Top Attorneys 2023

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