Legal Services & Lawyers

I am a licensed attorney in both California and Virginia, with my main physical office located in Yorktown, Virginia.

As a second career attorney, I have experience in business and in life. This helps me better understand my clients so that we can work together to get the best result.

I provide services for personal and small business legal needs as well as legal research and writing on a contract basis for other attorneys in both California and Virginia.

I am also a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in both California and Virginia.

If you need help with:

Virginia Business Law

-- Reviewing Contracts
-- Writing Contracts
-- Employment Handbooks
-- Employment Agreements
-- Starting a new business
-- Winding up a business

Virginia Family Law

-- Divorce
-- Marital Settlement Agreements
-- Pre-Marital Agreements
-- child custody
-- visitation
-- child support
-- spousal support

Virginia Estate Planning

-- Will
-- Trust
-- Power of Attorney
-- Living Will

Buying or Selling Real Estate


or any other type of legal situation, give me at call at
757-234-4650 or stop by the office in Yorktown, Virginia.

Also, if you are a lawyer in the Yorktown, Virginia area and you need a little help with some legal research or writing or handling some overflow work, give me a call at 757-234-4650.

Jessica Golden is a criminal defense lawyer at Livesay & Myers, P.C. She represents clients in Woodbridge, Manassas, Stafford, Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, Spotsylvania, Henrico, Hanover, Richmond and Fredericksburg, Virginia.

An experienced, hard-working attorney, Ms. Golden believes the building block for success in every trial is rigorous preparation. She believes in doing the hard work before trial necessary to give you the best chance to win in court. As a law firm, Livesay & Myers, P.C. believes in maintaining a proper client-to-attorney ratio, so that each of our defense attorneys have sufficient time to devote to each case. This policy translates to the best chance of success for each client.

Kyle G. Manikas is a trial attorney with offices in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Mr. Manikas began his legal career practicing white collar criminal and civil litigation in New York, New York and Washington, D.C. defending individuals and large corporations during the corporate scandals that began surfacing in late 2001. The firm that Mr. Manikas was with was retained as lead counsel for Enron, Global Crossing, WorldCom, and other large corporations after those companies found themselves at the center of allegations of fraud, corruption, and unethical behavior.

After representing some of the largest corporations in the United States and their executives in high profile matters, Mr. Manikas accepted a position as a prosecutor in Northern Virginia. As a prosecutor in the largest and busiest jurisdiction in Virginia and Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Mr. Manikas handled over 900 felony cases ranging from white collar offenses, involving embezzlement and other forms of fraud and theft, to the most serious of violent crimes, including murder, aggravated malicious wounding, bank robbery, and violent drug distribution and gang cases. Mr. Manikas also handled numerous felony DWI, eluding, and other motor vehicle offenses.

Mr. Manikas subsequently re-entered private practice and founded Manikas Law LLC. Utilizing the wealth of knowledge and experience obtained as a prosecutor, and the legal crisis management skills Mr. Manikas developed defending large corporations, Mr. Manikas represents clients with the judgment and steady hand required in federal and state criminal defense litigation. Mr. Manikas handles all state and federal criminal charges and continues to be involved in high profile murder, white collar, and other complex criminal cases. Over the course of his career, Mr. Manikas has had the opportunity to litigate hundreds trials, jury and bench, and has earned the respect of judges and his colleagues alike.

James M. Johnson graduated from James Madison University in with degrees in Biology and Economics. He received his Juris Doctor from the George Mason School of Law. During law school, Mr. Johnson had successful internships with the County Attorney's Office, the Commonwealth Attorney's Office and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of Prince William County. Upon completion of law school, Mr. Johnson worked at the law firm of Pfitzner & Morley located in Prince William County. Mr. Johnson left Pfitzner & Morley to found his own firm in 2008. He is admitted to practice in all Virginia courts, as well as the Federal and Bankruptcy courts of the Eastern District of Virginia.

Dan Miller was raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. He graduated from Norfolk Collegiate School in 1985, and graduated from Oxford College in 1987 with an Associate of Arts degree. Dan went on to graduate from Emory University in Atlanta in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Philosophy and Sociology. From 1989 to 1995 Dan played drums in a band based in Atlanta Georgia where he toured the College Circuit throughout the Southeastern United States. In 1997 Dan attended Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan. Dan graduated a semester early and was admitted to practice law in Virginia in November 1998.

In 1998, Dan was hired by Michael I. Ashe where he laid his foundation focusing on Criminal and Traffic cases. Dan is an active member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Trial Lawyers, the Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Association, the Virginia Beach Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is licensed to practice in all state and Federal Courts in Virginia. In 2001, Dan founded Dan Miller and Associates. He currently resides in Virginia Beach with his wife Amy, daughter Hayden, and son Max.

Areas of Practice:

Administrative Law
Child Support
Contracts
Criminal Law
Custody & Visitation
DUI/DWI
Divorce
Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
Family Law
Litigation & Appeals
Military Law
Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Social Security -- Disability
White Collar Crimes
Bar Admissions:
Virginia, 1998
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1999
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia
Education:
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1997
J.D.


Emory University, Atlanta, 1989
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Philosophy
Major: Sociology


Oxford College, 1987
Associate of Arts


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Virginia State Bar



Virginia Trial Lawyers



Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Association



Virginia Beach Bar Association



American Bar Association



National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Mr. Carwile began the practice of law as the first Executive Director of the Lynchburg Legal Aid Society. He moved to Waynesboro in 1974 and co-founded the firm of Carwile & Ricketts, P.C., which merged with Carter R. Allen, R. Toms Dalton and G. William Watkins in 1987 to form the present professional corporation, Allen & Carwile, P.C.

Mr. Carwile's practice focuses primarily on criminal defense representation and he is a frequent lecturer on various legal topics, having spoken for the Virginia CLE on the defense of DUI and other serious traffic cases. He has also written extensively on many aspects of criminal defense law. Mr. Carwile currently serves as a member of the Mandatory Legal Education Committee appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court.

Welcome to the Arrington Law Office. I am Gerald D. Arrington, and I maintain a general practice of law, which includes the representation of individuals who have been injured by others, who have been charged with a crime, and who are involved in divorce and child custody proceedings. In addition, I also represent businesses that need help with incorporation, contract drafting, and contract disputes.

Lee R. Taylor holds a B.A. in Psychology from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and his J.D. law degree from the Mercer University School of Law. While still in law school, he had already started his career in the legal profession as part of the university's third-year practice program. Taylor has considerable experience on both sides of the courtroom: Before moving into a private practice that involves both civil litigation and criminal defense cases, he had served as an assistant district attorney for Dalton, GA; as city attorney for the city of Ellijay, GA, and as county attorney for Gilmer County, GA during the 1990s, a time of transition for the county from rural Appalachian community to suburb of the greater Atlanta metropolitan region.

He went on to serve as Special Assistant Attorney General for the state Department of Transportation and also for the state Department of Human Resources and dealing with rights-of-way cases, title transfers and condemnation litigation for the former, with cases for the Division of Family and Children Services for the latter.

Taylor is a certified mediator who has worked in general and domestic relations dispute resolution. In Ellijay, he was an active member of the United Methodist Church. In other parts of his life, he can boast extensive experience in the creation of stoneware pottery, stemming from his family's pottery business. An active member of the Lexington Baptist Church, he resides with his wife, Rebecca, on a family farm in Rockbridge County, where Taylor says the current crop is horses. The Taylors have four children.

Darren Meyer is a Fredericksburg area Criminal Defense and Traffic Attorney with the firm Sullivan & Seklii, PLC. Mr. Meyer practices traffic and criminal law throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia including but not limited to Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg, Stafford County, King George County, Caroline County. Mr. Meyer will aggressively defend your case and strives to obtain the best results for his clients in all criminal matters.

Attorney-client communication is something we feel is an important aspect to defending a criminal case. Being charged with a crime can be a stressful time in someone's life. It is important that you are capable of contacting your attorney at any time. For this reason, all clients and potential clients are given Mr. Meyer's personal cell phone number. He is available by cell phone during the day, evenings, weekends and holidays. It is important for you to have attorney access 24/7.

If you are looking for an aggressive and affordable Criminal Defense Attorney in the Fredericksburg area, then contact Mr. Meyer to discuss your matter immediately. All consults are free of charge.

Criminal Defense Lawyer practicing in Northern Virginia State and Federal Courts

Manuel Rivera & Assciates, P.C. is based in virginia and serves the Washington D.C. Metro area, including Maryland and Virginia and anywhere in the United States and PUerto Rico. The l;egal professionals at Manuel Rivera & Associates, P.C. are available to travel to other countries for interviewing and Visa Porcessing At U.S. Consulates and Embassies. The majority of the firm's practice focuses on Immigration law and it is well versed in all of the most important issues that arise in the burgeoning field of law. Because the firm has a broad range of expertise in many areas of law, it can perform services that many other firms are simply incapable of performing.

English, Spanish, Turkish, French and Italian are all spoken at the firm and the attorneys at Manuel Rivera and Associates, P.C. are dedicated to solving the pressing legal issues facing immigrants in the Washington D.C. metro area and beyond.