Devon Slovensky

Devon Slovensky is a Virginia family law attorney and the founder of Slovensky Divorce & Family Law PLLC, a Roanoke-based law firm devoted exclusively to family law. She represents clients throughout Southwest Virginia, including Roanoke, Salem, Vinton, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, the New River Valley, Botetourt County, Bedford County, Franklin County, Montgomery County, and the Smith Mountain Lake region. Clients turn to Devon and her team for high-stakes divorce, equitable distribution, complex custody and visitation disputes, child and spousal support, protective orders, and adoption.

Since founding the firm in 2017, Devon has built a practice trusted across the region for navigating some of the most complex and emotionally charged family law matters with skill, strategy, and compassion. Her practice frequently involves high-asset divorces, business-owner and professional divorces, executive compensation, closely held companies, and the valuation and division of significant financial portfolios. As a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®), Devon brings a sophisticated understanding of the financial and tax consequences that drive settlement strategy and courtroom outcomes. The firm regularly works with forensic accountants, business valuation experts, and financial planners to ensure that every element of a client’s marital estate is properly identified, valued, and protected.

Devon’s work is deeply grounded in Title 20 of the Code of Virginia, which governs marriage, divorce, and property division. She is known for her nuanced approach to equitable distribution, addressing subtleties such as the treatment of separate and hybrid property, valuation of professional practices and family-owned businesses, division of deferred compensation and stock options, and the unique rules governing military retirement benefits under both state and federal law. Her team also has extensive experience with ancillary litigation that often accompanies domestic cases, including protective orders, enforcement of support obligations, and post-divorce modification actions.

Many of the firm’s matters involve overlapping legal issues that require coordination among multiple experts and complex evidentiary presentation. Clients searching for an attorney focusing on high asset divorces consistently choose Slovensky Divorce & Family Law because of the firm’s singular focus on family law and its track record handling cases involving intricate property portfolios, investment accounts, lake homes, and generational wealth.

Custody and visitation disputes are a cornerstone of Devon’s practice. She develops litigation strategies for relocation matters, third-party and grandparent visitation, special-needs parenting plans, and high-conflict cases involving guardian ad litem recommendations and psychological evaluations. Devon has guided clients through multi-hearing custody litigation and achieved successful trial outcomes in cases where the stakes for parents and children could not be higher. Her courtroom advocacy is supported by meticulous motion practice, strategic discovery, and persuasive trial presentations designed to make complex family dynamics understandable to the court.

Procedural mastery is a defining feature of the firm’s litigation strategy. Devon trains her attorneys and paralegals on critical evidentiary and procedural issues. This precision shows up in every aspect of the firm’s litigation work: well-drafted pleadings, carefully tailored subpoenas, and trial exhibits that organize complex records into compelling narratives.

Slovensky Divorce & Family Law PLLC is home to a highly skilled team of attorneys who share this exclusive commitment to family law. Alongside Devon, attorneys Emily Sitzler, Stephen Kennedy, and Thomas Ashton focus their practices solely on family law litigation and settlement, bringing depth and perspective to every case. The firm’s collaborative model ensures that each matter benefits from a thorough strategic review and a multi-dimensional approach to advocacy.

The firm’s dedication to professional excellence extends beyond the courtroom. Devon is a Master Advocate through the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and she and her team regularly attend advanced training programs, including the National Family Law Trial College. These programs keep the firm’s advocacy techniques and legal strategies at the forefront of evolving family law practice.

Whether handling a high-asset divorce involving a closely held business in Roanoke, litigating a relocation dispute in Montgomery County, dividing a military pension for a service member stationed in Virginia, or finalizing a step-parent adoption in Blacksburg, Devon and her team bring deep family-law focus, strategic insight, and unwavering advocacy to every client.

Representative focus areas:

• High-asset divorce, business-owner divorce, executive compensation, and property division

• Complex equitable distribution, hybrid property analysis, and military retirement division

• Contested custody and visitation, relocation, psychological evaluations, and third-party cases

• Child and spousal support, enforcement, and modification

• Protective orders and domestic violence litigation

• Agency, relative, and step-parent adoptions, including probationary period compliance

Courts served:

• Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts, Circuit Courts, and the Court of Appeals throughout Southwest Virginia

Communities served:

• Roanoke, Salem, Vinton, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, New River Valley, Botetourt County, Bedford County, Franklin County, Montgomery County, and Smith Mountain Lake