Karen A. Leiser - McLean, VA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1996
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • The Ohio University, 1992
    Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy
    Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner and Managing Attorney

Past Positions

• Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LSNV), Staff Attorney, 1997 - 2002
• Fairfax branch of Legal Services, Managing Attorney, 2000 - 2002

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Housing and Family Law, Legal Services of Northern Virginia and for the Fairfax Bar Association
  
• Lecturer, Lectured on Issues of Jurisdiction, Venue, Service, and Notice Requirements in Divorce Cases, Fairfax Bar's Annual Uncontested Divorce Seminar

Pro Bono Activities

• Fairfax Bar's Pro Bono Committee
• LSNV Pro Bono Hotline

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1996
• District of Columbia, 1997
• Washington, 1997

Other Affiliations

• Fairfax Bar Association (FBA), Law Practice Management Section (Co-Chair)
• Fairfax Bar Association (FBA), 2003 - 2005 (Co-Chair, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court Committee)
• Fairfax Bar Association (FBA), 1999 - Present (Member, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court Committee)
• Fairfax Bar (Judicial Screening Committee)
• Fairfax Bar, Family Law Section (Member)
• Board of the Young Lawyers Section (General District Court Committee)
• Virginia State Bar Association (Member)
• District of Columbia Bar Association (Member)
• Fairfax Bar Association (Member)