Virginia Family and Divorce Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

1259 Courthouse Rd suite 101, Stafford, VA 22554, USA

Brittany Stansberry Carper is a graduate of Mary Washington College with a double major in Business Administration and Religion. Brittany is also a graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law, where her courses focused on trial advocacy. She is a member of the Virginia and West Virginia State Bar, the Fredericksburg Area Bar Association, and Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Brittany is a trial attorney who enjoys advocating zealously for her clients in the courtroom. Her practice is generally focused on criminal defense, estate planning, landlord-tenant, and family law. She also serves as a guardian ad litem for minor children in Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Caroline counties. Brittany and her husband live in the Falmouth area with their two precious children. They are very active members of Grace Church of Fredericksburg, enjoy many outdoor recreational activities as a family and are avid supporters of the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Family and Divorce Law

1259 Courthouse Rd, Ste. 101, Stafford, VA 22554

Ms. Carper attended West Virginia University College of Law, where she earned a Juris Doctorate degree in 2010. Ms. Carper is an Equity Partner at Goodall, Pelt, Carper & Norton, PC. Ms. Carper’s areas of practice include Litigation, Family Law, Criminal Defense and Guardian ad litem for Minor Children. Ms. Carper is a member of the Virginia State Bar and Fredericksburg Area Bar Association. Ms. Carper has been a member of Lawyers of Distinction since 2020.

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."

Family and Divorce Law

102 North King St., Leesburg, VA 20176

Christin Georgelas is a family-law attorney and partner at SG Law, PLC in Leesburg, Virginia. Her first work after law school was on the employer side of employment disputes: at a boutique firm, she defended companies and corporations. She later left that practice to represent individuals. At SG Law, her work includes divorce, custody and visitation, as well as the financial questions of equitable distribution, spousal support and child support. She also prepares premarital and settlement agreements. Adoptions and relocation cases are among the other matters identified in her biography. Court appearances are part of her practice, but she also mediates family disputes involving divorce, custody and support. The firm lists her as a Supreme Court Certified Mediator in Virginia. Her previous appointments as a guardian ad litem involved both children and incapacitated adults. Before law school, Georgelas combined political science studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with Division I diving. In three of her four years there, she qualified for the NCAA championship meet. An invitation to train for the 2008 Olympic Trials followed her senior-year championships; after breaking her ankle that spring, she chose law school at Valparaiso University. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude. During her third year, she clerked for Judge Julia M. Jent and served on the executive board of the JESSUP international moot court team.

Family and Divorce Law

1802 Bayberry Ct suite 403, Richmond, VA 23226, USA

DAWN SOUTH has been practicing law since 2009 and has concentrated her practice solely in the area of family law. She is a tenacious litigator who uses thorough preparation, her trial advocacy skills and experience to represent the needs of her clients. She prefers to work for and help individuals and families as opposed to businesses and corporations, which is why she was drawn to the practice of family law. Ms. South is known for responsiveness to her clients and being a tough litigator. She finds satisfaction in helping people take back control of their lives in tough situations. Consideration and preparation are at the forefront of her work. She has previously worked with Bremner, Janus & Stone; Martin, Ingles & Hensley; and Deanna D. Cook, P.C. She is proud to volunteer with Comfort Zone Camp. Ms. South was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 2009 (member, Domestic Relations Section). She is also a member of the City of Richmond Bar Association and the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association. She has served on the Domestic Relations Section of the Richmond Bench Bar Conference and is the 2019 Co-chair of the Richmond Bench Bar Conference.

Family and Divorce Law

p.o.box 35, Irvington, VA 22480

Family and Divorce Law

116 Edwards Ferry Rd, Suite E, Leesburg, VA 20176

As a partner at Graham Law Firm, Mr. Knoster has proven himself as a strong and intelligent litigator with the ability to negotiate creative and effective solutions. With the belief that not all issues need to be litigated, Mr. Knoster encourages client-driven solutions so as to give the parties more control over their future. Clients enjoy his compassion for their situation and his aggressive advocacy in representing their interests both in and out of the courtroom. Mr. Knoster received his undergraduate education from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Process Management and Consulting, He also obtained a marketing concentration as well as a Minor in Classical Civilizations. During his time at school, Mr. Knoster was recognized multiple times on the Dean’s List for his academic accomplishments. Mr. Knoster earned his Juris Doctorate from the West Virginia University College of Law where he graduated fifth in his class and received the distinction of Order of the Coif – an honor only given to the top ten percent of a graduating law class and only after candidate approval by the college faculty. While at the West Virginia University College of Law, Mr. Knoster also received six CALI awards for achieving the highest grade in a class for that semester and was a member of the elite United States Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

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.

Family and Divorce Law

46090 Lake Ctr Plaza, Suite 307, Potomac Falls, VA 20165

Rachel L. Virk has been a practicing Family Law Attorney in Northern Virginia since 1990. Ms. Virk earned her initial Certification as a Mediator by the Judicial Council of Virginia in 2001, and has been continuously certified and mediating since. She is Certified to mediate at the highest Circuit Court Family level. Ms. Virk completed her training as a Collaborative Law Practitioner in 2005.

Family and Divorce Law

1259 Courthouse Rd ste 203, Stafford, VA 22554, USA

Born in Newport News, Virginia and resident of Stafford County since 1999.. BS in 1977 College of William and Mary ; JD in 1980 from University of Virginia. Legal experience includes working for a large LA Law Firm and a DC Law Firm, and working for a Fortune 500 Company. Started own practice in 1993 (1996 in Stafford), and have practiced Family Law, Military Divorces, Federal Employee Divorces, Retirement Orders, Custody, Adoption and Adult Guardianship.

Family and Divorce Law

27044 Nugget Dr, Abingdon, VA 24211, USA

Whitney Pennington is a divorce and estate planning attorney at Pennington Law Firm, PLLC, in Abingdon, Virginia. Her practice includes both courtroom litigation and negotiated resolutions of divorce and custody disputes. She also prepares estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance medical directives. Child support work forms another part of her background. As an Assistant Attorney General with Virginia’s Division of Child Support Enforcement, Pennington litigated more than 3,000 hearings covering initial petitions, requests to modify support and enforcement proceedings. Those matters included cases involving Social Security Disability, voluntary underemployment and TANF. Her work has also included representation of individuals with substantial financial portfolios and people living paycheck to paycheck. Pennington’s earlier public-service roles involved criminal process and university misconduct proceedings. During her first year of practice, she served as a magistrate, assisting members of the public and law enforcement with criminal charges, search warrants and mental health emergency custody orders. In her second year, she was Title IX Coordinator at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, where she heard and adjudicated claims concerning student academic and sexual misconduct. Before entering law, Pennington studied at Virginia Intermont, graduating with highest honors. She then attended Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, graduating with high honors in 2012. She passed the North Carolina bar that year and became licensed in Virginia in early 2013.