District of Columbia Lawyers Kate Robinson to Kelsey Penna

Firm: Bailey & Ehrenberg

1015 18th St. NW Suite 204 , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Employee Benefits

Kate Robinson represents individuals and businesses with respect to a variety of sophisticated employee benefits, tax and traditional employment matters. Kate assists clients with the design and implementation of qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation, retirement and welfare benefits plans. She frequently drafts and reviews employment and independent contractor agreements, restrictive covenants, employment policies and employee handbooks, severance arrangements and other employee benefit plans. She also generally advises clients on all aspects of compliance with ERISA as well as state and federal employment laws.. Prior to joining Bailey & Ehrenberg, Kate worked as an associate attorney for the Global Compensation, Benefits and ERISA practice group at Paul Hastings LLP. At Paul Hastings, Kate represented a mix of private and public corporations, private equity firms and investment banks with respect to ERISA and employment matters arising in the context of M&A transactions.. Kate received her law degree from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in 2013. She subsequently graduated from Georgetown University Law Center during 2014 with an LL.M in Taxation (including a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law). Kate worked as a Law Clerk for the Foundation Litigation of the American Association of Retired Persons (“AARP”) during her time at Georgetown. In that capacity, she assisted AARP’s employee benefits attorneys by drafting memoranda, motions and briefs in support of ERISA litigation proceedings across various federal courts.

633 Indiana Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Firm: Law Office of Kelly L. King, PLLC

116-P Edwards Ferry Rd , Leesburg , District of Columbia 20176

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Animal Law

Ms. King graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and has been practicing law since 2005.  Ms. King worked in the Loudoun County Office of the Public Defender for approximately seven years where she gained valuable trial experience.  As an Assistant Public Defender, Ms. King represented clients in all types of criminal matters ranging from traffic offenses to larcenies, drug possessions, fraud, rape, and murder.  Ms. King has served as a member of the Bench Bar Committee for the Loudoun General District Court as well as a member of the Loudoun County Bar Association.. Prior to her tenure in the Public Defender's Office, Ms. King worked as an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Buckingham County, VA where she prosecuted both misdemeanor and felony cases.  This opportunity allowed Ms. King to see both sides of the courtroom and gain a better overall perspective of the criminal justice system.. Ms. King was born and raised in Fairfax County. Ms. King attended the College of William and Mary where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a minor in Sociology. She then went on to receive her juris doctor from University of Virginia School of Law in 2005. While at the UVA Law, Ms. King participated in moot court and served on the editorial board for the Virginia Environmental Law Journal.  Ms. King participated in the Prosecution Clinic offered through the law school and worked for Professor Paul Mahoney, who is currently the Dean of UVA Law. During law school, Ms. King also clerked at Venable LLP located in Washington, D.C.. Ms. King currently resides in Purcellville, VA where she resides on a small farm with her dogs and horses.  As an avid outdoor enthusiast, she can often be seen hiking the Appalachian Trail or riding her bike along the Washington & Old Dominion Trail.  Ms. King also volunteers for several animal rescues and is always willing to offer pro bono legal services to any animal rescue in need of help.. Email Kelly at or call.

Firm: The Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm

1629 K Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice

The mission of our firm is the bedrock for representing each and every client.. The Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm, PLLC is a law firm exclusively committed to representing individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries by providing dedicated representation and focused consultation to improve the lives of our clients. We focus on providing free mentoring services and donating a portion of the firm’s profits back to the spinal cord injury community.. We are located in the heart of the Nation’s Capital in downtown Washington, DC. However, we maintain a national practice with our clients being located across the United States.. We aren’t just a law firm that practices law and advocates for individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury or other catastrophic injury. We are a firm founded by a lawyer with a spinal cord injury and we are equipped to advise you and champion for you as you navigate life after a spinal cord injury or other life-changing injury.. We are the only firm in the nation founded by a nationally recognized attorney who can also share in your experience of living through, and thriving after, a catastrophic event. We get it because we have been there. The Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm is here to help you. Contact us and let us know how.. As a client, we commit the following to you:

Firm: BERLINER CORCORAN & ROWE LLP

1101 SEVENTEENTH ST NW , WASHINGTON , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions

Focused on issues facing startups and small businesses, I am a partner at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP in the heart of Washington, DC. My clients are startups and small businesses across industries. My clients include nonprofits and government contractors. I enjoy working with small companies as they try to take their businesses to the next level. I live and work in Washington, DC.

Firm: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

607 14th Street N West Suite 900 , Washington , District of Columbia 20005

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Garner Law PLLC

1717 K St NW Ste 900 , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Business

Keisha A. Garner is the founder and managing member of Garner Law PLLC. She is passionate about the practice of law and is aware of the importance of building personal relationships with her clients. She is known for her personal approach to clients, her ability to gain her clients’ trust, and her aggressive, yet strategic approach to protecting their interests.. Ms. Garner began her legal career as an attorney with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Board of Veteran’s Appeals, where she adjudicated appeals for denial of veterans’ benefits. After leaving the federal government, Ms. Garner joined the Washington, DC office of Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, where she served as general counsel to nonprofit associations and litigated and settled hundreds of civil lawsuits. In her current practice, Ms. Garner focuses on family law, estate planning, small business, civil litigation and criminal defense. She is a protective and persistent advocate for her clients and works within the law to assist her clients in resolving their legal issues as economically and efficiently as possible.. Education. Ms. Garner received her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law School, where she was the recipient of the Dean’s Award and served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business & Technology Law. She has worked as a law clerk at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and U.S. Department of Justice. Ms. Garner also interned for the Honorable James P. Salmon at the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, Fourth Appellate Circuit.  In addition to interning for the Honorable Judge Salmon, Ms. Garner also worked as a student attorney in the Community Development Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law.. Community Service. Ms. Garner is an active member of the legal community and uses her extensive legal experience to serve her community by providing volunteer and pro bono services to individuals and organizations through various pro bono organizations in Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Ms. Garner provides assistance to nonprofit organizations through the Baltimore-based Community Law Center.  She also assists pro bono clients with family law, estate planning and small business matters through the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, D.C. Bar Pro Bono Programs, the Children’s Law Center, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Services, and the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland. In addition to providing pro bono services to her community, Ms. Garner is active in several bar associations, including serving as co-chair of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association’s (JFBBA) Public Relations Committee (2015-present), JFBBA’s Annual Scholarship Banquet Committee (2014-present), and the D.C. Bar Practice Management Services Committee (2015-present).

Firm: Kazakh Service Centre

1725 I St NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Passport & Visa Services, Notaries, Translation Services

Firm: Hirsch & Ehlenberger, P.C.

12110 Sunset Hills Rd Ste 401 , Reston , District of Columbia 20190

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Fullerton & Knowles

12642 Chapel Rd , Clifton , District of Columbia 20124

Practice Areas: Construction & Development

Firm: General Services Administration

1800 F Street , Washington , District of Columbia 20405

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP

1718 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20009

Practice Areas: Employment

Firm: The Limjoco Law Firm

10432 Balls Ford Road , Manassas , District of Columbia 20109

Practice Areas: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid & Medicare

Kathleen G. Limjoco, Attorney (Licensed in VA) Kathy received her undergraduate degree in 1989 from Boston University and her law degree in 1992 from Vermont Law School. Kathy handles Estate Planning, having focused her legal career in the area of Estate Planning since 2004. Kathy has lived in the Northern Virginia area for most of her life and previously practiced law in Manassas and Linden, Virginia. She and her husband and 3 children share their home and yard with 1 rescued dog, a rescued cat, a bearded dragon, and 5 chickens.

Firm: Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White

30 North King Street , Leesburg , District of Columbia 20176

Practice Areas: Business

Kathleen Horne is Of Counsel to Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Horne was employed as a senior executive and General Counsel of PSINet, Inc., where she built and managed an international legal team of 20+ lawyers and oversaw all legal matters involving PSINet, with an emphasis on transactional matters, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, securities transactions, debt and equity financings and general corporate matters. While at PSINet, Ms. Horne was recognized by the Fairfax County Commission for Women for her contributions to Fairfax County’s technology industry.. Before moving to Virginia, Ms. Horne practiced corporate and securities law as a partner in the New York City office of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (now Nixon Peabody).. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of Loudoun Interfaith Relief and has volunteered on community projects involving the arts.. Ms. Horne focuses her current practice on assisting clients with a wide range of corporate and business needs, employment contracts and employment related issues and land use.. Ms. Horne received her B.S. in Psychology and minor in secondary education, cum laude, from St. Lawrence University and her JD from Albany Law School, Union University. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Loudoun County Bar Association and the New York State Bar.

Firm: The Cullen Law Firm PLLC

1101 30th Street NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20007

Practice Areas: Corporate , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Kathleen Havener, a 1991 honors graduate of Harvard Law School, began her law school career when her three daughters were 8, 5, and 4 years old respectively, entering fourth grade, kindergarten, and pre-school.  Accordingly, Kathleen considers herself an expert in time management and attention to detail.. Ms. Havener’s career has included many years in big firms, 8 years in her own small firm, and currently a small litigation firm. She has managed cases ranging from antitrust to zoning and nearly everything in between. Kathleen has participated as liaison counsel in multidistrict litigation, and has worked on corporate employee raiding cases, securities fraud litigation, environmental regulation, multi-billion dollar corporate tax controversies, intellectual property litigation, insurance coverage disputes, government contracts bid protests, administrative proceedings before the United States Department of Transportation and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, complex commercial foreclosure actions and numerous appellate proceedings. Ms. Havener is experienced in mediation and arbitration, including international arbitration.  Early in her career, Ms. Havener represented the World Cup USA 1994 as Venue Legal Counsel in the Washington DC venue, coordinating safety and security arrangements with 20 separate law enforcement and security agencies throughout the DC Metropolitan Area.. Ms. Havener is currently engaged in a constitutional law litigation practice in Washington, DC.. Along with her law practice, Kathleen is active in the American Bar Association Leadership. She formerly served as Co-Director of Division VI (The Profession) of the Section of Litigation after a three-year term as Co-Chair of the Section’s Woman Advocate Committee.  Kathleen is passionately committed to age, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. She has published many articles and is a frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education Seminars and guest public speaker.. Her publications (hyperlinked where available) include:. ·         “How to Deliver Bad News to Your Client,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (January/February 2016). ·         “A Litigator’s Reluctant Endorsement of Mediation,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (January/February 2015). ·         “Discovery Lessons Your Mother Should Have Taught You,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (July/August 2014). ·         “Unlearning Exclusion: How I Became a Part of the Solution,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (March/April 2014). ·         “Destination Disasters: Who’s at Fault?,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (June/July 2013). ·         “Landing the Big Fish: Small Firms Representing Big Companies,” ABA GP|Solo (May/June 2012). ·         “Making Magic With Courtroom Technology,” ABA GP|Solo (March/April 2012). ·         “Geronimo! Or How I Became a Sole Practitioner,” Litigation Journal (Winter 2010). ·         “A Lifetime of Learning: Why I am a Generalist,” Woman Advocate News (Fall 2007). ·         “Better Lawyers,” Perspectives—Journal of the National Association of Women Lawyers (December 2005). ·         “Method Acting for Lawyers,” Litigation (Summer 2005). ·         “Litigation (Rev. 2.0),” The American Lawyer (February 2005) (co-author). ·         “Lawyering on the Front Lines: On-Site Legal Counsel for Major Sporting Events,” 6 Marquette Sports Law Journal 29 (1995) (co-author). ·         Contributing Author, Smart Soloing, ABA Books, 2011. ·         Contributing Author, Road to Independence, ABA Books, 2011

Firm: Stein & Rosenberg, LLC

1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. , Washington, D.C. , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Car Accident, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents

Firm: Grenadier, Duffett, Levi, Winkler & Rubin, P.C.

12359 Sunrise Valley Drive , Reston , District of Columbia 20191

Practice Areas: Family

I have been licensed in Virginia since 2010 and have been practicing exclusively in the area of family law since 2011. I graduated from Georgetown University in 2007 and the T.C. Williams School of Law (University of Richmond) in 2010 with a Certificate of Concentration in Family Law.  From 2010-2011, I was a Law Clerk to the Judges of Virginia's 17th Judicial Circuit (Arlington County).. I practice primarily in Fairfax County and Loudoun County, but also have experience in other Northern Virginia jurisdictions, including Arlington, Prince William, Fauquier and Stafford.

Firm: Tucker PLLC

1225 19th Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Divorcing clients appreciate the combination of strength and compassion Katherine brings to her cases, especially when domestic abuse or child custody issues are involved. As a former trial attorney with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Katherine has extensive experience in the courtroom. She ensures clients understand the court process and focuses them on achieving realistic results.. Accessible and approachable, Katherine is known for moving quickly. Whether it is securing a temporary restraining order, preparing for Civil Protection Order trial in 10 days, or working with clients to formulate a Marital Settlement Agreement, Katherine acts decisively on behalf of her clients. They feel she is advocating for their best interests, working first to settle, but not hesitating to go to court if settlement isn’t possible.. The conflict of divorce can narrow an individual’s perspective. Katherine is adept at helping clients see the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” so they can move forward with their lives. At the end of the process, she wants clients to feel settled and empowered, that together they accomplished the best that was possible.

Firm: Stanford Heisler Kimpel, LLP

1666 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 300 , Washington , District of Columbia 20009

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Katherine Kimpel has dedicated her career to helping individuals realize the justice that our laws promise.  She serves as Lead Counsel in numerous class action and individual matters enforcing federal and state anti-discrimination and wage and hour laws. Ms. Kimpel also negotiates exit packages and transitional plans on behalf of professionals at the highest levels in their fields, including Senior HR executives, COOs, General Counsel and attorneys.

Firm: Bruckheim & Patel - Washington, DC

1100 H St NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20005

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI

Kelsey Penna is a litigation attorney specializing in criminal defense and family law matters. Her client-centered approach ensures she focuses on obtaining the best outcome for her clients. As an associate at Bruckheim & Patel, Ms. Penna represents clients at D.C. Superior Court and the DC DMV. Her practice areas include: civil protection orders (CPOs), expungment/sealing cases, traffic and other criminal offenses, and divorce and family law matters. Additionally, she specializes in misdemeanor and felony criminal appellate work for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.. Prior to joining her current firm, Ms. Penna had the honor of clerking in Magistrate Judges Chambers at D.C. Superior Court. This clerkship gave her a unique understanding and invaluable insight into the law and litigation techniques from the judge's perspective. As the Criminal Division law clerk, Ms. Penna supported judges assigned to multiple criminal calendars including: arraignments, preliminary hearings, domestic violence, and traffic. When Ms. Penna was an attorney for the Washington College of Law Women in the Law Clinic, she successfully represented clients in obtaining CPOs, custody, and divorce agreements.. Ms. Penna graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and English. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law. She is barred in the District of Columbia.. When Ms. Penna has free time, she enjoys practicing hot yoga and exploring the many wineries and hiking trails in the DMV area.