Irene practices with the Firm’s Family Law team, and has been practicing in Richmond since 2006. Prior to joining FGB, Irene was a shareholder with a local family law firm.
Work Experience
Advises clients in the preparation and negotiation of property settlement agreements
Litigation of family law matters in both Circuit and Juvenile and Domestic Relations district court including:
Equitable distribution
Equitable Distribution and Divorce
Custody
Visitation
Support
Advises clients in the preparation and negotiation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Recipient of 2023 Influential Women in the Law Award, by Lawyers Weekly
Recipient of 2021 Leader in the Law, by Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Voted a Rising Star Super Lawyers in Virginia, by Richmond Magazine (2009-2021)
Voted Super Lawyer in Virginia, by Richmond Magazine (2022-2023)
Board Member, Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association (2012-2014)
Young Lawyer Representative, Virginia Bar Association Domestic Relations Council (2009-2012)
Henrico Juvenile Licensing Chair, Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Division (2010-2011)
Grant Recipient, Public Interest Law Association of the University of Richmond (2004)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Admitted to practice in the following courts
All Virginia state courts
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
Court of Appeals of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Virginia Supreme Court
Member
Virginia State Bar
Chesterfield Bar Association, President, 2020, Vice President, 2019, Secretary, 2017-2018
Chesterfield County Bench Bar Representative, 2019
Virginia Bar Association, Member
Lawyers Helping Lawyers, Past Law School Committee Member
Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division, Henrico Juvenile Licensing Chair
Virginia Bar Association Domestic Relations Council
Chesterfield County Public Schools, PTA Board Member
