Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson: Family Lawyer & Probate Lawyer in Fairfax, VA

Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson is a principal at SmolenPlevy in Vienna, Virginia. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and George Mason University School of Law, where she served on the Board of Editors for the Journal of International Legal Studies.

Ms. Dickerson, throughout her career, has served not only her clients but also her community in various capacities. She has served as a volunteer for the Vienna Womens Center for years and has worked on behalf of Devotion to Children, a local charity which provides work-related childcare services to families in need. Ms. Dickerson is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and has taught a number of Continuing Legal Education classes and well as spoken at various regional and national conferences over the course of her career. Additionally, she presently serves as a member of The Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (JIRC).

Ms. Dickerson is also presently General Counsel for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia and has served as President of the organization and on its Board of Directors. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Women Attorneys Association and served as its President. She has served on numerous committees of the Fairfax Bar Association and as President of its Young Lawyers Section and as Co-Chair of the Revenue Development Committee.

She was a member of the Virginia State Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyer Malpractice Insurance and a faculty member of the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course. She was a member of the George Mason University School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors and has served as its President.

PRACTICE AREAS:

Family law
Divorce
Child custody
Adoption
General civil litigation
Probate litigation

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

Member of the Bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia
Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals – Fourth Circuit; and the U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Virginia
Appointed to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (JIRC) by former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (2021 – Present)
Virginia Law Foundation
- Fellow (2019 – Present)
- Inaugural Steering Committee for the Civil Rights Institute (2019 – 2022)
Member of the Diversity and Equality Initiative Task Force at Antonin Scalia School of Law/George Mason University (2019 – 2020)
Virginia State Bar
- Bar Council Member (2021 – Present)
- Diversity Conference, Board of Governors (2021 – Present)
- Better Annual Meeting Committee (2015 – 2019)
- Special Committee on Lawyer Malpractice Insurance
- Faculty member of the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course
Virginia Women Attorneys Association
- Board Member (2008 – 2018)
- President (2014 – 2015)
- Northern Virginia Chapter President (2010 – 2011)
- Member (1999 – Present)
Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- General Counsel (2017 – Present)
- Board of Directors (2008 – Present)
- President (2003 – 2007)
George Mason University School of Law Alumni Association
- Board of Directors (2007 – 2014)
- President (2010 – 2012)
Fairfax Bar Association
- Member (1999 – Present)
- Conciliator/Circuit Court (2002 – Present)
- Revenue Development Committee Co-Chair (2004 – 2005)
- Young Lawyers Section, President (2003 – 2004)
- Circuit Court Committee, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court Committee, and Technology Committee

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Named on the Top 50 Virginia Women Super Lawyers list since 2014
Named on the Top 100 Virginia Super Lawyers list since 2014
Northern Virginia Magazine recently named Dickerson as a Top Lawyer for 2021 along with recognitions in 2020, 2016, 2015, 2013 and 2011
Virginia Business recently named Dickerson a “Legal Elite” for 2021 with additional recognitions in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2014.
Honored as SmartCEO Magazine’s Power Players Attorney of the Year for divorce, domestic relations, and child custody and adoptions in 2013
Received the Distinguished Alumni Award for the School of Law, George Mason University in 2015
Recognized as a “Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2007
Awarded the President’s Award by the Fairfax Bar Association for 2004-2005 and 2007-2008