About Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (FTLF) is deeply committed to helping individuals and organizations successfully advance their vision. The firm’s attorneys are recognized by clients and the legal community for their dedication, integrity, and expertise in Family Law, Federal Grants, and Health Care. The firm was founded in 1970 and has offices in Washington, DC, Bethesda, Maryland, and Fairfax, Virginia.
About FTLF’s Family Law Practice
FTLF’s Family Law Group prides itself on delivering sophisticated, team-based representation to secure clients’ futures so they can move forward with a sense of well-being and confidence. They are skilled at handling complex custody, support and property division cases. Ranked consistently as a top-tier Family Law Firm by U.S. News-Best Lawyers of America, FTLF family law attorneys also have extensive experience representing foreign nationals and their spouses who live and work in the expanding international community surrounding Washington, DC, as well as U.S. citizens whose family situations have an international dimension.
Individuals with little knowledge of U.S. laws and culture may feel anxious and isolated when faced with a family crisis far from home. Listening with care and empathy, we focus on the unique circumstances and priorities of every case. We then work creatively to advance these priorities, ensuring that cultural or language barriers do not get in the way of the best possible outcome.
A partner of the firm, Marina excels in dealing with international and complex family law matters. She is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and has been consistently named a Washingtonian Top Lawyer since 2015.
Marina is skilled at resolving complex custody and property division cases. Marina serves a wide range of clients, including accomplished career executives, stay-at-home spouses, and international families who face additional cross-cultural challenges of going through separation or divorce in a foreign country. Another area of Marina’s expertise is drafting and negotiating prenuptial and postnuptial agreements that help clients create solid foundations for successful marriages.
A careful listener, Marina strives to preserve relationships, recognizing that they are especially fragile during difficult family transitions. Marina offers a hands-on and practical approach to resolving disputes and encourages clients to focus on long-term goals that are important to them. By seeking to understand the priorities and needs of her clients, Marina
works to achieve positive results through negotiation, mediation, collaborative law, and litigation.
Outside of her practice, Marina enjoys spending time with her family and has a passion for international travel, architecture and music.
Family Law in Washington DC
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