Linh Ly: lly@pesner.com
Linh Ly is an experienced trial attorney at Nguyen & Nguyen, P.C. in Falls Church, Virginia where she practices civil litigation with an emphasis on family law. She is licensed in Virginia and enjoys assisting clients through difficult times whether it is a divorce, custody battle, business dispute, or other civil matter. Linh was selected as a 2019 Rising Star in Family Law by Super Lawyers and has a 10/10 rating and a 5-star client review average on Avvo.com, an online legal directory.
Before entering private practice, she clerked for the first Asian American judge in Virginia, the Honorable John M. Tran in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. Linh graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2013 where she was the Manuscripts Editor of the Journal of Land and Development and a member of the Thomas Tang Moot Court Team. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia where she majored in English and minored in Asian Pacific American Studies.
She is the current President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of the Greater Washington D.C. Area and a Co-Chair of the Solo & Small Firm Network of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Linh is an active member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area and served as its Vice President of Membership from 2018-2019 and its Solo & Small Firm Co-Chair from 2017-2018. In addition, she is actively involved in the Fairfax Bar Association and Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia. Linh has participated as a speaker for a variety of organizations about diversity in the law, negotiation, and solo and small firm practice.