Background
Ms. Reese began her career in law at the Catholic University Columbus
School of Law. While a student, she interned with the Children's
Rights Council, a child and parent advocacy group; the Nineteenth Circuit
Court in Fairfax County, Virginia; and with a small general practice firm
in Fairfax, Virginia. At the firm, she worked first as a law clerk, then
practiced under the third year practice rule prior to passing the Virginia
State Bar. The opportunity to practice in the areas of employment law,
corporate law, contract law, bankruptcy and trusts and estates, in addition
to family law, while at this firm, aided her overall development as an
attorney.
After passing the Maryland bar, Ms. Reese joined The
Lewis Law Firm, headed by Glenn Lewis. While at the firm, she was personally
mentored by Glenn, a long-standing member of the family law community.
Glenn and Ms. Reese worked on many cases involving complex custody and
property issues calling for the use of innovative strategies, and a host
of resources to obtain winning results. When not working with Glenn, Ms.
Reese handled a wide range of family law cases in Virginia, Maryland,
and the District.
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Due to her extensive work in the courts of Fairfax, Prince
William, Loudoun, Fauquier, Arlington, and Alexandria, Virginia, the bulk
of her work has been, and will continue to be, in the Circuit and Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Courts in the Northern Virginia area.
Affiliations
As the past president of the Virginia Women Attorneys Association Northern Virginia Chapter, and current state board member and officer, Virginia State Bar member serving on the Judicial Nominations Committee, and a member of the Fairfax Bar Association and involved in family law sections and committees, Ms. Reese has had the opportunity to develop relationships with many members of the bench and bar. These relationships allow her to better serve her clients by being able to evaluate her arguments and case presentation to best suit her audience. In doing so, she makes every effort to maximize the possibility for a winning outcome for her client.
Community Service
In addition to projects she is involved in related to her many affiliations; Ms. Reese has just completed a three-year term as a board of directors member of the Legal Services of Northern Virginia as the VWAA representative where she served as the 25th Anniversary Gala Chair.
Publications and Speaking Engagements
- Virginia State Attorney General's Office Division of Child
Support Enforcement Statewide Attorney Training Seminar - 2000 Family
Law and Legislative Update, May 2000.
- Virginia State Bar Family Law CLE - Recent Developments in
Family Law, October 2002.
- Arlington Bar Association Family Law CLE - Recent Developments
in Family Law, March 2003.
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Family Law Seminar 2003
- Recent Developments in Family Law, July 2003 .
- Presented Case Law and Legislative Updates at the Arlington Bar
Association's 20th Annual Family Law Seminar, March 2003 and was a
presenter of the same program for the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Family Law Continuing Legal Education Seminars, July 2003.
- Presented Recent Developments in Virginia Family Law, August 2001-September
2002, for the Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar in Richmond
and Roanoke.
- Participated as a lecturer for the Virginia State Attorney General's
Office Statewide Attorney Training Seminar 2000, for the Division
of Child Support Enforcement, where I presented a section entitled,
Family Law and Legislative Update
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