
Practice Areas: General Litigation, Employment & Labor; view more
Licensed in Virginia since: 2004
Education: William & Mary Law School
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Kristin Zech represents companies and individuals in all aspects of litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the Mid-Atlantic. From contract actions and landlord-tenant disputes, to civil rights claims and discrimination suits, she offers a broad array of experience at both the trial and appellate levels.
In addition to litigation, Kristin enjoys a vibrant employment law practice, advising employers and employees on a variety of issues, including personnel actions, compliance with employment eligibility standards, Title VII, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Fair Labor Standards Act compliance. She has extensive experience preparing and reviewing employment and separation agreements, including non-disclosure, non-competition, and non-solicitation provisions.
Kristin has also practiced immigration law for over a decade. She regularly helps business and family clients with a variety of immigrant and non-immigrant needs, including H-1B visas, marriage and other family-based benefits, K-1 visas, and U visas, and advises employers on employment eligibility.
Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Kristin worked at law firms in Tysons Corner and Harrisonburg.
Practice areas
General Litigation, Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment & Labor: Employer, Immigration: Business, Immigration: ConsumerFocus areas
Employment Law - Employee, Labor Law, Litigation, Naturalization & Citizenship
- 40% General Litigation
- 20% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 20% Employment & Labor: Employer
- 10% Immigration: Business
- 10% Immigration: Consumer
First Admitted: 2004, Virginia
Professional Webpage: https://www.berenzweiglaw.com/attorney/zech-kristin/
- Kristin regularly handles pro bono immigration matters from a number of community organizations. She has worked with Catholic Charities for over a decade, and has served as an immigration attorney for the Fairfax Bar Association's Southgate Clinic since 2014.
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia
- Fairfax Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Virginia State Bar
- College of William and Mary, B.A, summa cum laude., History with High Honors, 2001
- Vol. 36, No. 1, Author, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Humanitarian Protection for Abused, Abandoned, and Neglected Immigrant Children, Virginia Family Law Quarterly, 2016
- Vol. 60, Issue 8, Author, Federal Protections for Breastfeeding Mothers in the Workplace, The Federal Lawyer, 2013
- Labor/Employment Law, Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2022
- Immigration, Top Attorney, Northern Virginia Magazine, 2022
- Labor/Employment Law, Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2021
- Civil Litigation, Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2020
- Immigration, Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2019
- Top Attorney, Arlington Magazine, 2019
- Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, Northern Virginia Pro Bono Law Center, 2016
- Rising Star, Virginia Super Lawyers, 2014
- Rising Star, Virginia Super Lawyers, 2013
- Excellence in Legal History, William Hamilton Prize, 2004
- William & Mary School of Law Moot Court Team
- Phi Beta Kappa, 2000
- Real World Employment Law Podcast, Navigating Immigration Law: How to Safely Hire an Authorized Workforce, 2022
- Real World Business Law Podcast, Wait...Russia's Invasion Could Impact My Contracts?, 2022
- Real World Business Law Podcast, COVID 19: Creating a New Normal for Businesses, 2021
- Real World Law Podcast, Immigration, Free Speech and the Supreme Court, 2020
Office location for Kristin A. Zech
8300 Greensboro Drive
Suite 1250
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703-940-3788
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2013 - 2014