Areas of Experience

Medical malpractice, personal injury, construction, consumer, contracts, defamation, insurance coverage, professional liability, real property, sports & entertainment, trusts & estates, and family law including child/spousal support, custody/visitation, and equitable distribution.

Professional Experience

• Judge, 19^th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, Fairfax County, 2010-2025.
• Substitute Judge, Fairfax County General District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 1998-2010.
• Former Principal, Kassabian & Kassabian, P.L.C.
• Former Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
• Former Prosecutor, Fairfax, Virginia.

Affiliations

• Former Vice President, Fairfax County Bar Association; Former Chairman, Former Secretary, and Legal Counsel, Criminal Justice Advisory Board.
• Former Facilitator, Fairfax County General District Court Judicial Feedback Program.
• Former Mentor, Fairfax County Public Schools.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Vienna Baseball Foundation.
• Former Instructor, Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy.
• Previously recognized as “Legal Elite” in Criminal Law by Virgina Business.

Education

• Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
  • Member of the Wake Forest University Law Review.
• Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, B.A.