Mr. Shoun, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Randolph-Macon College, received his law degree from Duke University Law School. After a three-year tour of duty as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army, he entered the private practice of law in Northern Virginia.

Mr. Shoun has served in multiple officer, director and committee positions in the Fairfax Bar Association. He has served on the Ethics and Grievance Committee of the Virginia State Bar, and for more than a quarter century has been a Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court of Fairfax County. He also serves that Court as a Neutral Case Evaluator.

He has authored scores of published family law articles and over the years has conducted more than 100 Continuing Legal Education seminars for attorneys and judges throughout Virginia. His seminar topics have included, by way of example, Tax Consequences of Separation and Divorce; Equitable Distribution of Civil Service, Military and Private Retirement Benefits; Professionalism and Civility Among Attorneys; Drafting of Separation and Property Settlement Agreements; and Recent Developments in Virginia Domestic Relations Statutory and Case Law.

Mr. Shoun is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Fairfax Bar Association, the Virginia Bar Association, and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. His reputation as a family law practitioner has for almost three decades earned him the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating ("AV"), as well as inclusion for two decades in the nationally recognized treatise, The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Shoun is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation, an honor conferred upon lawyers who have distinguished themselves in the legal profession and which is limited to one percent of Virginia lawyers. Moreover, he has been designated by the magazine, Virginia Business, as one of Virginia's "Legal Elite" family law practitioners and is an honored designee in the publication Virginia's Super Lawyers.

Born: McKenney, Virginia, 1940

Education: Randolph-Macon College, B.A., Duke University, J.D.

Practice Areas: Domestic Relations Law; Divorce; Family Law; Litigation

Membership: Fairfax Bar Association (formerly a Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer); Virginia Bar Association; American Bar Association; Virginia State Bar (served on the Committee for Ethics and Grievances); and Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Admissions: Virginia State Bar; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; and U.S. Court of Military Appeals

Miscellaneous Information: Statewide Lecturer (1972-), Family Law, Continuing Legal Education Programs of the Virginia State Bar and Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Commissioner in Chancery, Fairfax County Circuit Court, 1972-. Neutral Case Evaluator, Fairfax County Circuit Court. Listed in Best Lawyers in America; Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation; Honorary: Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; and Tau Kappa Alpha.