Arlene T. Starace
Partner
Email: astarace@vafamilylaw.com

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.

Admitted: 1984, Virginia; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Law School: George Mason University, J.D., 1984

College: Stonehill College, B.A., 1969

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).

Biography: 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.

Born: New Jersey, May 13, 1947

ISLN: 903473789