Catherine M. Reese

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Offering A Fully Array of Personalized Family Law Solutions Through Advocacy, Mediation, Collaboration and Litigation

Experience: 26 years

Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family Law

Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Circuit

Top 50 Women Attorneys in Virginia, Top 10 Attorney Award and 16 others

Awards 18

Experience 26y

Online & Web 8

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Catherine “Kate” Reese focuses her practice on the full spectrum of family law matters in the Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland regions. She has extensive trial experience in contested divorces, child custody and visitation matters, equitable distribution of assets, child and spousal support, and the negotiation and preparation of prenuptial and marital agreements. Ms. Reese is known to be an aggressive and resourceful litigator when representing clients’ best interests. When Ms. Reese identifies matters that can be resolved more amicably and without the costs of litigation, she highly recommends alternate dispute resolution options such as mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. Ms. Reese is a Virginia Supreme Court Certified Family Law mediator and an experienced collaborative law attorney. She makes it her duty to protect her clients, convey their stories to influential persons in the case, and to negotiate the best outcomes possible for our clients given their circumstances.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Maryland

Since 1999

Virginia

Since 1998

D.C. Circuit

Since 1999

Professional Experience

2011 - Current

Virginia Women Attorney Assocation

State President

2004 - Current

Reese Law Office

Owner

Manage and operate domestic relations practice with the assistance if associates and administrative staff; focusing on advocacy, mediation, collaboration, and litigation. Appear in Appellate, Circuit and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts in the Northern Virginia area and Circuit Court in Montgomery County, Maryland. Conduct all phases of litigation and settlement, including but not limited to discovery and identification of relevant documents, witnesses and experts. Serve as a mediator, court appointed Neutral Case Evaluator, and collaborative law professional.

2010 - 2011

Virginia Women Attorney Assocation

President-Elect

2001 - 2004

The Lewis Law Firm

Senior Associate

1999 - 2001

The Lewis Law Firm

Associate

1998 - 1999

Allred, Bacon, Halfhill, Landau, & Young

Associate

Education

1995 - 1998

The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

J.D.

Honors: Recipient, National Association of Public Interest Law Justice Fellowship

1994 - 1995

University of Maryland - College Park

B.A. | Criminology and Criminal Justice

Intern, Virginia Department of Corrections, Fairfax, Virginia, August-December 2004

Awards

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Top 50 Women Attorneys in Virginia

Super Lawyers

Top 10 Attorney Award

National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, Inc

Best Lawyers in America

Best Lawyer

year - Catherine M. Reese

Super Lawyer

Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine

Virginia Top 50 Women

Super Lawyers Magazine

Best Attorneys in Washington D.C. & Baltimore

Best Lawyers

year - Catherine M. Reese

Influential women of Virginia Honoree

Virginia Lawyers Media

Legal Eagle

Virginia Living

year - Catherine M. Reese

Top Lawyers

Northern Virgina Magazine

Catherine M. Reese

June 2011 Super Lawyer

Northern Virginia Magazine

Best Lawyers for 2012

Best Lawyers

2009 Top Divorce Lawyers

Northern Virginia Magazine

2012 Super Lawyer

Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine

2012 Super Lawyer

D.C. Super Lawyers Magazine

December 2010 Super Lawyer

Northern Virginia Magazine

November 2010 Super Lawyer

Northern Virginia Magazine

June 2010 Top Divorce Lawyers

Northern Virginia Magazine

June 2010 Super Lawyer

Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine

Contacts

10300 Eaton Place Suite 150 Fairfax VA 22030 Telephone: (703) 279-5140 Fax: (703) 279-5141

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Catherine M. Reese Offering A Fully Array of Personalized Family Law Solutions Through Advocacy, Mediation, Collaboration and Litigation

Experience: 26 years

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Phone: (703) 279-5140

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Certifications

Collaborative Law Professional, 2009-Present

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and Virginia Collaborative Professionals

Circuit Court Family Mediator

Judicial Council of Virginia

Juvenille & Domestic District Court Mediator

Judicial Council of Virginia

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