Amy Nicole Tobias

Amy Tobias was born in Florida and raised in Georgia and Kentucky. She spent her undergraduate days in Chicago and summers in New York City where her parents resided. Amy settled in Virginia in 2004. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2001 with a degree in Communications. After taking a legal argument class in her sophomore year in college, while officially an acting major, Amy discovered she had a passion to argue the law.

After working for the Public Defender’s Office, Amy entered private practice. She focused on criminal defense, family law and personal injury. In 2009, Amy moved her practice to Prince William County when she joined the Manassas Law Group. Since then, she has continued to represent parties in criminal, family law and personal injury matters in Prince William County as well as Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties.

Amy continues to represent defendants in criminal cases – from traffic matters and misdemeanors to felony cases such as theft, drug offenses and sexual offenses. Defending the accused is still her passion and drives her to pursue every avenue of defense to ensure a fair result for her clients.
Amy has practiced extensively in the area of family law handling adoptions, divorces, custody and visitation matters, support matters, protective orders, and abuse and neglect cases. Serving the families of Prince William County has been a great honor. It takes a certain kind of person to practice family law, someone who can advise and counsel as well as advocate for and defend clients and their families. It requires a delicate balance and one that Amy has perfected over many years, making her extremely knowledgeable and effective for her clients.

As part of her family law practice, Amy has handled appeals to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. In Craig v. Craig, Amy successfully defended the ruling of the Circuit Court in favor of her client regarding the division of a civil federal pension. In this published opinion by the Court of Appeals, her position regarding the underlying legal issue was upheld and an important ruling on attorney’s fees in post-divorce litigation was given. In Gregory v. Gregory, Amy successfully appealed a decision by the Circuit Court in which her client was required to pay spousal support and keep all of the debt and divide his retirement with his wife. The Court of Appeals found that the Circuit Court’s findings were inconsistent with its rulings and overturned the case granting a new trial in the Circuit Court. Amy recently argued the case of Jackson v. Jackson as her first case in the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Amy has handled many car accident cases as well as dog bite cases and injury cases on the property of third parties. It is the goal of an insurance company to settle a case for as little as possible, sometimes resulting in the injured party receiving far less than they need or deserve. Amy strives to maximize her clients’ recovery and advises her clients throughout the process about the best course of action to receive the best result.