 Robert E. Shoun
rshoun@shoun.com
Phone: 703-222-3333
Fax: 703-222-3340
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.
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