Barnes & Diehl, P.C.
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Barnes & Diehl, P.C., based in Richmond, VA, is a renowned law firm established in 1991. They have a team of experienced lawyers with a focus on family and domestic relations law. The firm is known for its comprehensive legal services which also extend to elder law, criminal defense, personal injury, and more. Their team's unique backgrounds, such as past roles in psychology and education, provide additional support for their clients. With a commitment to professionalism and compassion, Barnes & Diehl, P.C. assists individuals in navigating complex legal situations.
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Issue status
Agreed, Contested
New or existing case
New motion or petition, Case in process, Mediation, Appeal
Service type
Consultation / advice, Representation
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Barnes & Diehl, P.C.
Boulders VI - Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23225
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Work Experience
Law Clerk
Chesterfield Circuit Court
1997 - 1998
Intern
Office Of The Attorney General
1997 - 1997
Principal
Sampson Law Firm, PLC
2003 - 2006
Shareholder
LeClairRyan
2005 - 2011
Principal
Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox, & Allen
1991 - 2001
Shareholder
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2013 - Present
Attorney
Batzli, Wood & Stiles
2009 - 2013
Attorney
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2002 - 2008
Attorney
Byrd Mische, P.C.
2001 - 2002
Shareholder/Attorney
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2017 - Present
Attorney
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2013 - Present
Partner/Family Law Attorney
Hall and Hall, PLC
2011 - 2013
Family Law Attorney
Hall and Hall, PLC
2004 - 2010
Shareholder and Director of Criminal Law Section of Firm
Barnes & Diehl, P.C.
1995 - 2014
Attorney-at-Law
The Law Firm of Michael HuYoung, P.C.
1986 - 1995
Associate
The Law Offices of Richard R. Ryder
1982 - 1986
Attorney
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2007 - Present
Assistant District Attorney
Henrico County Commonweath Attorney's Office
2006 - 2007
Associate
Jay Tronfeld & Associates
2005 - 2006
Associate
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2014 - Present
Adjunct Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
2012 - Present
Law Clerk
City of Richmond Circuit Court
2012 - 2013
Deputy Director of Development
Fishburne Military School
2007 - 2009
Attorney
Barnes & Diehl
2014 - Present
Attorney
Hall & Hall, PLC
2011 - 2014
Attorney
Morano, Colan, and Butler
1988 - 2000
Attorney
National Legal Research Group
1986 - 1988
Attorney
Hall,Monahan, Engle, Mahan, and Mitchell
1981 - 1986
Executive Vice-President
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2022 - Present
Shareholder
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2012 - 2022
Attorney
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2004 - 2012
Clinical Psychologist
Central Intelligence Agency
2000 - 2001
Forensic Psychologist
Liberty Forensic Unit-Riverside Regional Jail
1999 - 2000
Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical College of Virginia
1998 - 2000
Forensic and Clinical Psychologist
Central State Hospital-Maximum Security Forensic Unit
1997 - 1999
Clinical Psychology Intern
Federal Correctional Institution-Butner, NC
1996 - 1997
Attorney
Parcell, Webb & Wallerstein, P.C.
2001 - 2005
Attorney
Barnes & Batzli, P.C.
1995 - 2001
Attorney
Mark Fleckenstein & Associates
1994 - 1995
Partner
Barnes & Diehl, P.C.
2002 - Present
Managing Partner
Jones & Associates
2001 - 2002
Partner
Pitney, Jones & Fantl, PLC
2000 - 2001
Partner
Kaestner, Pitney & Jones, P.C.
1994 - 2000
Partner
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2007 - Present
Sole Owner
Lawrence D. Diehl, PC
1992 - 2007
Director
Marks & Harrison, PC
1985 - 1992
Partner
Spero and Diehl
1975 - 1985
Associate
Spero and Levinson
1974 - 1975
Associate
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2010 - Present
Judicial Law Clerk
12th Judicial Circuit
2008 - 2010
Law Clerk
Epperly & Follis, P.C.
2006 - 2008
Law Clerk
The Supreme Court of Virginia for the Honorable Harry Carrico
1971 - 1972
Officer
U.S. Army Corp Of Engineers
1966 - 1969
Shareholder
Barnes & Diehl, P.C.
2018 - Present
Associate
The DeFazio Law Firm
2014 - 2018
Associate
Barnes & Diehl, PC
2003 - 2014
Education
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
1997
College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
1991
Moore College of Art and Design
1977
College of William and Mary
1984
University of Virginia School of Law
1993
The University of Richmond School of Law
1982
Mary Washington College
2001
University of Florida
1998
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2001
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2004
University of Virginia
1978
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2005
University of Virginia
2002
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2012
Virginia Military Institute
2002
Fishburne Military School
1998
University of Richmond - T.C. Williams School of Law
2011
Washington and Lee University School of Law
1981
Stratford College
Lynchburg College
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2004
University of Hartford
1997
Georgetown University
1992
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
1991
Sweet Briar College
1986
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
1992
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
1988
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
1974
Bucknell University
1971
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2008
University of California - San Diego
2005
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
1972
East Carolina University
1966
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
2003
Wake Forest University
1999
The University of Richmond School of Law
1982
University of Virginia
Foreign Affairs and Government
1978
University of Richmond - T.C. Williams School of Law
Law
2011
University of Virginia School of Law
Law
1993
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2008
University of California - San Diego
Political Science, Public Law
2005
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
1992
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Political Science and Economics
1988
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2012
Virginia Military Institute
History & International Studies
2002
Fishburne Military School
1998
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2005
University of Virginia
Government and International Affairs
2002
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
1997
Moore College of Art and Design
Art History and Education
1977
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Law
1981
Stratford College
English
Lynchburg College
Teaching
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2004
University of Hartford
Clinical Psychology
1997
Georgetown University
Psychology
1992
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Law
1974
Bucknell University
Political Science & Russian
1971
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2004
Mary Washington College
Political Science
2001
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2001
University of Florida
1998
College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Law
1991
College of William and Mary
English
1984
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
1991
Sweet Briar College
Political Economics
1986
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
1972
East Carolina University
University of Richmond, The T. C. Williams School of Law
Law
2003
Wake Forest University
Biology
1999
Associations & Affiliations
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
President
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Member
Henrico County Bar Association
Member
Virginia Bar Association
Member
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Member
Chesterfield Bar Association
Member
Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
Member
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
President
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Treasurer
Virginia State Bar
Virginia Bar Association
Richmond Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
Falculty (Professionalism course)
Richmond Bar Association
Member
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Member
Virginia State Bar
Member
American Bar Association
Member
Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association
Board Member
Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
Member
Virginia State Bar, Young Lawyers Conference
Member
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member
Richmond Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member
Henrico County Bar Association
Member
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Member
Metro Richmond Women's Bar Association
President
Innsbrook Rotary
Member
Metropolitan Women's Bar Association
Board Member, Co-Chair of Programs Committee
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Board Member, Chesterfield County Representative
St. Joseph's Villa Flagler Home
Board Member
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Member
Litigation Counsel of America
Member
Virginia State Bar Law School Professionalism Course
Faculty
Virginia Bar Association
Board of Governors
Virginia Law Foundation
Fellow
Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference
Past Chair and Board of Governors
Virginia Criminal Justice Conference
Past Chair
Asian Pacific Bar Association of Virginia
Board of Directors
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Former Board Member
Virginia State Bar
Bar Council
Advisory Committee of the Virginia General Assembly’s Joint Commission on Technology (JCOTS)
Member
Virginia Model Jury Instructions Advisory Committee
Member
Virginia State Bar Professionalism Faculty
Former Faculty
Chesterfield County Bar Association
President
Virginia Bar Association
Henrico Juvenile Licensing Chair
Virginia Bar Association, Domestic Relations Section
Young Lawyer Representative
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Member
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Member
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Order of the Coif
Richmond Bar Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Richmond Bar Association
Litigation Section: Chairperson-elect
Metropolitan Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Richmond representative
Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
Member
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Member
Metropolitan Richmond Women's Bar Association
Member
Collaborative Professionals of Richmond
Member
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Member
Virginia State Bar
Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Chesterfield County Bar Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Richmond Bar Association
Finance Committee Member
Metro Richmond Women's Bar Association
Co-chair
Metro Richmond Women's Bar Association
Former Board of Directors
Virginia Bar Association
Member
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Member
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae Committee
Member
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Fellow
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Family Law Section
Chair
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Governors
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Publications Committee
Chair
Virginia Family Law Bar Coalition
Member
VBA Family Law Coalition
Member
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Member
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Fellow
Child Support Quadrennial Guideline Review Panel appointed by Governor Terry McCauliffe
Member
Child Support Quadrennial Guideline Review Panel appointed by Governor Mark Warner
Member
Virginia State Bar, Virginia State Professionalism Course Faculty
Member
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
President
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Vice President
Virginia State Bar, Board of Governors, Family Law Section
Member
Virginia Poverty Law Center, inc.
Board of Directors
Chesterfield Bar Association
Leader - Young Laywers Division
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Young Trial Lawyers Section
Publications Committee Member
Virginia Bar Association
Richmond Bar Association
Bench Bar Conference Committee Member
University of Richmond School of Law
Chairman, The National Center for Family Law
Virginia State Bar
Member
Virginia Law Foundation
Fellow
Litigation Counsel of America
Fellow, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
President of Virginia Chapter
Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
Chairman, Board of Governors
Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Bar Association
President
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Fellow
Richmond Bar Association
Bench-Bar Conference Planning Committee
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Member
Publications
Virginia Family Law Quarterly
Rental Relief for Domestic Assault Victims
2014
Family Law News
Tortious Interference with Parental Rights
2012
Family Law News
Update on Consequences of Domestic Assault
2010
Family Law News
Impact of DUI on Visitation Cases
2009
Family Law News
Collateral Consequences of Domestic Assault
2009
Family Law News
Family Law and Firearm Rights
2007
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Third Party Custody and Visitation
2017
NBI Advanced Family Law Seminar
The Evolving Realm of Family Law-Non-Traditional Family Units
2010
NBI
Child Custody and Visitation
2009
NBI
Child Custody and Visitation
2008
Bench Bar Conference
Relocation and Custody and Visitation
2007
Bench Bar Conference
Changes to Child Support Deviation Factors
2006
Bench Bar Conference
Cross Examination of Experts in Custody Cases
2005
VBA News Journal. Vol. XXXV, No. 4
Do You Really Want to Put the Child on the Stand? Co-authored with John K. Karanian, Esquire
2009
The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 21, No. 2
Zealous Representation is Not Winning at All Costs
2009
VACLE
Update on Virginia Family Law
2009
VACLE
Update on Virginia Family Law
2007
33rd Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar
Update on Virginia Family Law Part I
2016
35th Annual Family Law Seminar
Update on Virginia Family Law Part II
2016
Virginia Law and Practice Handbook
Updates and Revisions to the Criminal Law Chapter
2016
Virginia Law Foundation
Updates and Revisions to Chapter 1 of Negotiating and Drafting Marital Agreements
2016
Virginia Law and Practice Handbook
Updates and Revisions to the Domestic Relations Chapter
2016
Virginia Law and Practice Handbook
Updates and Revisions to the Criminal Procedure Chapter
2016
32nd Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar
Update on Virginia Family Law Part I
2015
34th Annual Family Law Seminar
Update on Virginia Family Law Part II
2015
Virginia Family Law Quarterly
Children's Testimony in Custody and Visitation Cases
2014
33rd Annual Family Law Seminar
Update on Virginia Family Law Part II
2014
University of Richmond Law Review
Family Status and Today's Families
2013
43rd Annual Criminal Law Seminar
21st Century Jury Issues
2013
Family Law News (Virginia State Bar Family Law Section)
Frequent Childhood Moves-Poorer Quality of Life
2011
Family Law News (Virginia State Bar Family Law Section)
Challenging Expert Testimony About Child Sexual Abuse
2005
Journal of Forensic Psychology
Assessing Elopement Risk from a Forensic Hospital
2002
Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Domestic Relations for the Virginia General Practitioner
2001
Family Law Quarterly
"Legislative Update: 2014 General Assembly Session"
2014
Virginia Lawyer (Virginia State Bar)
"Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: A Practical Update"
2001
ABA Family Advocate
"Giving Your Client Some Credit: Attributing Child Tax Benefits"
2000
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Family Law CLE
Annual Update on the Law
2010
Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest
Staff Member
Fellows of the Virginia Law Foundation
Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys
2014
Virginia Bar Association Journal
The Spousal Support Case Every Family Law Practitioner Should Know: Is Gamble Dead?
2009
Virginia CLE
What Every Virginia Lawyer Should Know About Divorce
2011
National Center for Family Law
Ethics in Family Law
2010
Virginia CLE
Relocation of Children in Virginia
2009
Virginia CLE
Update on the Law: Recent Cases
2007
Virginia CLE
Update on the Law: Recent Cases
2006
Virginia CLE
Update on the Law: Recent Cases
2005
Virginia CLE
Update on the Law: Recent Cases
2004
Virginia State Bar, Advanced Family Law Seminar
Confidentiality and Other Ethical Issues Raised When Using Electronic Evidence, Including Electronic Surveillance
2004
Speaking Engagements
Richmond County Bar Association CLE
The Not-So-Civil Side of Civil Law—Death, Divorce, Nosy Neighbors, and Disgruntled Employees: A Basic Primer in Trust/Estates, Family, Community Association, and Employment Law
2015
33rd Annual Family Law Seminar
Family Law Update
2014
32nd Advanced Family Law Seminar
Family Law Update
2014
NBI Advanced Family Law Seminar
Family Law Ethics
2014
30th Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar
Family Law Update
2013
Bench Bar Conference
Spousal Support
2013
29th Annual Advance Family Law Seminar
Family Law Update
2013
Bench Bar Conference
Protective Orders
2011
NBI Advanced Family Law Seminar
Domestic Assault
2011
VACDL Annual Meeting
Family/Criminal Law Intersections
2010
Professionalism Course
Disciplinary Process
2016
Bench Bar Conference
Modifications of Spousal Support
2013
Business Valuations
Valuation of Business Interests in Domestic Relations Cases
2012
Bench Bar Conference
Addressing Allegations of Abuse in Family Law Matters
2012
Richmond Legal Staff Association
Grandparent and Third Party Custody and Visitation
2015
Richmond Paralegal Association
Custody and Visitation
2014
Financial Planning Association of Central Virginia Chapter Meeting
Financial Planning in Divorce
2014
Virginia Trial Lawyer's Association, Seminar for Paralegals
Drafting Separation Agreements, The Who, What, Where, When and How
2011
Richmond Paralegal Association Spring Seminar
Child Custody and Visitation
2011
NBI Advanced Family Law Seminar
The Evolving Realm of Family Law-Non-Traditional Family Units
2010
National Business Institute Seminar
Child Custody and Visitation
2009
The Virginia Bar Association’s Summer Meeting at The Greenbrier
Legal Jeopardy: Family Feuds and Offenses, Moderator of Judicial Panel Presentation
2014
The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Annual Convention at The Homestead
The Ethics of Equality: A Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility
2014
Virginia CLE
Video presentation of Criminal Appellate Practice in Virginia and Evidence in Virginia
2014
Richmond Bar Association
Best Practices in Voir Dire, Panel Presentation
2012
The Virginia Trial Law Association's Criminal Law Seminars
Use of Experts and Defenses in Internet Child Solicitation and Child Pornography Cases
2012
The Virginia Bar Association’s Summer Meeting at the Homestead
Exoneration: Writs of Actual Innocence (The Thomas Haynesworth Case), Moderator
2012
The Virginia Bar Association’s Summer Meeting at the Homestead
Jeopardy on Appeal (Top Ten Pet Peeves of Judges of the Virginia Court of Appeals), Moderator of Judicial Panel Presentation
2012
Fellows’ Induction Speech at the Spring Conference of Litigation Counsel of America (LCA)
The Benefit of Diversity
2012
The Virginia Bar Association’s Winter Meeting at the Williamsburg Lodge
Combating National Impact Financial Fraud in the Eastern District of Virginia, Panelist
2012
The Annual Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Paralegal Conference
Hot Topics in Criminal Practice
2011
The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Criminal Law Seminars
Ethics: How to Represent Your Client and Not Go to Jail with Him
2011
The John Marshall Inns of Court (Richmond)
Jury Voir Dire, Opening Statements, Closing Arguments, and Jury Instruction, Co-Presenter with Craig S. Cooley, Esquire
2011
The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Convention at The Homestead
Surveillance in Litigation: Getting the Dirt While Keeping Your Hands Clean
2011
Increasing Diversity in the Legal Profession Conference at the University of Virginia School of Law
How Young Lawyers Reach Out to the Community: The Benefits of Expanding the Pipeline, Panelist
2011
The Virginia State Bar's Carrico Professionalism Course
The Bar Disciplinary Process
2010
The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Convention
The Authority to Take Sentencing Under Advisement Provides Circuit Judges with an Important Tool for Doing Justice in Criminal Cases
2009
The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Solo and Small Firm Conference
Criminal Law Update
2008
Virginia Alliance of Paralegal Associations and Local Government Paralegal Association, Joint Statewide Conference
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions on Non-U.S. Citizens and the Visa Process
2008
The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Criminal Law Seminars
Effective Voir Dire in a Criminal Case: Get the Jury Thinking
2008
Bon Secours Forensic Nurses Seminar
The SANE/Forensic Nurse Evaluation: What Does It All Mean?
2008
Richmond Bench Bar Conference
Changes In Tax Treatment of Support
2019
Richmond Bench Bar Conference
Civility in Domestic Relations Cases
2017
VBA Winter Meeting
Cohabitation in Spousal Support Matters
2017
Henrico County Juvenile Court
Juvenile Licensing Ceremonies
2010
Henrico County Juvenile Court
Juvenile Licensing Ceremonies
2009
25th Annual Bench-Bar Conference
Moderator - "Come Play the Family Feud: Mental Health Solutions in Custody/Visitation Disputes
2016
Webcast-Virginia CLE
Sexual Abuse in Family Law Cases
2009
8th Annual Advanced Guardian Ad Litem for Children
Selecting a Qualified Expert
2006
Central Intelligence Agency-Staff Training
Stalking
2000
Basic Forensic Evaluation: Principals and Practice
The Clinical Assessment of Malingering
1999
Central State Hospital- Staff Training
The Multiphasic Sex Inventory and Assessment of Sex Offenders
1999
Forensic Evaluation Seminar
Sex Offenders: Pedophilia
1998
Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar
Valuation of Property in Equitable Distribution
2011
Annual Paralegal Seminar
Virginia Family Law Case Update
2009
Annual Seminar
Good, Better, Best: Perfecting the Appeal of Your Family Law Case
2008
VTLA Family Law Seminar
Legislative Update: General Assembly Session
2015
VBA Advanced Family Law Seminar
Legislative Update: General Assembly Session
2015
VTLA Family Law Seminar
"David v. David: A Goliath Change in the Burden of Proof"
2015
VTLA Family Law Seminar
Legislative Update: General Assembly Session
2014
32nd Annual Family Law Seminar
Presenting the Argument & Reviewing the Decision
2013
Virginia Society of CPAs
The CPA Expert in Divorce: Business Valuations
2010
21st Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar
Mind Your Ps and Qs: Property, Pensions, and QDROs
2005
MCLE
Update on Family Law
Virginia Family Law Practice for Paralegals
Preparing for Family Law Appeals
2014
Services offered
Divorce Lawyer
Family Law Attorney