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Address
649 South Washington Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314 ((Independent City))
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.8
out of 5
 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) The firm can be found in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Statement of PracticeFamily and Domestic Relations, Divorce, Custody, Change in Custody, Visitation, Relocation, Child Support, Alimony, Equitable Distribution, Annulments, Property Settlement Agreements, Premarital Agreements, Antenuptial Agreements, Marital Agreements, Postmarital Agreements, Name Changes, Criminal Law, Driving While Intoxicated, Traffic Violations, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Wills and Probate, Debtor and Creditor. Year Established: 1982
Firm Size: 11
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Address649 South Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314, ((Independent City))
PhonePhone: 703-683-9000
Fax: 703-549-3087
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/vadivorcelaw
Website
http://www.vafamilylaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Firm/Affiliate OfficesReston, Virginia: 12359 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 230, 20191. Telephone: 703-683-9000. Fax: 703-476-4680.
Ilona Ely Freedman Grenadier (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, May 18, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, Virginia. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1962); George Washington University (J.D., cum laude, 1967). Order of the Coif. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Washingtonian Magazine's Top Lawyers 2007. Member: Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations; Divorce; Custody; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Alimony; Equitable Distribution; Premarital Agreements; Marital Agreements; Post Nuptial Agreements; Name Changes.Email: Ilona Ely Freedman Grenadier
Charles A. Anderson (Partner) born Ashtabula, Ohio, November 21, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, Virginia and District of Columbia. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1967); University of Southern California, London, England Extension; University of San Francisco (J.D., 1975). Author: Articles: "Trial Advocacy Rules & Tips," Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA), Summer Journal, 1999; "The Impact of Fault in Virginia Divorce Law & Practice," VTLA Annual Family Law Continuing Legal Education Publication, 1997; "An Almost Perfect Case," Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1991 Winter Journal. Commissioner in Chancery, Fairfax Circuit Court, 1991. Member: Fairfax Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Board, Family Law Section, 1990-1996). [Lt., U.S.N., 1967-1972]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Family/ Domestic Relations Law; General Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Real Estate; Wills; Collections; Litigation.Email: Charles A. Anderson
Arlene T. Starace (Partner) born New Jersey, May 13, 1947; admitted to bar, 1984, Virginia; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Stonehill College (B.A., 1969); George Mason University (J.D., 1984). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Washingtonian Magazine's Top Lawyers 2007; Lecturer: Family Law, Fairfax Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Social Worker, Department of Social Services, Fairfax, Virginia, 1970-1975. Fairfax Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, Intake Custody Investigator, 1976-1983. Commissioner in Chancery. Neutral Case Evaluator, Fairfax County Circuit Court. Member: Fairfax (Chairman of Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Committee, 1987-1988; Vice Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1987-1988; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1988-1990; Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1996; Chairman, Program Committee, 1990-1993) and Virginia (Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Family Law Committee; Member, Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities, 1993-1996; Bar Council 1993-1999, 2002-2007; Conference Local Bar Association, Executive Committee, 1991-1995, Chair, 1994-1995; Bench-Bar Committee, 1999-2001; Budget Committee, 2004); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice Chair, 1995; Chair, 1996, Family Law Section; Family Law Committee, 1998); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Family Law Coalition). Practice Areas: Family Law; Child Custody; Equitable Distribution; Child Support; Spousal Support; Divorce; Marital Agreements; Pre-Nuptial Agreements; Collaborative Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Marital Property Settlements; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements.Email: Arlene T. Starace
Benton S. Duffett, III (Partner) born Alexandria, Virginia, September 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Virginia. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1985); University of Richmond (J.D., 1988). Neutral Case Evaluator, Fairfax Circuit Court, 2003. Member: Alexandria, Fairfax and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Fifth District Disciplinary Committee, 2006); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Family Law Section). Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations; Divorce; Custody; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Alimony; Equitable Distribution; Premarital Agreements; Marital Agreements; Post Nuptial Agreements; Name Changes.Email: Benton S. Duffett, III
Elaine M. Vadas (Junior Partner) born Canandaigua, New York, September 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia; 1998, District of Columbia. Education: Nazareth College of Rochester (B.S., 1989); University of Buffalo (M.S.W., 1992); New England School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Fairfax County and Alexandria Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Bar Association of District of Columbia. Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations; Divorce; Custody; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Alimony; Equitable Distribution; Premarital Agreements; Marital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Name Changes.Email: Elaine M. Vadas
John T. Winkler, II (Junior Partner) born Quantico, Virginia, May 5, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: George Mason University (B.A., 1992); Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America (J.D., 1998). Member: Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince William Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations; Divorce; Child Custody; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Alimony; Equitable Distribution; Premarital Agreements; Marital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Name Changes.Email: John T. Winkler, II
Lisa L. Levi (Junior Partner) born Rochester, New York, June 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1996); University of Richmond (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Law Clerk to the Hon. Herbert C. Gill, Jr., Chesterfield County Circuit Court, 1999-2000. Author, "Establishing a Pattern: An Analysis of the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause Jurisprudence," Vol. 33, University of Richmond Law Review, May 1999. Member: Fairfax Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Criminal Law); Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Criminal Law; Civil Practice; Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Equitable Distribution; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Settlements; Name Changes; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Child support.Email: Lisa L. Levi
——————————Heather N. Jenquine (Associate) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1997); George Washington University (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk, Arlington County Circuit Court, 2001-2002. Author, "The Long Awaited Army Corps of Engineers Administrative Appeals Process for Wetland Permits, Environmental Lawyers, Volume 7-1, Summer 2000. Member: Alexandria Bar Association (Treasurer, 2008); Fairfax Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Heather N. Jenquine
Jennifer Karrmann (Associate) born Rockville Centre, New York, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Fairfax Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Spousal Support; Equitable Distribution; Marital Agreements; Pre-Nuptial Agreements.Email: Jennifer Karrmann
Adrienne C. Wasserman (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, September 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: Ohio University (B.S.J., summa cum laude, 1991); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Law Clerk to the Hon. William D. Hamblen, Prince William Circuit Court, 2002-2003. Member: Fairfax Bar Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Child Custody; Child Support; Spousal Support; Equitable Distribution.Email: Adrienne C. Wasserman
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