This feature reflects the results of a survey conducted by Arlington Magazine in which area attorneys were asked to nominate their peers in 21 practice areas. Participants were allowed to recommend attorneys in their own firms, provided they also recommended an equal number of attorneys (or more) in other firms. The list is limited to attorneys who are located in Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Falls Church and the City of Alexandria. Arlington Magazine administered the survey but was not involved in the selection process.
Appellate
Patrick Blanch – Blanch & Hart
John Cottrell – Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell
Raighne Delaney – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Lawrence Diehl – Barnes & Diehl
Laura Dove – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
David Ginsberg – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Tashina Gorgone – Maddox & Gerock
David Gutkowski – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Matt Kaplan – The Kaplan Law Firm
Kristen Kugel – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Monica Monday – Gentry Locke
Juli Porto – Blankingship & Keith
Robert Worster – Worster Law
Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights
Xue Connelly – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner
Andrea Davison – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Marguerite Lee DeVoll – Watt Tieder
Alex Laughlin – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Stephen Leach – Hirschler
Brian Lee – Lee Legal
Robert Marino – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Ashley Morgan – Ashley Morgan Law
Daniel Press – Chung & Press
Steven Ramsdell – Tyler, Bartl & Ramsdell
Jeremy Root – Blankingship & Keith
Madeline Trainor – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Business/Corporate
Zack Andrews – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Adam August – Holland & Knight
Seth Berenzweig – Berenzweig Leonard
Ryan Brown – Arlington Law Group
Kathleen Kelley – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Michael Kim – Blankingship & Keith
David Kuhnsman – Protorae Law
Eric Lemmer – Arlington Law Group
Tom Quinn – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Jennifer Schiffer – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Colin Smith – Holland & Knight
Construction
Shannon Briglia – Smith Currie
Edward Cameron – Cameron McEvoy
Juanita Ferguson – Bean, Kinney & Korman
David Gogal – Blankingship & Keith
Sally Ann Hostetler – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Tim Hughes – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Steven Krieger – Steven Krieger Law
Alison Mullins – Cipriani & Werner
Michelle West – Fox Rothschild
Criminal Defense
James Abrenio – Abrenio Law
Aaron Book – Webster Book
Amy Bradley – Blankingship & Keith
Brendan Harold – Harold Law Firm
Carly Hart – Blanch & Hart
Matt Kapuscinski – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Manuel Leiva – Leiva Law Firm
Misha Lopez – Lee Lopez Law
Lana Manitta – The Law Office of Lana Manitta
Marina Medvin – Medvin Law
Ann Thayer – Law Office of Ann Thayer
Libbey Van Pelt – Libbey Van Pelt Law
Rebecca Wade – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner
Elder
Carole Capsalis – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Jenn Crane – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Cary Cucinelli – Cucinelli Geiger
Evan Farr – Farr Law Firm
Valerie Geiger – Cucinelli Geiger
Deborah Matthews – Law Offices of Deborah Matthews
Lamya Moosa – MWM Legal Group
Gene Robinson – Gene Robinson Law
Elizabeth Wildhack – MWM Legal Group
Employment (Employee)
John Berry – Berry & Berry
Carla Brown – Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Nadelhaft
Maureen Carr – Bean, Kinney & Korman
John Cook – Cook Craig & Francuzenko
Broderick Dunn – Cook Craig & Francuzenko
Josh Erlich – Erlich Law Office
Katie Lipp – Lipp Law
Monique Miles – Old Towne Associates
Marc Pasekoff – Shannon & Wright
Tom Spiggle – The Spiggle Law Firm
Doug Taylor – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Employment (Employer)
Maureen Carr – Bean, Kinney & Korman
John Cook – Cook Craig & Francuzenko
Edward Isler – Isler Dare
Nicholas Johnson – Berenzweig Leonard
Laurie Kirkland – Blankingship & Keith
Declan Leonard – Berenzweig Leonard
Katie Lipp – Lipp Law
Thomas Murphy – Jackson Lewis
Jon O’Connell – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Doug Taylor – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Family
Carolyn Abbate – Grenadier Duffett Levi Winkler Rubin
Emily Baker – Feldesman Tucker
Jennifer Bradley – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
David Clarke – Blankingship & Keith
Kristina Cruz – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Laura Dove – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
David Ginsberg – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Julie Gerock – Maddox & Gerock
Dan Gray – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Carolyn Grimes – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner
Sandra Havrilak – The Havrilak Law Firm
Lynn Hawkins – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Mary Huff – Blankingship & Keith
Karen Keyes – Arlington Collaborative Law
Christian Lapham – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Jennifer McCammon – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Jennifer Mullett – Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
Nathan Olson – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Carrie Patterson – Patterson Bookwalter
Sarah Piper – Hicks Crandall Juhl
Jill Seiferth – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Rebecca Wade – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner
Government Contracts
David Black – Holland & Knight
John Cafferky – Blankingship & Keith
Richard Kelley – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Jim Miller – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Daniel Strouse – Cordatis Law
Stephanie Wilson – Berenzweig Leonard
Immigration
Pratibha Agarwal – Agarwal Law Group
Eileen Blessinger – Blessinger Legal
James Montana – Law Office of James Montana
Kristin Zech – Berenzweig Leonard
Intellectual Property
Clyde Findley – Berenzweig Leonard
Michael Fortkort – Protorae Law
Daniel Gropper – Rees Broome
Kandis Koustenis – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Tim Maier – Maier & Maier
Kevin Oliveira – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Ryen Rasmus – Lipp Law
Jeff Smith – Millen White Zelano & Branigan
Land Use/Zoning
Thomas Colucci – Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh
John Foote – Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh
Giff Hampshire – Blankingship & Keith
Jon Kinney – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Sara Mariska – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Evan Pritchard – Cozen O’Connor
Michelle Rosati – Holland & Knight
Roy Shannon – Shannon & Wright
Theodora Stringham – Offit Kurman
Mark Viani – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Legal Aid/Pro Bono
Nermin AbdelWahab – Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Jennifer Banks – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Ryan Brown – Arlington Law Group
Chidi James – Blankingship & Keith
Nora Mahoney – Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Litigation
Sam Banks – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Stephen Caruso – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Mikhael Charnoff – Charnoff Simpson
John Coffey – Redmon, Peyton & Braswell
Craig Franco – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Rebekah Green – Pesner Altmiller Melnick DeMers & Steele
Richard Holzheimer – McGuire Woods
James Kinsel – Protorae Law
Steven Krieger – Steven Krieger Law
Alex Lewis – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Bill Porter – Blankingship & Keith
Doug Ross – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Stephanie Smith – Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Rip Sullivan – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Nonprofit
Tim Hughes – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Kathleen Kelley – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Ben Kinder – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Eric Lemmer – Arlington Law Group
Personal Injury/Workers Comp
James Abrenio – Abrenio Law
Amy Bradley – Blankingship & Keith
Bruce Blanchard – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Mark Cummings – Sher & Cummings
Allyson Kitchel – Kitchel Law
Charles O’Donnell – The Law Offices of Charles W. O’Donnell
Libbey Van Pelt – Libbey Van Pelt Law
Matt Perushek – Frei, Mims & Perushek
Juli Porto – Blankingship & Keith
Real Estate
John Altmiller – Pesner Altmiller
Philip Chung – Chung & Press
Justine Fitzgerald – Hirschler
David Hannah – Hirschler
John Kelly – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Steven Krieger – Steven Krieger Law
Antonia Miller – Walsh Colucci Lubeley & Walsh
Ellen Sharpe – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Theodora Stringham – Offit Kurman
Minturn Wright – Shannon & Wright
Schools & Education
John Cafferky – Blankingship & Keith
Amanda DeFede – McIntyre DeFede Law
Carly Hart – Blanch & Hart
Juliet Hiznay – J.D. Hiznay
Joan Proper – The Law Office of Joan H. Proper
Tax
Bridget Alzheimer – Arlington Law Group
Scott Dondershine – Reston Law Group
Eric Horvitz – Miles & Stockbridge
John Loveland – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Catherine Schott Murray – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
John Pontius – Pontius Tax Law
Arthur Rosatti – Ashley F. Morgan Law
Kevin Thorn – Thorn Law Group
Chris Wright – Shannon & Wright
Trusts & Estates
Paul Abraham – PJI Law
Kathi Ayers – Vaughan, Fincher & Sotelo
Brent Baxter – Manning, Murray, Barnett & Baxter
Ryan Brown – Arlington Law Group
Miriam Epstein – MDE Law Group
Foster Friedman – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner
Valerie Geiger – Cucinelli Geiger
Lauren Jenkins – Offit Kurman
David Knasel – Protorae Law
Jennifer Lucey – Lucey Law
Gretchyn Meinken – Wade Grimes Friedman Meinken & Leischner
Lamya Moosa – MWM Legal Group
Pam Morand – Odin, Feldman & Pittleman
Elizabeth Morrogh – Blankingship & Keith
Alison Noll – Offit Kurman
Seth Royster – Shannon & Wright
Jennifer Schiffer – Bean, Kinney & Korman
Cameronne Taillon – Geller Law Group
Chris Wright – Shannon & Wright