I am a Virginia family law attorney and a partner at Curran Moher Weis in Fairfax. I grew up in Northern Virginia, and since 2004 I have represented clients here in contested divorce, custody, support, and property division cases, most often in Fairfax and Loudoun County and throughout the surrounding jurisdictions.
Most of my cases involve real conflict, significant assets, or both. The case might turn on a closely held business, executive or government-contractor compensation, a real estate portfolio, or a custody dispute that will shape a child’s next ten years. Cases like these reward preparation. Early on, I work out where a case is likely to end and what the evidence will have to show to get there. Every decision after that is measured against that goal.
My clients have included technology founders, government contractors, and other business owners; C-suite executives and partners at large law and consulting firms; members of the federal Senior Executive Service, political appointees, and senior military officers; and television and radio personalities and professional athletes. For many of them, discretion matters as much as the law.
Teaching and expert testimony
Each year I serve as the family law attorney moderator for the Fairfax Bar Association’s “Views from the Bench” CLE, alongside a circuit court judge and a juvenile and domestic relations district court judge. I have taught a course on litigating fault-based divorce to attorneys from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and I have spoken with students at George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School, together with a judge, about practicing family law in Northern Virginia.
I have qualified and testified as an expert on Virginia family law in a foreign jurisdiction and before military tribunals. I also write regularly about Virginia family law on this site. Recent pieces include how marital conduct affects a Virginia divorce and classifying and dividing a high-asset estate.
Business, compensation, and tax issues in divorce
My early legal career included a clerkship at the United States Tax Court and work with other Northern Virginia family law firms. Tax and financial questions have remained central to my practice ever since. I have also bought, operated, and sold businesses myself. When a business, a professional practice, or equity and deferred compensation is at stake, that experience shapes which experts to retain, which valuation assumptions to challenge, and how income should be treated for support. More on that work: high-asset divorce and dividing real estate in a Virginia divorce.
Education
I earned my undergraduate degree with honors in Philosophy and Religion from Hampden-Sydney College. There I was inducted into the Pi Sigma Alpha and Theta Alpha Kappa honor societies and served as an officer of the Union Philanthropic Literary and Debate Society. Philosophy and debate taught me the discipline I still rely on: find the question that actually decides the matter, test every assumption against it, and argue only what the record will support. I received my law degree from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, where I concentrated on litigation.
Where I practice in Northern Virginia
I am licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. My practice is centered in the Fairfax and Loudoun County Circuit Courts and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts, and I also handle cases in Prince William County, Arlington County, and the City of Alexandria. I have been selected to Super Lawyers (2013–2026). I am a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Fairfax County Bar Association, the Loudoun County Bar Association, and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
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