Erik D. Baines - Richmond, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. The number provided represents the number of attorneys at the firm that have been selected to the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists.

Erik D. Baines included in a Super Lawyers® list

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 2012
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: RBA Young Lawyers Section Scholarship
    Honors: CALI Awards for Excellence
    Honors: First Place 2012 Walter Scott McNeill Legal Writing Competition

• Non Legal Education

  • Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, May, 2002
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: First Standing Graduate in the History curriculum
    Honors: Marshall Table (Omicron Delta Kappa)
    Major: International Studies; History, Minors: German; German Culture

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Associate, Barnes & Diehl, P.C. (2014-2024)
• Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University (2012-2017)
• Associate, Hull Street Law (2013-2014)
• Law Clerk, City of Richmond Circuit Court (2012-2013)
• Law Student Intern, Jeanette Lipman Family Law Clinic (2011-2012)
• Law Student Intern, Chesterfield County Commonwealth Attorney's Office (2011)
• Law Student Intern, Boleman Law Firm (2010-2011)

Classes and Seminars

• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (February 2020) – Child Abuse or Corporal Punishment?
  
• Richmond Bench Bar (October 2022) – Subpoenas Duces Tecum

Published Works

Articles

• Children's Testimony in Custody and Visitation Case, Virginia Family Law Quarterly (Fall, 2014)
  
• Update on Family Law (Fall 2014-2017)
  
• Family Status and Today's Families, 47 Rich. L. Rev. 729 (January, 2013)
  
• 21st Century Jury Issues, 43rd Annual Criminal Law Seminar (contributing author) (2013)
  
• “Essentials of Handling No-Fault Divorces in Virginia” (Fall 2018)
  
• Annual Fall “Update on Family Law” (2018-2022)
• Annual Spring “Update on Family Law” (2018-2022)

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Member, Board of Trustees, Fishburne-Hudgins Educational Foundation