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Catherine M. Reese
Offering A Fully Array of Personalized Family Law Solutions Through Advocacy, Mediation, Collaboration and Litigation
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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. 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 as well as convey their stories to influential persons in the case, and to negotiate the best outcomes possible for our clients given their circumstances. Ms. Reese is also known to be an aggressive and resourceful litigator when representing clients' best interests.
Education
- Argosy University
- M.A. (2019) | Clinical Mental Health Counseling
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- The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: Recipient, National Association of Public Interest Law Justice Fellowship
- Activities: Justice, Phi Alpha Delta; Moot Court Association
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- University of Maryland - College Park
- B.A. | Criminology and Criminal Justice
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- Intern, Virginia Department of Corrections, Fairfax, Virginia, August-December 2004
- Honors: Dean's List
- Activities: Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society; Thurgood Marshall Pre-Law Society
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Professional Experience
- Owner
- Reese Law, P.C.
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- 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.
- State President
- Virginia Women Attorney Assocation
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- President-Elect
- Virginia Women Attorney Assocation
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- Senior Associate
- The Lewis Law Firm
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- Associate
- The Lewis Law Firm
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- Associate
- Allred, Bacon, Halfhill, Landau, & Young
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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
Awards
- 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
- Super Lawyer
- Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine
- Virginia Top 50 Women
- Super Lawyers Magazine
Professional Associations
- Virginia State Bar
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- Current
- Activities: Council for the 19th Judicial Circuit Court, July 2009-June 2015; Standing Committee on Lawyer Discipline, July 2009-June 2012; Judicial Nominations Committee, July 2005-June 2008; Neutral Case Evaluator by appointment of the 19th Judicial Circuit Court, 2008-Present
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- Virginia Women Attorneys Association
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- Activities: President of the Northern Virginia Chapter, 2003-2004; Secretary of the Northern Virginia Chapter, 2002-2003; State Treasurer, July 2008-Present; Assistant State Treasurer, July 2006-June 2008; Legal Services of Northern Virginia Board of Directors, 2000-2003
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- National Board of Legal Specialty Certification
- Certified Attorney
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- Virginia Supreme Court Family Mediation
- Mediator
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- Virginia Supreme Court
- Family Mediator
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- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Academy Fellow
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- Montgomery County Bar
- Member
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- Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals
- Member
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- Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia
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- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Member
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- Virginia Collaborative Professionals
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- Prince Willam County Bar
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- District of Columbia Bar
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- Activities: Family Law Section, 1999-Present
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- Maryland State Bar
- Member
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- Activities: Family Law Section, 1999-Present
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- Fairfax Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Family Law Section, 1998-Present; Circuit Court, 1999-Present; and Domestic Relations Sub-Committee, 2007-Present
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- Virginia State Bar
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- Activities: Family Law Section; 1998-Present
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Maryland
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- Virginia
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- D.C. Circuit
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Fees
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Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
If an individual comes in for an initial consultation, they are charged fees based on how much time is spent in the initial consultation and the rate of the attorney in the meeting. The initial consultation rates are the same as each attorney's hourly rates. The initial consultation will normally be with Ms. Reese, and one of her associates, at her hourly rate.
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
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