Carrie M. Patterson

Offers Video Calls | Open for Business
Carrie M. Patterson: Attorney with Patterson Bookwalter PLLC
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
  • Silver Client Champion
About Attorney Awards

Biography

Carrie has been handling family law cases, exclusively, for her entire career. With her background in psychology, and her genuine care for people and families, she strives to provide balanced representation to her clients and help guide them through a difficult process with empathy and measure. Carrie has handled all aspects of family law, including complex and high-conflict cases and has litigated many cases throughout Northern Virginia. Despite her extensive litigation experience, Carrie firmly believes that the majority of clients are best served by resolving their cases out of court and she therefore encourages clients to consider alternative methods of resolution whenever possible.

Carrie was trained as a Collaborative lawyer in 2013. Through this training, she works to help clients and their spouses shift the focus of divorce and custody cases away from positional litigation that prioritizes only legal rights, to a comprehensive and holistic view that considers how your financial and emotional needs intersect with your legal rights. Carrie co-founded Patterson Bookwalter with a shared vision to encourage clients not to consider their divorce or separation as the end of their family, but the beginning of their new one.

Carrie practices in Arlington County, City of Alexandria, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Prince William County in circuit courts and juvenile and domestic relations courts.

Professional Experience

Patterson Bookwalter PLLC (2022-present)

ShounBach, PC (2018-2022)

Grenadier, Starace, Duffett & Levi, PC (2009- 2018)

The Camaur Law Firm, PC (2007-2009)

Memberships and Community Involvement

• Virginia State Bar, 2007- present

• Fairfax Bar Association, 2007-present

• Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia, Member

• Virginia Collaborative Professionals, Member

• Virginia Collaborative Professionals – Chair (2021-Current), Vice Chair (2020), Secretary (2018-2019), Programs Chair (2017)

• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Member of Family Law Section
See more ›

Areas of Practice (16)

  • Premarital and Prenuptial Agreements
  • Divorce
  • Uncontested Divorce
  • Collaborative Law
  • Litigation
  • Negotiation and Mediation
  • Child Custody
  • Sole Custody
  • Joint Custody
  • Temporary Custody
  • Custody for Guardians
  • Child and Spousal Support
  • Division of Property
  • Valuation of Property
  • Disputed Property Valuations
  • Equitable Distribution and Division of Property

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Central Connecticut State University, B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude
Law School Attended:
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, J.D., 2007
Year of First Admission:
2007
Admission:
2007, Virginia
Birth Information:
Charlottesville, Virginia, January 14, 1981
ISLN:
921474850

Payment Information

Credit Cards Accepted
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Other, Visa

Peer Reviews

4.6/5.0 (17 reviews)

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.6/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.6/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.6/5.0

  • Communication

    4.6/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.6/5.0
Peer reviews submitted prior to 2008 are not displayed.

Other Legal Directories

Avvo Client Review
5.0/5.0 (4 reviews)

See more
Lawyers Client Review
5.0/5.0 (4 reviews)
Silver Client Champion

I would like to take this opportunity to tell what a thouroughly oustanding job that Carrie did for me in my difficult divorce case. I am very pleased with the performance, support, professionalism...

See more

Avvo Peer Endorsements

Client Reviews Write a Review

Location

Video Call Options

  • Ring Central

Contact Carrie M. Patterson

Contact Information

Preferred contact method
reCAPTCHA is required Invalid reCAPTCHA
Clear all fields

By clicking on the "Submit" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, Supplemental Terms and Privacy Policy. You also consent to be contacted at the phone number you provided, including by autodials, text messages and/or pre-recorded calls, from Martindale and its affiliates and from or on behalf of attorneys you request or contact through this site. Consent is not a condition of purchase.

You should not send any sensitive or confidential information through this site. Emails sent through this site do not create an attorney-client relationship and may not be treated as privileged or confidential. The lawyer or law firm you are contacting is not required to, and may choose not to, accept you as a client. The Internet is not necessarily secure and emails sent though this site could be intercepted or read by third parties.