Samuel Leven

Samuel Leven is an attorney with The Baldwin Law Firm LLC in Oakton, Virginia. Nationally ranked as among the top attorneys in his region, Mr. Leven has more than 10 years of total legal experience, and he provides unmatched representation to clients throughout northern Virginia who have legal needs involving any of the following:

· Family law and divorce

· Estate planning and probate

Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Leven has achieved considerable success assisting and guiding his clients through the divorce process while helping them achieve their goals and the favorable outcomes they seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. He has extensive experience handling same-sex domestic relations issues, and he has also successfully handled a number of appeals to help his clients challenge previous rulings regarding their cases and obtain the positive results they expect and deserve.

Honored for his outstanding professionalism and service, Mr. Leven has earned a Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished* peer review rating as well as the organization's Gold Client Champion award each year since 2013. He has also received "Superb" client ratings on Avvo along with numerous testimonials and referrals from those he has served.

A 2007 graduate of the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences with degrees in government and history, Mr. Leven obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. In law school, he served as trial counsel to students facing expulsion or other serious consequences due to their violating the school's honor code, and he worked in school-sponsored clinics, where he advocated on behalf of death row inmates in post-conviction processes and during appeals.

Mr. Leven holds his license to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 2017, the Virginia State Bar Council elected him to serve on the Fifth District Committee, Section III, and he is a current member of the Fairfax County Bar Association's board of directors. He also serves on many of the organization's committees, and he is an active member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, among his other professional affiliations. Drawing upon his in-depth legal knowledge, he also writes extensively and conducts lectures and continuing legal education seminars across his region on a variety of legal topics.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.