Nupur Bal

Nupur S. Bal, Vice President and Managing Partner at Bowen Ten Long & Bal, PC, practices exclusively in the area of family law. She concentrates her practice exclusively in family law and divorce including child and spousal support, asset distribution and premarital and postnuptial agreements.  She is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States Supreme Court.

As an experienced litigator, she has handled hundreds of complex trials, settlement conferences and mediations. Ms. Bal places a great deal of value on maintaining the dignity and privacy of her clients, while working closely with them to meet their goals. She possesses a dedication to her clients that lends itself to successful representation, whether that means courtroom advocacy or zealous representation in mediation.

Ms. Bal is the current Chair of the Board of Governors for the Virginia Bar Association and a past chair of the organization’s Young Lawyers Division, as well as the recipient of the VBA’s Sandra P. Thompson award for long time service and Mentor of the Year award.  She has been named to Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite for several years and is recognized as a Virginia “Super Lawyer” by Richmond Magazine.  She is also AV rated, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest ranking for legal ability and ethical standards.

In 2015 and again in 2025, Ms. Bal was recognized as one of the “Influential Women of the Year” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly and has also been a recipient of the Richmond Times Dispatch Readers’ Choice Award.  She also received the distinction of being named in the Top 40 under Forty by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts.  In 2017, she received the distinct honor of being named one of Style Weekly’s Top 40 under 40 and was inducted into the University of Richmond’s Omicron Delta Kappa leadership society.  In 2018, Ms. Bal was named as one of Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s Leaders in the Law. Every year since 2020, Ms. Bal has been named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”. Additionally, Ms. Bal recently received Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “Go To Lawyer” for Family Law distinction.

Ms. Bal serves her community through civic involvement in several organizations.  She is a Past President for the Junior Board of the Children’s Hospital Foundation, a past board member of the Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association (and continuing legal education chair for the organization), a member of the parent admissions committee at Collegiate School and a past chair of the Food & Beverage committee for the Country Club of Virginia.  She has also served as a Board Member for SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now), a local nonprofit, and also on the Center for Teaching the Rule of Law Advisory Council.  At the request of the Supreme Court of Virginia, she sat on the Virginia Access to Justice Commission Pro Bono Coordinating Consortium.  She also served on the Board of Directors for the YWCA of Richmond, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate racism and empower women.

She has been granted many speaking engagements including serving as a panelist for several forums at the University of Richmond School of Law and at Virginia Bar Association meetings on emerging issues in relocation cases and international service of process under the Hague service convention.

Ms. Bal received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University and her Juris Doctor degree from the Tulane University School of Law.  She lives in Manakin Sabot with her husband, a gastroenterologist in the area, and their son.