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A native of Northern Virginia since her military family relocated to the area when she was a teenager, Sarah Piper attended The Madeira School, Wellesley College and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. Sarah gained diverse experience with internships throughout her education, including with the Fairfax and Loudoun County Circuit Courts, the DC Superior Court, and various adoption and social service agencies in the greater Boston and DC Metropolitan areas, all which helped to develop her strong passion for family law.
Sarah has been practicing family law since 2001. She has handled equitable distribution, support and custody matters in the Circuit Courts and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts throughout Northern Virginia. Sarah also has family law appellate experience.
Sarah’s practical approach to solving family law problems appeals to clients who want a fair, equitable and prompt resolution. Her previous experience working with business owners in corporate administration and transactions affords her with an understanding of the constraints on clients’ time and resources, which she is able to apply in the face of difficult and sensitive issues. Although Sarah enjoys assisting clients in the process of reaching consensus, she is skilled at balancing the diplomatic nature of that process with litigation, in the event that agreement is not reached. Sarah’s previous experience with business, real estate and contested estate matters affords her a familiarity with those issues not found with many of her contemporaries.
As an attorney member of EX-POSE, an organization of former spouses of service members, Sarah has been able to hone her experience in an area of family law in which she is particularly interested. Sarah has helped clients evaluate the nature of their interests in military benefits, and is able to assist them in navigating this difficult area of the law in order to best protect their rights.
Sarah was selected as a Rising Star in the 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine. Sarah serves on the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia chapter of the Virginia Women Attorneys Association, and is a member of the family law sections of the Virginia State Bar, Fairfax Bar Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and American Bar Association. She attended the American Bar Association’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute in 2011. A resident of Old Town Alexandria, Sarah is also a member of the Alexandria Bar Association and the an election official for the City.
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