Head of the Fairfax & Manassas Family Law Group at Livesay & Myers, attorney Matthew Smith practices exclusively Family Law. He works out of the firm's offices in Fairfax and Manassas, Virginia, and represents clients all across Northern Virginia.

Mr. Smith is the attorney in the firm most experienced in navigating the Fairfax County family courts. He has experience with every type of family law matter in the courts of Fairfax, Prince William and surrounding jurisdictions, including divorce, equitable distribution, support, and custody cases.

One of the firm's most knowledgeable Military Divorce lawyers, Mr. Smith is intimately familiar with issues of military retirement, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, the Survivor Benefit Plan, disability pay, and the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act.

Mr. Smith writes about Family Law, Custody and Divorce for The Virginia Lawyers Blog, where he has authored articles such as Establishing Date of Separation in a Virginia Divorce.

Practice Areas: Divorce, Family Law, Custody and Visitation, Child Support, Military Divorce

Bar Admissions: Virginia State Bar, 2005 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2006 District of Columbia, 2007

Professional Memberships and Associations: American Bar Association, 2006 - Present Arlington County Bar Association, 2005 - Present Fairfax Bar Association, 2005 - Present Prince William County Bar Association, 2011 - Present

Professional Experience:

• Livesay & Myers, P.C., Associate Attorney, 2010 - Present
• Condo Kelly & Byrnes, P.C., Associate Attorney, 2005 - 2010

Law School: American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 2005

Honors and Activities: Women and the Law Clinical Program; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; Students United Juvenile Justice Tutor Program.

College: University of Notre Dame, B.A., 2002

Honors and Activities: Awarded academic scholarship by Notre Dame for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 years; selected for admission to Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society; accepted to the Notre Dame London Program, Fall 2000; University Student Senator; Copy Editor for student newspaper; Assistant Coordinator for Senator Hillary Clinton's Senatorial Campaign Stop in Jamestown, N.Y.; Intern in the Office of Senator Charles Schumer.

Born: Washington, D.C.

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