District of Columbia Lawyers Lilith O'Connell to Lynne Bernabei

Firm: Naum Estevez PLLC

9214 Center St , Manassas , District of Columbia 20110

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Little Guy Law DC

, Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20001

Practice Areas: Real Estate, General Litigation

Firm: Garfinkel Immigration Law

3025 Daniel LN NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20015

Practice Areas: Immigration

After more than 15 years advocating and fighting for foreign nationals with full-service contracts, Lynn Garfinkel, has restructured her practice to serve more clients. She is now consulting, on an hourly basis, as needed to guide clients that are working on their own cases. Ms. Garfinkel will review forms, discuss and suggest evidence, and provide tips and guidance on immigration cases. She has experience with temporary and permanent visas (green cards), family and work/employment  based petitions, naturalization issues, waivers, asylum, and deportation defense (also called removal proceedings or immigration court). Ms. Garfinkel has also successfully represents foreign national survivors of abuse petitioning for benefits under the Violence Against Women Act clients and to obtain religious, political, and gender-based asylum for nearly a decade. Ms. Garfinkel has also been helping. Finally, Ms. Garfinkel also successfully represents foreign national survivors of abuse petitioning for benefits under the Violence Against Women Act.. For three years, Garfinkel served as Chair of the Asylum Office Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, DC Chapter. She is also a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars. She previously served as the Vice Chair of the AILA Washington Immigration Court Liaison Committee. Ms. Garfinkel has engaged in volunteer human rights advocacy work for Amnesty International's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. For five years, she served as the Representative to the Special Initiatives Grant Committee.. Previously, Ms. Garfinkel completed her undergraduate studies at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Having studied abroad in France and South Korea, she self-designed her undergraduate degree in international development. After working at national organizations advocating for low-income families, she earned her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Massachusetts. During law school, she was a teaching assistant and participated in a prisoner's rights and death penalty cert. clinics. As part of her school’s program, she interned at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and the Office of the Federal Public Defender for DC.

Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

2001 K Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: White Collar Crime

Former federal prosecutor Luke Cass defends corporations and individuals in a variety of federal criminal allegations, including health care fraud, price-fixing, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, embezzlement, bank fraud, and money laundering. He also conducts proactive, corporate investigations related to bribery, misbranding, bid rigging, drug diversion, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and the False Claims Act (FCA). Luke served as a federal prosecutor for over a decade and has significant experience with white collar investigations. Luke has extensive trial experience and has litigated federal appellate and district court cases throughout the United States.. Previously, Luke worked as a Senior Trial Attorney with the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division where he handled public corruption investigations and prosecutions of elected, appointed, and career government officials. Luke served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Financial Fraud and Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico before working at the DOJ in Washington. In addition to Luke's extensive federal trial experience, he has also briefed and argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He also clerked in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.. As a result of his experience, Luke is well qualified to counsel clients in nearly every aspect of complex white-collar matters involving both the public and private sectors.

Firm: LPJ Legal PLLC

700 Pennsylvania Ave SE , Washington , District of Columbia 20003

Practice Areas: Business, Government Contracts, Real Estate

LPJ Legal counsel small business owners, start-ups, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits. We integrate into the team by serving as outside general counsel to achieve their business goals. LPJ legal represents students and parents in special education law, counseling on 504 and IEP plans. I ensure students’ rights in disciplinary hearings, custody, student rights, and privacy.

Firm: Bevilacqua PLLC

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

Practice Areas: Financial Markets and Services

I am the founding member of Bevilacqua PLLC and also a co-founder, President and General Counsel of Digital Offering, a merchant bank that raises growth capital for private and public companies. Before starting my own firm and co-founding Digital Offering, I was a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.  Before that, I was a partner in the Business and Finance group of Thelen LLP and also practiced at other international and regional law firms as a corporate and securities transactional lawyer. I have counseled companies of every size ranging from entrepreneurs with just an idea to established companies whose securities trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ. I have broad experience representing issuers in public offerings and private placements of securities, Exchange Act compliance, angel and venture capital financings, and other areas of equity and debt financing. I also advise my clients on mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations, including “roll up” transactions. I have several years of experience working with microcap public companies whose securities are quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, and he understands the special needs of these companies. I have also represented companies with international operations, including companies based in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, Republic of China, Latin America, Europe and Australia. I graduated Cum Laude from Fordham University and obtained a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law where I was a member of the Order of Coif. I am Chambers ranked in Capital Markets (International Firms) (Experts Based Abroad) and USA Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Foreign Experts).

Firm: Biberaj Snow & Sinclair, PC

7 East Market Street , Leesburg , District of Columbia 20176

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI

As a child of immigrants, I understand the value of hard work, commitment and dedication, and I utilize those values daily.   I dedicated to my family, actively involved in my community,  and blessed to be able to use my education, training and experience to provide my clients with quality legal representation.

Firm: Ascend Family Law

601 Pennsylvania Avenue , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Tycko & Zavareei, LLP

2000 L Street N West Suite 808 , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Litigation

Lorenzo Cellini graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 2004. In law school he was a member of the moot court board, a legal writing fellow and the recipient of the E. Thomas Sullivan Antitrust Award. He also received his B.A. from the University of Arizona, graduating magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.. Mr. Cellini joined Tycko & Zavareei LLP in November 2006.  Since joining the firm he has practiced primarily in the area of civil litigation.  He has represented both individuals and companies in a variety of civil disputes involving real estate, unfair competition, employment, False Claims Act, products liability, and consumer class action law.  In addition, Mr. Cellini has represented individual tenants and tenants’ associations in connection with preserving and enforcing their rights under the laws of the District of Columbia.. Before joining Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Mr. Cellini practiced law in Tucson, Arizona. He specialized in commercial litigation, with an emphasis on contract disputes, real estate, intellectual property and bankruptcy. Additional practice areas included real estate and business transactions, appellate, employment and civil rights law. Representative clients included large biomedical engineering, technology and real estate development firms, as well as local restaurants, banks and individuals.. Mr. Cellini also has substantial experience in antitrust law. While in law school, he served as a law clerk in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he assisted in investigations of anticompetitive conduct and proposed mergers. Before attending law school, he worked in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition.. Other legal experience includes externships with the University of Arizona Student Legal Services and Judge Raner Collins of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.. Mr. Cellini is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and also is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Arizona, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Firm: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue N West , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions

Firm: L Law Firm PLLC

2001 L Street NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Immigration

Passionate and creative business immigration attorney with judicial clerkship experience and training in the entertainment industry. Eager to help talents from all over the world establish their career by obtaining immigration benefits to the United States. Received approvals for clients in diverse backgrounds, such as performing artists, STEM professionals, pilots, and entrepreneurs.

Firm: Schertler & Onorato, LLP

575 7th Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Practice Areas: Civil , Intellectual Property , White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, White Collar Crime, Criminal Defense, Litigation, Expungement

Lisa Manning is Counsel to Schertler & Onorato, LLP.  Her practice focuses on representation of individuals in civil and criminal litigation, investigations, and expungement.  Ms. Manning has counseled both U.S. and overseas clients in matters ranging from state-level criminal cases to global investigations.  Her experience includes cases involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, antitrust (cartel and price fixing issues), the Office of Foreign Assets Control, fraud, securities, government contracts, and local criminal defense.  In addition, she has represented clients in a variety of government inquiries, including regulatory, grand jury, and Congressional investigations.. Ms. Manning also has expertise in the expungement of criminal records and has handled all manner of cases in this area.  In 2009, she founded Record Absolutions, a law practice dedicated to criminal record mitigation and related issues. Ms. Manning recently prevailed in a unique and highly-contested Motion before a U.S. District Court to expunge a federal case.  She is committed to advocacy in this area through her academic writings, support of a federal expungement statute, and by assisting multiple clients to successfully mitigate their records.. Ms. Manning graduated from Washington & Lee School of Law in Virginia, after completing her B.A. in International Relations/Economics at The George Washington University.  She is a member of the Virginia, District of Columbia, and Maryland Bars, as well as corresponding Federal Courts and the United States Supreme Court.  Ms. Manning is the current Chair of the Bar Association of the District Columbia’s Young Lawyers Section.  A D.C. native, she is also active in the community through volunteer work for D.C. Central Kitchen and the D.C. Bar’s Advice and Referral Clinic.  Ms. Manning is proficient in French and Spanish.

Firm: Grenadier Starace Duffett & Levi, P.C.

12359 Sunrise Valley Dr Ste 230 , Reston , District of Columbia 20191

Practice Areas: Family

Lisa Levi has been in private practice since 2000 as a family law attorney.  She practices primarily in Fairfax and Loudoun County, but also has experience in other Northern Virginia jurisdictions, including Arlington, Alexandria, Prince William, Fauquier and Stafford.

Firm: BRITTON PLLC

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

Practice Areas: Tax

Firm: Alight Legal PLLC

1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Practice Areas: Immigration

I am a human rights activist turned attorney.. My firm represents people escaping persecution, victims of crime and violence, families trying to reunite or trying to keep their family together, and we also assist businesses and professionals achieve their immigration goals.. I am compassionate with my clients, but aggressive with the law while seeking innovative solutions and pushing boundaries in order to provide more protection and opportunities for my clients.

Firm: Grenadier, Duffett, Levi, Winkler & Rubin, PC

12359 Sunrise Valley Drive , Reston , District of Columbia 20191

Practice Areas: Family , Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

During my eighteen years as an attorney, I have practiced solely in the areas of criminal and family law because I feel it is very important to specialize one’s legal practice. An attorney must have extensive knowledge and experience in their specific areas of practice to do this job well. I remain committed to staying fully apprised of new laws that pertain to criminal and family law, as well as the rules of practice in each specific jurisdiction. I have always been an active litigator. During a normal week, I am in court several times on several different kinds of matters. I am comfortable in the courtroom, but I am equally as comfortable negotiating directly with other attorneys and in settlement conferences. I believe I have an obligation to be truthful with you about the likely outcome of your case if you were take it to trial. If I advise you to attempt to settle your case rather than litigate, but you choose not to follow that advice, I will still be fully prepared to competently try your case before the judge. When it comes to family law, the title “Attorney and Counselor at Law” makes sense. It is impossible for me to evaluate the legalities of your case, and its strengths and weaknesses, without knowing you on a personal level. Thus, I do provide counsel – both personal and legal – because it is necessary to do this job competently. Whether you are going through a divorce or contested custody or support matter, I understand that this is likely a difficult time in your life – just the fact that you made an appointment to see me indicates as such. I strive to make my office warm, inviting and personable because I realize what you are here to discuss is difficult enough – this should not be a place where you feel intimidated. I provide you with a safe and welcoming environment so you feel comfortable in sharing the details of your situation with me, as this is a must for me to be able to provide you with compassionate and zealous legal representation.

Ste 920 , Washington , District of Columbia 20015

Practice Areas: Immigration

An avid triathlete having completed triathlons in all distances, including finishing Ironman Hawaii in 2005

Firm: Kelly IP, LLP

1330 Connecticut Ave. NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Trademark Infringement

Firm: Webster, Fredrickson, Correia & Puth

1775 K Street N West , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC

1400 16th ST NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

Lynne Bernabei has been litigating employment discrimination, civil rights, and whistleblower protection cases for over thirty years. She is a founding partner of Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, where she handles claims of civil rights violations, discrimination, and other employment and contract disputes. Ms. Bernabei has developed extensive trial experience in federal and local courts in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, and before administrative agencies. Ms. Bernabei has argued appeals before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Fourth Circuit, the Sixth Circuit, the D.C. Circuit, and the Federal Circuit.. Lynne Bernabei received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1972. In 1977, she received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Ms. Bernabei clerked for the Honorable William B. Bryant, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, from 1977-1978.. Ms. Bernabei was selected for inclusion in all editions of The Best Lawyers In America, since 2006. From 2002 onward, the Washingtonian magazine named Lynne Bernabei on its list of Best Attorneys in Washington, D.C. In April, 2004 the Legal Times Magazine named Lynne Bernabei one of top 12 Leading Labor & Employment Litigators in Washington, D.C. In November, 2002, Washingtonian magazine named Ms. Bernabei as one of Washington, D.C.’s top 75 lawyers. In November, 1997, Washingtonian magazine named Ms. Bernabei as one of Washington, D.C.’s top 100 most powerful women. Ms. Bernabei has also been featured in an article that appeared in The City Paper in August of 1992, entitled “The Women to See,” and in the July/August, 1988 edition of The American Lawyer, entitled “Lynne Bernabei: In Tune with Whistle-Blowers.” She was also featured in an article that appeared in The Washington Lawyer, entitled “Whistleblowers and the Law,” June 2001. Ms. Bernabei has appeared on “Sixty Minutes,” the “Today” show, Court TV, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC national news broadcasts, National Public Radio, and many other broadcast media outlets. She has also been quoted regularly by New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, People, Time, National Law Journal, Legal Times, ABA Journal, and numerous other print media outlets for her expertise in employment law and civil rights issues.. Ms. Bernabei serves as a member of the editorial board of the Labor Law Journal and formerly served on the board of the Journal of Employment Discrimination. She is also a faculty member of the American Law Institute-American Bar Association and teaches courses on employment law and civil rights matters for the District of Columbia Bar and as a guest lecturer at law schools. Ms. Bernabei has been selected as a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. Ms. Bernabei is on the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) for its National Roster of Neutrals.. Representative Matters: