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October 26 - Virginia Beach SAMUEL R. BROWN II is the owner of Samuel R. Brown II, PLLC where he practices in the areas of personal injury, family and criminal law, divorce, child custody and support, visitation rights, business and contract disputes, and contract and civil litigation. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Brown is a member of the Virginia Beach Bar, the Virginia Bar Association and Virginia Trial Lawyers. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Washington & Lee University and his J.D. degree from the University of Richmond. J. THOMPSON CRAVENS is president of the law firm of Cravens & Noll, P.C., where he practices in the areas of personal injury, criminal law, domestic relations and military law. Mr. Cravens served on active duty in the U.S. Army for five years as both a military prosecutor and trial defense counsel in the Judge Advocate Generals Corp. He served in combat during "Operation Just Cause" in Panama (1989, 1990) and with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as Chief of Operational and International Law for the Division during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf (1990, 1991). Mr. Cravens is a past adjunct professor at Nova University and has spoken on "Law of War" to American military service members, pre-deployment and reservists. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the bars of the U.S. Court of Claims; the U.S. Court of Military Review; the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; and the Richmond, Chesterfield/Colonial Heights, Henrico County and the American bar associations. Mr. Cravens is a frequent instructor for numerous continuing legal and paralegal education seminars. He has two published articles in law reviews and is a frequent lecturer on a wide variety of legal issues. Mr. Cravens earned his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from the College of William & Mary. BARRY KANTOR is a partner with Christie, Kantor, Griffin, Smith, Shepherd & Chiusano, P.C. where he practices exclusively in the area of family law, including separation, divorce, custody, support (child and spousal), equitable distribution and retirement issues. Listed in the Best Lawyers in America for more than 20 consecutive years, Mr. Kantor was named 2009 Best Lawyer in America for family law in the Norfolk area. He has been recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer and a Virginia Legal Elite. Mr. Kantor is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is a past president of the Virginia Chapter, as well as past president of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association and past chair of the Virginia State Bar criminal law section. A retired colonel in the Air Force Reserves, he is familiar with family law as it affects divorce by military personnel and their spouses. Mr. Kantor is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia School of Law. He has served as a CLE lecturer for the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. EDITH E. WEISS, MBA, CPA, ABV, PFS, CFF, is a senior manager with Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, and has been in practice for more than 24 years. Her specialties include business valuation, litigation services, mergers and acquisitions, transactional business, and financial planning. In addition, she specializes in representation before the Internal Revenue Service for audits and negotiations. Ms. Weiss has been extensively involved with various accounting aspects of real estate. She has been involved in the evaluation, financing and compliance issues of transactions and has worked closely with business owners and their professional representatives in the transaction negotiation process. During the past year, Ms. Weiss has contracted for several months as a forensic accountant for Taskforce 2010, investigating money laundering for the Department of Defense. Prior to joining Dixon Goodman Hughes LLP, she was a member of the tax and consulting department of a large regional accounting firm. Ms. Weiss is a frequent presenter on such topics as the "Valuation of Closely Held Businesses", "Valuation Discounts and Adjustments", and "A Lawyer's Guide to Tax Returns" and has spoken at the American Bar Association mid-year tax conference, the William and Mary Tax Conference and at various regional real estate conferences. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Personal Financial Planning, Forensic and Valuation and Tax Divisions of that organization. In addition, Ms. Weiss is a member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Other professional affiliations include board member and former president of the Hampton Roads Tax Forum and service on the Community Tax Law Project Board as well as member of the William and Mary Tax Conference Board. Ms. Weiss received her B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her M.B.A. degree from Hofstra University. October 27 - Richmond WILLIAM C. BARRETT III, CPA/ABV/CFF, is a CPA with Barrett PC who is trained in collaborative divorce and specializes in business valuation and forensic accounting. He has assisted law firms and companies in evaluation and analysis of complex financial and tax issues, alternative dispute resolution and settlement negotiations. Mr. Barrett has been voted by his peers as one of Virginia's Best Business Valuation & Litigation Support Specialists. He is a writer/instructor for Thomson Reuters, Westlaw and the NACVA Training Institute's national faculties concentrating in matrimonial litigation, professional ethics and tax. A recent member of the ABA-AICPA National Conference of Lawyers and CPAs, Mr. Barrett served on the Relations with The Bar Committee and on the ABA Uniform Mediation Act Committee. He earned his bachelor's degree, and did his post-graduate work, at Virginia Commonwealth University. WILLIAM ALLAN BURNS JR. is an associate at the law firm of Cravens & Noll, P.C., where his practice areas include family law, criminal law, wills, personal injury, bankruptcy and general civil litigation. Mr. Burns is admitted to the Virginia Bar and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia. He is a member of the Chesterfield and American bar associations and the Richmond Criminal Bar. Mr. Burns earned his B.A. degree from Furman University and his J.D. degree from the University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law. DAVID DEFAZIO is an attorney at Barnes & Diehl, P.C., where he practices in the area of family law. He is admitted to practice in Virginia; the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit. Mr. DeFazio was voted a Rising Star Super Lawyer in Virginia in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He is a member of the City of Richmond Bench Bar Committee. Mr. DeFazio is also president of Chesterfield County Bar. He earned his B.A. degree from Hampton-Sydney College and his J.D. degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law. WILLIAM T. FITZHUGH is an attorney with the Law Offices of Bowen, Champlin, Foreman & Rockecharlie where he concentrates his practice in assisting people solve their problems in divorce, custody and support issues, as well as various criminal matters. Mr. Fitzhugh earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, where he received the Charles T. Norman Award as Best All-Around Law Graduate. He is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and is actively involved in the resolution of disputes through collaborative practice. Mr. Fitzhugh served on the Henrico County Special Education Transition Work Group and was a founding board member of Chesterfield County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). He has lectured on his areas of practice at a number of continuing legal education seminars.
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