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Location: Richmond, Virginia
Phone: (804) 796-1000
Fax: (804) 796-1730
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Ann Brakke Campfield is an active member of the family law bar. She served as President of the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association from 1998-1999.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Divorce
• Collaborative Law
• Equitable Distribution

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1981

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
  • J.D. magna cum laude – 1981
  • Honors: Order of the Coif
• Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Master of Arts in Teaching
• Stratford College, Danville, Virginia
  • B.A. cum laude
  • Major: English

Published Works

• Co-Author and Editor of Commissioner in Chancery Practice outline for Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar (1993)
• Co-Author of Dischargeability in Bankruptcy of Support and Other Obligations Arising Out of Divorce, Virginia Lawyer (1990)

Representative Cases

• Alexander v. Flowers, 51 Va. App., 658 S.E. 2d 355 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2008)
• McIlwain v. McIlwain, 52 Va. App., 666 S.E. 2d 538 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2008)
• McKinnon v McKinnon, Record No. 1875-05-2 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2006)
• Lazarchic v Lazarchic, Record No. 0458-04-2 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2005)
• West v West, Record No. 0075-03-2 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2003)
• Zasler v Zasler, Record No. 0564-02-2 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2003)
• Gilman v Gilman, 32 Va. App. 104; 526 S.E. 2d 763 (2000)
• Rowe v Rowe, 24 Va. App. 123; 480 S.E. 2d 760 (1997)

Classes/Seminars

• Update on Case Law and Trends in Equitable Distribution, Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (December 4, 2008)
• Update on Case Law and Trends in Equitable Distribution, Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (November 10, 2005)
• Panelist, Going For The Gold: Finding Evidence and Knowing How to Use it in Court, 19th Annual Family Law Seminar, Virginia CLE (November 2000)
• Lecturer, Bulletproof Your Separation Agreements, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Family Law Seminar (July 2000)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Family Law (2012-Current)
• Named a Super Lawyer by Richmond Magazine Law & Politics (2014-2017)
• Listed in Virginia’s Best Lawyers for Family Law (2013-2015)
• Selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2014-2019)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• 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
• Collaborative Law & Mediation Training, Basic Mediation Skills (2007)
• Collaborative Law & Mediation Training, Collaborative Family Law Intermediate Training (2006)
• Collaborative Law & Mediation Training, Initial Collaborate Law Training (2006)
• Secretary of Health & Human Resources Triennial Child Support Guideline Review Panel, Member (2001-2002)
• Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association, President (1999-2000)
• Bench-Bar Conference Planning Committee, Chairman, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Subcommittee (1999)
• Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association, Vice-President (1998-1999)
• Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association, Secretary/Treasurer (1997-1998)