As a former business owner, Mr. Maddox understands the needs and objectives of business owners; he was president and founder of Maddox Technology, Incorporated, a computer consulting firm serving small and moderate size businesses, for over 10 years.

After graduating from law school in 1980, I served four years as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Roanoke and Portsmouth, Virginia. Tried approximately 60 criminal jury trials during my first four years of practice.

After my service as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, I entered civil practice. My civil practice includes many personal injury trials. Currently, I accept civil, criminal, personal injury and traffic cases.

Randy is an experienced litigation attorney with a concentration on advocating for injured persons in state and federal courts in Virginia and North Carolina. Before joining Huffman & Huffman in early 2023, Randy represented individuals, companies, and their insurance companies in a wide variety of cases involving motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and commercial litigation. Now, he uses this experience to the advantage of his clients here at Huffman & Huffman. Randy received his B.S. in Political Science from Old Dominion University and his law degree from The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson School of Law. In his spare time, Randy enjoys...