John K. Karanian

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John K. Karanian is a shareholder at Barnes & Diehl, PC who has focused his practice on family law matters since 2004.  He is a former practicing forensic and clinical psychologist with the Central Intelligence Agency.  Mr. Karanian has been voted a Super Lawyers© Virginia Rising Star seven years in a row from 2007-2013.

Professional Experience:

• Barnes & Diehl, P.C. (2004-Present)
• Central Intelligence Agency(Clinical Psychologist, 2000-2001)
• Liberty Forensic Unit – Riverside Regional Jail (Forensic Psychologist, 1999-2000)
• Central State Hospital, Maximum Security Forensic Unit (Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, 1997-1999)
• United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution,Butner, North Carolina (Clinical Psychology Intern, 1996-1997)

Education:

• University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, Juris Doctor (2004)
• University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, Doctor of Psychology (1997)
• Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., B.A. (1992)

Academic Appointments:

• Medical College of Virginia, Department of Psychiatry, Assistant Clinical, Professor (1998-2000)      

Licenses:

• Virginia Licensed Clinical Psychologist, # 0810-002-674
• Virginia Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, # 0812-000-272, (1998-2012)

Bar Admissions:

• Supreme Court of Virginia
• Court of Appeals of Virginia
• All Virginia Courts

Memberships:

• Virginia State Bar
• Virginia State Bar, Family Law Section
• Metropolitan Richmond Family Law Bar Association
• Metro Richmond Bar Association Judiciary Committee, 2009
• Chesterfield County Bar Association

Awards:

• Selected to Virginia Super Lawyers (2015-2020)
• Super Lawyers Virginia Rising Star (2007-2014)
• All-American Scholar Award, United States Achievement Academy (1992)     

Publications:

• “Frequent Childhood Moves – Poorer Quality of Life”, Virginia Family Law News, Volume 31, No. 1, Spring Issue (2011).
• “Do You Really Want to Put the Child on the Stand”, Michael HuYoung & John Karanian, Virginia Bar Association News Journal, Volume XXXV, No. 4, Winter Issue (2009).
• “Challenging Expert Testimony About Child Sexual Abuse”, John Karanian, Virginia State Bar, Family Law News, Volume 25, No. 4, Winter Issue (2005).
• “Assessing Elopement Risk from Forensic Hospital”, Greg Wolber & John Karanian, Journal of Forensic Psychology, (2002).
• “The Relationship Between Depression and Self-Efficacy in a Sample of Sheltered Homeless Adults”, John Karanian, Doctoral Dissertation (1997).

Presentations:

• “Mental Health Issues in Family Law”, National Business Institute, Continuing Education Seminar, October, 22, 2014.
• “Sexual Abuse in Family Law Cases”, Virginia CLE, July 28, 2009.
• “Selecting a Qualified Expert”, 8^th Annual Advanced Guardian Ad Litem for Children Seminar: What GAL’s Need to Know about Child Custody Evaluations, December 12, 2006 (with Arnold Stolberg Ph.D.).
• “Legal Ethics for the Criminal Practitioner” Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association, VTLA’s Annual Criminal Law Seminar, October 28, 2004 (presentation by Michael HuYoung & outline by John Karanian).
• “Stalking”, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC (08/10/00).
• “The Clinical Assessment of Malingering,” Institute of Law, Psychiatry, & Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (06/09/99).
• “The Multiphasic Sex Inventory and Assessment of Sex Offenders” Central State Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia (04/29/99).
• “Sex Offender: Pedophilia,” Forensic Evaluation Seminar, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia (08/21/98).