Virginia Kling
Partner
Virginia Kling has been helping guide parents, children, and caregivers through their family law matters for more than fifteen years. In addition to her extensive experience litigating in both the Maryland and District of Columbia courts, Ms. Kling serves as a mediator to help parties resolve their disputes without the need for court intervention. Ms. Kling finds it particularly rewarding to help her clients get through what is often one of the most difficult points in their lives to a new, more positive beginning.
Prior to forming Brody Kling PLLC, Ms. Kling was the Legal Director of the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, where she represented clients in custody, divorce, civil protection order and child support proceedings, while also supervising volunteer lawyers and overseeing legal issues and attorney training programs for the organization. Ms. Kling previously had a private family law practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland, including acting as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem for children in both custody and neglect matters.
Prior to practicing family law, Ms. Kling was a partner at Baach Robinson and Lewis. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable James A. Belson of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and was an associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.
Bar memberships: District of Columbia, Maryland, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court.
Academics: Ms. Kling received her law degree magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and her undergraduate degree cum laude from Williams College, and also did coursework towards a Masters in Social Work at University of Maryland, Baltimore.
2018 DC Access to Justice Commission Pro Bono Honor Roll (High Honors)
Read this interview with Ms. Kling in Washington Lawyer about the importance of listening to clients, especially in emotionally charged family law cases.