Anna Katherine Dvorchik

Ms. Dvorchik offers representation in Criminal, Traffic and Juvenile matters, Estate, Trust & Guardianship litigation, and, Commercial litigation. She practices in both state and federal court. She has a special interest in cases with mental health concerns.

Ms. Dvorchik has been licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 2003. She is licensed to practice before all state courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 

As a law clerk for four different judges, Ms. Dvorchik has extensive experience managing complex litigation matters within federal and state courts. When litigation becomes necessary, Ms. Dvorchik's familiarity with the intricacies of local court procedures, excellent writing skills and practical experience litigating matters allows her to assertively advance her clients' interests. In criminal cases, she has tried multiple cases to judges and juries and has represented over 1300 clients.

After graduating from law school, she clerked for the Honorable Charles B. Day, Magistrate Judge, for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.  She then joined the Office of the Public Defender for the City and County of Fairfax. Anna left that office at the request of the Honorable M. Langhorne Keith, Circuit Court Judge for the County of Fairfax, to work as his law clerk. Upon his retirement, she clerked for his replacement, the Honorable Charles J. Maxfield. After her term expired with the court, she entered the private practice of criminal law with Yeager & Thelin where she remained until returning to the public defender's office. 

In May 2010, at the request of the Fairfax County Circuit Court, she became a law clerk for the Honorable Brett A. Kassabian. In April 2011, Ms. Dvorchik formed her own law firm. Since 2011,  Ms. Dvorchik has first and second chaired multiple litigation matters. Her representative matters included criminal, traffic and juvenile law, estate and guardianship litigation, business torts litigation, commercial condominium disputes, business formation litigation, and, commercial litigation.

Ms. Dvorchik received her law degree cum laude from Washington and Lee School of Law where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental Law Digest and was active in the Women's Law Student Organization. She received her B.A. with distinction in History from Connecticut College in 1998.



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