Debra Powers - Fairfax, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
    J.D.
    Law Journal: Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Editorial Board Member

• Non Legal Education

  • Westhampton College, University of Richmond
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Lexis Law Publishing, Legal Analyst and Editor

Classes and Seminars

• Pretrial Matters, VTLA Advanced Family Law Retreat - Advanced Trial Advocacy, 2017 - Present
  
• Tax Consequences After the Divorce, Divorce Law: Common Mistakes in Dividing Assets, National Business Institute, 2016 - Present
  
• Effective Use of Illustrative Aides & Exhibits at Trial and How to Admit in Family Law Cases, The New Rules of Evidence in the New Digital Age, VTLA Annual Tort Seminar, 2015 - Present
  
• The ABCs of the PKPA, UCCJEA, Hague, and PKPA - The Alphabet of Custody Jurisdiction, FBA, 2014 - Present
  
• Ethics, - Divorce Litigation From Start to Finish, National Business Institute, 2014 - Present
  
• KEEPING THE PIPELINE FLOWING: Minority Attorneys Advancing Personal Success, Positively Impacting the Practice of Law, and Improving the Administration of Justice, Virginia State Bar’s Diversity Conference, First Annual Forum on Diversity in the Legal Profession, 2018 - Present
  
• Author/Contributor, Keeping the Pipeline Flowing and Employment Best Practices, VSB's Diversity Conference, Second Annual Forum on Diversity in the Legal Profession, 2019

Pro Bono Activities

• Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Attorney of the Day Program
• Rule 6.1 Society of Legal Services of Northern Virginia
• 2019 Fairfax Bar Association’s Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year

Published Works

Articles

• Preserving the Record for Appeal for the Family Law Attorney, The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2017
  

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1995
• Pennsylvania, 1995

Other Affiliations

• Virginia State Bar (Member)
• Fairfax Bar Association (Member )
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Virginia Women Attorneys Association (Member)
• Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Northern Virginia Chapter, 2007 (Past President)
• Family Law Section of the VTLA, 2008 - 2010 (Past Chair)
• Virginia State Bar, 2006 - 2012 (Disciplinary Committee)
• Virginia Bar Association
• Fairfax Law Foundation, Firm Fellow
• Prince William County Bar Association
• Loudoun County Bar Association