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Family Law
Appellate Practice

Professional Associations

Chesterfield County / City of Colonial Heights 2017 Rule of Law Program Planning Committee
Bench-Bar Conference Planning Committee (Richmond Bar Association)

Published Works

What Every Virginia Lawyer Should Know About Divorce in Virginia, Virginia CLE 2014
What Every Virginia Lawyer Should Know About Divorce, Virginia CLE, 2011
Ethics in Family Law, National Center for Family Law, 2010
Relocation of Children in Virginia, Virginia CLE, Bench Bar Conference, 2009
Update on the Law: Recent Cases, Virginia Continuing Legal Education, 2007
Update on the Law: Recent Cases, Virginia Continuing Legal Education, 2006
Update on the Law: Recent Cases, Virginia Continuing Legal Education, 2005
Update on the Law: Recent Cases, Virginia Continuing Legal Education, 2004
Confidentiality and other Ethical Issues Raised When Using Electronic Evidence, Including Electronic Surveillance, Virginia State Bar, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2004

Representative Cases

West v. West, Record No. 0043-24-3, 2024 Va. App. LEXIS 739 (Va. Ct. App. December 30, 2024)
Sanders v. Oginsky, Record No. 0124-23-4, 2024 Va. App. LEXIS 724 (Va. Ct. App. December 10, 2024)
Buziak v. Buziak, Record No. 1361-22-2, 2024 Va. App. LEXIS 179 (Va. Ct. App. April 2, 2024)
Leigh v. Goodyear, Record No. 0856-23-4 (Va. Ct. App. February 19, 2024)
Dhawan v. Dhawan, Record No. 0887-22-4, 2023 Va. App. LEXIS 522 (Va. Ct. App. August 1, 2023)
Yazdani v. Sazegar, 76 Va. App. 261, 880 S.E.2d 865 (2022)
Remillard v. Remillard, Record No. 1063-21-2, 2022 Va. App. LEXIS 417 (Va. Ct. App. September 6, 2022)
Myers v. Myers, Record No. 0748-21-2, 2022 Va. App. LEXIS 389 (Va. Ct. App. August 23, 2022)
Prentice v. Cook, Record No. 0836-21-4, 2022 Va. App. LEXIS 231 (Va. Ct. App. June 14, 2022)
Avgeris v. Avgeris, Record No. 0625-21-3 (Va. Ct. App. November 3, 2021)
Marinaro v. Marinaro, 73 Va. App. 424, 861 S.E.2d 69 (2021)
Little v. Hale, Record No. 0022-21-2 (Va. Ct. App. July 20, 2021)
Clavin v. Clavin, Record No. 1324-20-2, 2021 Va. App. LEXIS 108 (Va. Ct. App. July 6, 2021)
Myers v. Myers, Record No. 0943-19-2, 2020 Va. App. LEXIS 111 (Va. Ct. App. April 14, 2020)
Robertson v. Robertson, Record No. 0017-17-2, 2017 Va. App. LEXIS 278 (Va. Ct. App., November 7, 2017)
Jones v. Gates, 68 Va. App. 100, 803 S.E.2d 361 (2017)
Reaves v. Tucker, 67 Va. App. 719, 800 S.E.2d 188 (2017)
Jones v. Jones, Record No. 0062-15-2, 2016 Va. App. LEXIS 29 (Va. Ct. App., February 2, 2016)
Belle v. Belle, Record No. 0540-15-2, 2016 Va. App. LEXIS 15 (Va. Ct. App., January 19, 2016)
Coalson v. Coalson, Record No. 2022-14-2, 2015 Va. App. LEXIS 222 (Va. Ct. App., July 21, 2015)
Hutchinson v. Hutchinson, Record No. 0392-14-3, 2014 Va. App. LEXIS 398 (Va. Ct. App., December 9, 2014)
Cleary v. Cleary, 63 Va. App. 364, 757 S.E.2d 588 (2014)
Smith v. Smith, Record No. 1018-13-2, 2013 Va. App. LEXIS 351 (Va. Ct. App., December 3, 2013)
James v. Owens, Record No. 1830-12-1, 2013 Va. App. LEXIS 203 (Va. Ct. App., July 16, 2013)
Tsoucalas v. Tsoucalas, Record No. 1560-12-1, 2013 Va. App. LEXIS 144 (Va. Ct. App., May 7, 2013)
Hamad v. Hamad, 61 Va. App. 593, 739 S.E.2d 232 (2013)
Wright v. Wright, 61 Va. App. 432, 737 S.E.2d 519 (2013)
Smith v. Smith, Record No. 2069-11-2, 2012 Va. App. LEXIS 308 (Va. Ct. App., October 2, 2012)
Robinson v. Robinson, Record No. 0694-12-2, 2012 Va. App. LEXIS 293 (Va. Ct. App., September 11, 2012)
Jordan v. Jordan, Record No. 0698-11-2, 2012 Va. App. LEXIS 211 (Va. Ct. App., June 26, 2012)
Burton v. Burton, Record No. 1931-11-4, 2012 Va. App. LEXIS 96 (Va. Ct. App., April 3, 2012)
Pramagioulis v. Pramagioulis, Record No. 1437-10-2, 2011 Va. App. LEXIS 20 (Va. Ct. App., January 25, 2011)
Blackwell v. Blackwell, Record No. 1229-10-2, 2010 Va. App. LEXIS 479 (Va. Ct. App., December 14, 2010)
Tucker v. Wilmoth-Tucker, Record No. 2008-09-2, 2010 Va. App. LEXIS 199 (Va. Ct. App., May 18, 2010)
Lane v. Lane, Record No. 0951-09-4, 2009 Va. App. LEXIS 406 (Va. Ct. App., September 15, 2009)
Williams v. Williams, Record No. 1176-08-2, 2009 Va. App. LEXIS 331 (Va. Ct. App., July 21, 2009)
Harber v. Harber, Record No. 2956-08-1, 2009 Va. App. LEXIS 303 (Va. Ct. App., July 7, 2009)
Nunez v. Nunez, Record No. 2020-08-4, 2009 Va. App. LEXIS 295 (Va. Ct. App., June 30, 2009)
Broadhead v. Broadhead, 51 Va. App. 170, 655 S.E.2d 748 (2008)
Kandill v. Kandill, Record No. 0036-08-4, 2008 Va. App. LEXIS 525 (Va. Ct. App., December 2, 2008)
Hickman v. Broaddus, Record No. 0723-06-2, 2007 Va. App. LEXIS 197 (Va. Ct. App., May 15, 2007)

Honors

Selected as a “Go to Lawyer” for Appellate Law, by Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2023
Selected to Super Lawyers in Virginia, by Richmond Magazine Law & Politics (2014-2023)
Voted a Rising Star Super Lawyers in Virginia, by Richmond Magazine Law & Politics (2009-2013)
Selected to The Best Lawyers in America Family Law (2024 - Current)

Classes & Seminars

Virginia Family Law Practice for Paralegals, Preparing for Family Law Appeals, 2014
National Business Institute, Advanced Issues in Family and Divorce Law, Advanced Parenting / Adoption Issues, 2014

Pro-Bono Activities

Chesterfield County/City of Colonial Heights, Rule of Law Program Planning Committee, 2017

Past Positions

Defazio Bal Law Firm, 2014 to 2018
Barnes & Diehl, P.C., 2003 to 2014

Education

University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
- J.D. - 2003
- Honors: cum laude
- Law Review, University of Richmond Law Review, Senior Staff Member, 2001, 2003
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- B.S. - 1999
- Major: Biology