Arina Filippenko - Washington, DC
Attorney at Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
Business Torts & Commercial Litigation Lawyers in Washington, DC
1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Ste. 350 Washington, DC 20036 - 4165
Washington Business Torts & Commercial Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 04/21/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business Torts & Commercial Litigation
- Tax Law
- Securities Law
- Municipal Law
- Federal, State, and Local Government Law
- Corporate
- Criminal Defense
- White Collar Crime
Attorney Information
Overview
Arina Filippenko joined the firm’s Anchorage office in 2024, bringing her extensive background in regulatory oversight and complex financial investigations to her administrative, civil, and criminal law practice. Arina’s work focuses on litigation, corporate matters, municipal law, election law, local and federal tax law, and criminal defense.
Before joining the firm, Arina served as a Financial Examiner with the State of Alaska, Division of Banking and Securities. In this multi-disciplinary role, she managed securities registration issues, conducted regulatory audits of registered investment advisers, broker dealers, and other financial institutions, and led complex enforcement investigations involving securities fraud, unregistered financial advising, consumer finance, precious metals, and cryptocurrency.
Arina attended Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude. Following law school, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Peter R. Ramgren on the Anchorage Superior Court. As a lifelong Alaskan, Arina is a proud graduate of the University of Alaska, Anchorage and West Anchorage High School.
In her free time, Arina enjoys film photography, cooking, and learning foreign languages.
Education
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Legal Education
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Mitchell Hamline School of Law,
St. Paul,
Minnesota, 2023
J.D.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
Honors: Access to Justice Data Analytics Incubator
Honors: CALI Awards for Legal Analysis Research and Communication I (2020) and II (2021) and Income Tax (2022)
Honors: Kunz Award for Excellence in Legal Writing (2021)
Honors: Dean’s List (all semesters)
Law Review: Mitchell Hamline Law Review, Associate Editor and Online Editor
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Mitchell Hamline School of Law,
St. Paul,
Minnesota, 2023
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Non Legal Education
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University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, 2017
B.B.A. Finance, B.B.A. Management
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: President, UAA Property Management and Real Estate Club (2016-2017)
Honors: Seawolf Debate, Varsity Team Member (National Quarterfinalist 2017)
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University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, 2017
Current Employment Position(s)
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Associate
Languages
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Russian
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Spanish
Bar Admissions
- Alaska, 2023
- U.S. District Court District of Alaska, 2024
Other Affiliations
- Alaska Bar Association
- Anchorage Bar Association
- Alaska Association of Women Lawyers
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Alaska Bar Technology, AI, and Cyber Law Section
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Contact
1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Ste. 350
Washington, DC 20036 - 4165
Phone: 202-659-5800
Fax: 202-659-1027
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.birchhorton.com
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