Christin Georgelas

Top rated family law attorney in Leesburg, Virginia

Beckman Schmalzle Georgelas & Ross, PLC
Christin Georgelas
Beckman Schmalzle Georgelas & Ross, PLC

Practice Areas: Family law, Estate planning & probate; view more

Licensed in Virginia since: 2009

Education: Valparaiso University School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2023 Selected to Rising Stars: 2016 - 2019

Beckman Schmalzle Georgelas & Ross, PLC

29 North King Street
Leesburg, VA 20176 Visit website

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Christin Georgelas brings some impressive qualifications to the table as a partner at SG Law, PLC. She has more than a decade of professional experience and racked up an impressive list of honors during her law studies. Her clients mainly look to her for assistance with family law, criminal law and estate planning matters in Virginia.

Ms. Georgelas started her law career as an undergraduate at Miami University, in Oxford, OH. While earning her B.A., she received several honors for sports and academic achievements. These included three CSCAA Academic All-American awards and earned her the title of Female Athlete of the Year. She graduated cum laude and then attended Valparaiso University School of Law for her law degree. Here, she graduated magna cum laude and top of her class.

In 2009, Ms. Georgelas was licensed to practice in Virginia. She is also admitted to the Washington D.C. Bar. During her career, her clients and colleagues have come to respect her as a knowledgeable attorney who treats her clients with compassion. Not surprisingly, in 2018, the Virginia Lawyers Weekly voted her an ‘Up & Coming’ Virginia Lawyer.

When she's not fighting hard for her clients, Ms. Georgelas shifts her focus to her community. Her pro bono work includes working with the Loudoun County Bar Association (either on a committee, as prior Board member, prior Co-Chair for the Thomas D. Horne Law Camp, prior member of the J&DR bench bar committee, and/or prior member of the Pro Se Litigants committee), and providing pr bono legal services through Northern Virginia Legal Services.

Practice areas

Family law, Estate planning & probate

Focus areas

Adoption, Alimony & spousal support, Child support, Custody & visitation, Divorce, Juvenile law, Name change, Prenuptial agreements, Marital property, Mediation & collaborative law, Same sex family law, Estate planning

  • 90% Family law
  • 10% Estate planning & probate

First Admitted: 2009, Virginia

Professional Webpage: https://sglawplc.com/christin-georgelas/

Educational Background:
  • Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Political Science, B.A., Cum Laude
Honors/Awards:
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2016-2019
  • , Super Lawyers – 2020-2022
  • The “Up & Coming Lawyers” awards program recognizes lawyers across the commonwealth who are making their mark within their first 10 years of practice. These are the lawyers who are the leaders of the profession in the future., Up & Coming Lawyers, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2018
  • Magna Cum Laude, Valparaiso University School of Law
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Former Leadership in the Law – Co-Chair Director
  • Pro Se Committee through the Loudoun County Bar Association
  • Pro bono through Fairfax County Bar Association
  • Legal Services of Northern Virginia
  • Leadership in the Law – Mentor and committee member
Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Fairfax County Bar Association
  • Virginia
  • Loudoun County Bar Association
  • District of Columbia courts
  • Virginia Women’s Attorney Association
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Office location for Christin Georgelas

29 North King Street
Leesburg, VA 20176

Phone: 571-977-2345

Selections

4 Years Super Lawyers
4 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2023
  • Rising Stars: 2016 - 2019

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