Debra Powers
Partner at Taylor Huguley Powers PLLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Family Law
9990 Fairfax Boulevard, Suite 430, Fairfax, VA 22030
About Debra Powers
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VirginiaJ.D.
- Law Journal: Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Editorial Board Member
- Westhampton College, University of RichmondB.A.
- Honors: <i>magna cum laude</i>
Classes and Seminars
- Pretrial Matters, VTLA Advanced Family Law Retreat - Advanced Trial Advocacy, 2017 - Present
- Tax Consequences After the Divorce, Divorce Law: Common Mistakes in Dividing Assets, National Business Institute, 2016 - Present
- Effective Use of Illustrative Aides & Exhibits at Trial and How to Admit in Family Law Cases, The New Rules of Evidence in the New Digital Age, VTLA Annual Tort Seminar, 2015 - Present
- The ABCs of the PKPA, UCCJEA, Hague, and PKPA - The Alphabet of Custody Jurisdiction, FBA, 2014 - Present
- Ethics, - Divorce Litigation From Start to Finish, National Business Institute, 2014 - Present
- KEEPING THE PIPELINE FLOWING: Minority Attorneys Advancing Personal Success, Positively Impacting the Practice of Law, and Improving the Administration of Justice, Virginia State Bar’s Diversity Conference, First Annual Forum on Diversity in the Legal Profession, 2018 - Present
- Author/Contributor, Keeping the Pipeline Flowing and Employment Best Practices, VSB's Diversity Conference, Second Annual Forum on Diversity in the Legal Profession, 2019
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1995
- Pennsylvania, 1995
Other Affiliations
- Virginia State Bar (Member)
- Fairfax Bar Association (Member )
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Virginia Women Attorneys Association (Member)
- Virginia Women Attorneys Association, Northern Virginia Chapter, 2007 (Past President)
- Family Law Section of the VTLA, 2008 - 2010 (Past Chair)
- Virginia State Bar, 2006 - 2012 (Disciplinary Committee)
- Virginia Bar Association
- Fairfax Law Foundation, Firm Fellow
- Prince William County Bar Association
- Loudoun County Bar Association
Past Positions
- Lexis Law Publishing, Legal Analyst and Editor
Articles
Published Works
- Preserving the Record for Appeal for the Family Law Attorney, The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2017
Office Info
Other Colleagues
Nearby Lawyers
- Family Law
- 1.4 miles away
- 1.3 miles away
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