| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Electronic Forms: | 13 |
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Virginia Family Law Trial Handbook provides a practical, hands-on approach to divorce, custody, and support litigation in Virginia. It offers a number of options in a given legal situation and aids in determining the most appropriate course of action. Specific attention is given to the organization of evidence and the presentation of the case, a useful skill for attorneys of all levels of experience. Examples and advice on effectively questioning witnesses are also presented. The forms should be especially useful to those new to the field in drafting pleadings and discovery.
The 2025 edition of Virginia Family Law Trial Handbook: Pleadings, Evidence, and Strategies covers every stage of representation from initial client contact through post-trial matters. It addresses the most recent caselaw and is updated through legislation passed at the 2025 Session. Just a few of the updates in the 2025 edition:
Brian M. Hirsch, Hirsch & Ehlenberger, P.C. / Reston
Brian M. Hirsch, a partner at Hirsch & Ehlenberger, P.C., has been a family law attorney litigating and settling cases in Northern Virginia since 1985, and is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court in Family Mediation. Mr. Hirsch is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” Washingtonian magazine’s “Top Divorce Lawyers,” Northern Virginia magazine’s “Top Divorce Lawyers,” and Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite.”
Mr. Hirsch was the editor of the Virginia Family Law Quarterly, the official publication of the Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar for 10 years, from 2014 to 2023. He is a past Chair of the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section Board of Governors and has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 2004. He was a member of the Virginia Bar Association Family Law Coalition for 12 years, and served on the Virginia State Bar Fifth District Disciplinary Committee from 2011 to 2017. In 2015, he was appointed as a substitute judge for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for a six-year term and re-appointed in 2021.
Mr. Hirsch has lectured extensively on family law practice for the Fairfax Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar and Virginia Continuing Legal Education, a division of the Virginia Law Foundation, among others. In addition, he has authored and co-authored many articles for the Division of Dispute Resolution of the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Supreme Court, Family Law News, and Virginia Lawyer. He was also cited in the Virginia Supreme Court case of Lisann v. Lisann.
Mr. Hirsch received a BA (Political Science) and BA (Religious Studies), magna cum laude, in 1982 from the Pennsylvania State University, and a JD in 1985 from the American University Washington College of Law. He is a member of the Fairfax and Loudoun Bar Associations and the Virginia State Bar and is admitted to practice in Virginia.
Danielle V. Poliner, Hirsch & Ehlenberger, P.C. / Reston
Danielle V. Poliner joined Hirsch & Ehlenberger, P.C., in April 2013 and became a partner in January 2021.
Ms. Poliner received a BA (Psychology) from the University of Virginia in 2007 and a JD from Emory University School of Law in 2012. At Emory, she was a member of the Emory International Law Review, serving as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review, reading and editing the work of her peers. Additionally, her comment on the proposed International Megan’s Law of 2010 was published in Fall 2011.
Ms. Poliner has lectured on family law evidence for Virginia CLE, a division of the Virginia Law Foundation, and is a motions day conciliator for Fairfax County Circuit Court. She is a member of the Fairfax and Loudoun Bar Associations and the Virginia State Bar and is admitted to practice in Virginia.
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