Kitchings, Joe

After prosecuting criminal cases in nearby Woodstock, J. Ryan King joined Cook Attorneys this year, bringing not only his experience as a prosecutor but also, before that, a public defender in courts throughout the Shenandoah and Page Valleys.

Holding law degrees from both American University's Washington College of Law and the University of Ottowa, Ryan has served in the Office of the Public Defender in Winchester and, most recently, in the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Shenandoah County.

Prior to law school, Ryan worked for four years in Germany as the refugee support coordinator for a relief agency. Ryan is a 1997 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University and an alumni of EMHS.