Alexandria, VA Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

500 Montgomery St, STE 575, Alexandria, VA 22314

Carolyn Grimes practices in all areas of family law including divorce, spousal support, child custody, child support, equitable distribution, retirement issues, and prenuptial agreements, among other areas. She practices in all of the Circuit and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts in Northern Virginia and has argued before the Court of Appeals. She has lectured on family law topics ranging from custody to retirement issues, including military, federal, civilian and Foreign Service retirement issues. In addition to traditional litigation, Ms. Grimes practices law in the collaborative law model. She is also a mediator herself. Ms. Grimes has been selected to be included in The Best Lawyers in America since 2014, has repeatedly received a Super Lawyers designation, has been recognized as a Top Attorney by Washingtonian Magazine, and has received a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of "AV."

Personal Injury Law

5845 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22303, USA

For the past 30 years, Attorney Daniel Barrera has represented thousands of injured accident victims. He has been lead counsel in more than 100 trials, and has obtained several judgments and settlements in excess of one million dollars. As a seasoned trial lawyer, he is not afraid of taking a case to court if it will benefit his clients. When it comes to protecting the rights of his clients to fair compensation, he is relentless and dedicated. Throughout his years of experience, Attorney Barrera has earned recognition from numerous prestigious associations and is also a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group, and Virginia, Maryland, and District Columbia Bar Associations. Admitted to practice in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., Attorney Barrera has an active multi-jurisdictional practice, regularly appearing before the courts of these states. Fluent in Spanish, he maintains an active presence in the Latino community. He attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he earned his B.A. before attending the University of Colorado School of Law, where he earned his J.D.

Corporate and Transactional Law

604 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Area of Practice: Business Law

Intellectual Property Law

1737 King St suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA

James Wilcox focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. His experience encompasses numerous trials and a variety of aspects of patent litigation and false advertising litigation in multiple forums, including the district courts, appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. James has experience with pre-litigation analysis and strategy preparation; drafting of pleadings, motions, and replies; working with experts – from initial identification through expert reports, deposition and pre-trial preparation; analyzing and preparing non-infringement and invalidity contentions; overseeing document production and review; preparing written discovery requests and responses; taking and defending depositions of fact and expert witnesses, including 30(b)(6) designees; and summary judgment briefing. He has handled litigation matters involving a broad spectrum of technologies, including consumer goods, software, pharmaceuticals and polymer additives. As a patent prosecutor, James drafted and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technological areas, including those involving the consumer goods, electrical, chemical, electromechanical and materials science arts. His technical knowledge in these fields is rooted in his strong physics background developed while obtaining his degree from the Florida State University. While pursuing his juris doctorate, James worked for Human Rights Quarterly, was the president of the Intellectual Property Law Society, the treasurer of the Intellectual Property society and the intellectual property representative to the Student Bar Association. James has been honored by Best Lawyers in America© since 2021 in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch edition in the areas of Intellectual Property Law, Litigation: Intellectual Property, and Patent Law.

Family and Divorce Law

6078 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA

Mr. Poe has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in both Virginia and Washington D.C. in 2016-2019, one of the “10 Best” Attorneys for Family Law in 2016-2017 by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, chosen as one of the 2017 Top 10 Family Law Attorneys by the American Jurist Institute, and selected as one of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys Under 40 in 2016 by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys. Since joining Arquilla & Poe in early 2012, Michael Poe’s practice has focused on domestic relations and family law. Mr. Poe has extensive experience in the litigation of child custody, visitation and support issues; spousal support; equitable distribution of marital assets and debts; and the negotiation and preparation of property settlement agreements. Mr. Poe is also well versed in issues of military retirement, disability pay, the Survivor Benefit Plan, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Mr. Poe is a graduate of the William & Mary School of Law, where he was a member of the William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review as well as the school’s Domestic Violence Clinic.