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I have been in the private practice of law for more than 35 years, primarily working in the field of domestic relations or family law.   As an active litigator in all of Northern Virginia, I am well acquainted with the Northern Virginia courts, their individual procedures,polcies, and their local rules.  I also am a certified mediator, and bring my learned experience to mediation session to allow parties to reach a thoughtful out of court resolution.

George Hawkins focuses his practice on business representation, civil litigation, and all matters affecting real estate. He represents buyers, sellers, and developers in all phases of residential and commercial real estate transactions. He also advises and counsels businesses in all aspects ranging from the formation, acquisition, and management of the business entity. George is AV®-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer-Review Ratings, the highest rating available for excellence in legal ethics and practice. George has served on NVAR’s standard forms committee since 2011 and was the 2015 Chair of that committee.. He is often asked to speak to members of the real estate community on current legal and regulatory matters affecting their industry, including title matters and regulatory changes that affect residential real estate settlements. George has spoken to a variety of groups concerning business formation, including the Small Business Administration’s S.C.O.R.E. program. George is a published chapter editor for The Virginia Lawyer: A Deskbook for Practitioners, “Representing Debtors and Creditors.”. George Hawkins manages our real estate practice and estate planning department.

Fairly active attorney in Northern Virginia and the Shenadoah Valley.

Cassie Kincaid leads the firm’s Trusts and Estates practice and is also a member of the Corporate and Business Entities practice team.  With over twenty years’ experience, Cassie has established a practice focusing on sophisticated trusts and estates planning and administration, in addition to strategic business planning for individuals and closely-held business owners.. Cassie’s practice primarily involves evaluating and addressing estate, gift, and income tax exposure, addressing probate concerns, and planning for disability, second marriages, minor children, spendthrift beneficiaries, creditor exposure, and special needs beneficiaries.   She works with clients to achieve an estate plan that is tailored to their individual needs and goals, while reducing or eliminating unnecessary expenses, taxes and administrative burdens.. Cassie also has extensive experience with estate/trust administration, probate administration, and beneficiary representation.  Fiduciary appointments, in which she is appointed as executor or trustee, are accepted on a limited basis.. Additionally, Cassie assists business owners with a variety of business planning needs including the formation, acquisition, operation, and disposition of their business.  In many cases, the business and estate plan of the small business owner will be fully integrated into one plan.. Prior to joining Protorae Law, Cassie practiced at Roeder & Cochran, Troxell & Kincaid, and Cohen & Troxell in McLean, Virginia.  She is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Brian Koide is a partner at DBL, where he focuses on patent litigation. Throughout his twenty-year legal career, he has represented clients in high-tech, high-stakes patent infringement disputes. His current and former clients include Alcoa, Avaya, Bendix, Kodak, Marriott, QuadraMed, Ricoh, Sprint, and Yamaha. As a registered patent attorney with an engineering degree, Brian combines his litigation, technical, and substantive patent law expertise to effectively represent his clients in all phases of patent litigation, including district court actions, appeals, post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and Section 337 investigations before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). He also counsels his clients on a wide variety of IP matters including portfolio development, transactional matters, and licensing.. Brian has represented clients in more than 50 patent infringement cases involving a wide range of technologies, including network equipment, encryption, smart phones, mobile apps, WiFi, graphic user interfaces, consumer electronics, commercial vehicles, digital cameras, digital printers, scanners, electronic payment systems, on-line auctions, digital-image processing, and speech compression. His cases often involve standard-essential patents (SEPs).. Brian received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and his B.S. in Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. Brian is admitted to practice in the Virginia, California, and the District of Columbia and registered to practice before the USPTO. He is admitted before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Fourth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland and the Eastern District of Texas. Prior to entering the legal field, Brian worked as an aerospace engineer. In 2013, Brian was selected by the firm as a Fellow for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a landmark program created to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

Being a trial lawyer allows me the opportunity to protect teh interests of my varied clients. I have enjoyed the trial aspect of this pracitce immensely. Not all cases require a trial, in fact most do not. But... when your case requires judicial determination it is always best to be in a position that you know you have an experienced lawyer who is ready to defend your position with vigor.

Before starting Inman Law, PLLC, Benjamin worked at the Arlington Commonwealth Attorney’s Office for five years. As an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, he helped the victims of violent, non-violent, and financial crimes find justice. He also tried hundreds of traffic cases and specialized in DUI cases.. In 2012, Benjamin graduated from the George Mason University School of Law, now known as the Antonin Scalia Law School . Benjamin earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, in 2007.. Not strictly a “desk guy,” Benjamin served for seven years as an enlisted member of the New Hampshire Army National Guard.  He was deployed domestically several times, as well as to Afghanistan, for Operation Enduring Freedom.  During this time, he rapidly moved up the ranks from Private E-1 to Staff Sergeant E-6, and earned several medals, including the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.

Barney Goodman is a Partner with Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig who specializes in resolution of business and construction disputes, mechanics liens, real estate, foreclosures, and contract, corporate and employment disputes as well assisting clients in their business and real estate transactions.. Barney litigates in state and federal courts and frequently does appellate work in the Virginia Supreme Court. He is often called upon to give expert testimony on the topics of real estate law and attorney fees. Barney has served as Chairman of the Judicial Screening, Long Range Planning and Professionalism Committees of the Fairfax Bar Association. Barney is AV®-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer-Review Ratings, the highest rating available for excellence in legal ethics and practice.. Barney graduated with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He then received his J.D. at Case Western University Reserve School of Law. As a U.S. Army Officer, Barney was certified as a lawyer by the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General in Fort Eustis, Virginia, prior to serving in Vietnam. He worked as Trial Counsel in the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C. before entering private law practice in 1975 in Tysons Corner.

Attorney licensed in Virginia and Maryland.. Follow me on twitter @Ryan_the_lawyer. Mr. Kennedy has appeared in the District and Circuit Courts of Maryland and Virginia where he has tried numerous cases to verdict before both judge and jury including a variety of criminal, family, contract, real estate, and commercial disputes.  In addition to this trial experience, Mr. Kennedy has appeared before the various zoning authorities and Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

As of April 1, 2021, I have assumed Senior Counsel status with Offit Kurman.  In this limited capacity, I am providing advice and counsel to a limited number of existing clients. I am no longer litigating cases in court or accepting new clients.  If you have a family law matter, I can refer you to one of my colleagues who are highly qualified to handle any domestic relations matter including divorce, custody & visitation, support and property issues.

Arash D. Zarei is a lifetime resident of Fairfax County. Mr. Zarei devotes his practice to representing clients with high-quality, personal, and cost-effective services. Mr. Zarei’s knowledge and experience in multiple areas of law has given him the edge required for resolving complex cases.

A Virginia native, Maryam graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice. She then obtained her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from George Mason University School of Law, where she was active in the Moot Court Board and Trial Advocacy Association.  She also served on the board of the Pro Bono Society as director of its Legal Intake Program, which earned her the Outstanding Community Servant Award for her service in 2011. She taught legal writing and analysis and served as a student mentor. Maryam also worked as a judicial intern in the Chambers of the Honorable Rossie D. Alston in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, where she gained insight into the appeals process of domestic relations cases.  She also interned at Legal Services of Northern Virginia, where she worked in the Family Law department, serving low-income clients.  Later, she successfully litigated cases as a student attorney in a Fairfax family law firm.. Upon graduation from law school, Maryam served as a Law CLerk to the Honorable Craig D. Johnston in the Prince William County Circuit Court. Working closely with the judge, she had broad exposure to an array of family law issues in hundreds of cases, researched a vast array of domestic relations motions and prepared and edited letter opinions in family law cases.  This provided her with unique insight into the judicial decision-making process that is invaluable to any attorney.  Maryam then proceeded to practice family law in one of the largest Fairfax family law firms. There, she participated in the negotiation, mediation and litigation of various domestic relations cases including uncontested divorce, custody, support, modification, relocation, enforcement and property division. Maryam also has experience working with victims of domestic violence and representing them in protective order and other hearings.