Livesay & Myers, P.C.
Family law, custody, divorce lawyers serving Northern Virginia from offices in Manassas, Fredericksburg and Fairfax, VA.
Firm Overview
The divorce lawyers at Livesay & Myers represent clients in Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, Manassas, Woodbridge, Stafford, Fredericksburg and all of Northern Virginia.
Our attorneys are experienced with both civilian and military divorce, including property distribution, retirement division, alimony, spousal support, child support, and child custody and visitation.
Our team of experienced, hard-working attorneys believe the building block for success in every case is rigorous preparation. They believe in doing the hard work before trial necessary to give you the best chance to win in court. As a law firm, we believe in maintaining a proper client-to-attorney ratio, so that each of our defense attorneys have sufficient time to devote to each case. This policy translates to the best chance of success for each client.
James Livesay, a former Navy JAG lawyer, is the lead military divorce attorney at Livesay & Myers, P.C. Under Mr. Livesay's supervision, each of our family lawyers are well-versed in the federal and Virginia laws governing military divorce. In particular, our military divorce lawyers are intimately familiar with issues of military retired pay (military retirement), the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, the Survivor Benefit Plan, military disability pay, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
We invite you to explore our website to learn more about our Virginia divorce lawyers. If we may be of assistance to you, we hope you will contact us today.
Fairfax Office
3975 University Drive
Suite 325
Fairfax
VA
22030
- 703-865-4746
Other Offices
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Fredericksburg Office
308 Wolfe Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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Manassas Office
9843 Business Way
Manassas, VA 20110
James Livesay
Attorney Jim Livesay practices exclusively Family Law, with an emphasis on Military Divorce and Uncontested Divorce cases, at Livesay & Myers, P.C.
Drawing on his experience as a Navy JAG officer, James Livesay is the lead military divorce lawyer at Livesay & Myers, P.C. His article, "Treatment of Disability Pay in Military Divorce," has been published on a number of online divorce websites, including Divorce Headquarters, DivorceNet, and WomansDivorce.com.
Mr. Livesay is a member of the Virginia State Bar (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Military Law), the Fredericksburg Area Bar Association, the Military Officers Association of America, the Virginia Tech Alumni Association (Fredericksburg Area Chapter), and is a Life Member of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. He has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia; the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2006, James Livesay received the prestigious BV® Peer Review Rating* from Martindale-Hubbell. The BV rating is the maximum rating a lawyer can receive who has been admitted to the bar from 5-9 years. [*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.]
Mr. Livesay earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the prestigious University of Virginia School of Law in 1998, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Journal of Law and Politics. Prior to that, he received his college degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1995.
Mr. Livesay served in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps from 1998-2001, where he received the Award for Trial Advocacy from the The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Military Affairs and Justice, in December 1998. He went on to receive Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals on June 7, 2000 and September 24, 2001 (Gold Star in Lieu of Second Award).
Mr. Livesay entered private practice in 2002, and along with partner Kevin Myers formed Livesay & Myers, P.C. in 2003. The firm has grown steadily since, and now encompasses a team of lawyers and paralegals across three offices-- in Manassas, Fredericksburg and Fairfax, Virginia.
Jim Livesay resides in Fredericksburg with his wife and three children.
- Bar Number: Virginia State Bar
Virginia , 1998 - Bar Number: U.S. District Court
Virginia , 2003 - Bar Number: U.S. Bankruptcy Cour
Virginia , 2003 - Bar Number: U.S. Court of Appeal
Virginia , 2006 - Bar Number: U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia , 2006
- University of Virginia School of Law
J.D. , 1998
Charlottesville, VA
Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of Law and Politics.
- Virginina Polytechnic Institutue and
B.A. , 1995
Blacksburg, VA
Virginia Tech Joseph Bernd Award, Best Paper in Political Science, 1995.
Articles Written
Treatment of Disability Pay in Military Divorce
Created On: 01/21/2009