Strategic counsel. Compassionate listening. Honest answers, even when honest is hard.
First call is a conversation, not a commitment.
Corrie Sirkin is a conscientious, energetic, smart, and capable divorce attorney with offices in Manassas and Fairfax. She has practiced family law exclusively throughout her career. At the University of Virginia, she earned her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, training that allows her to understand complex interpersonal relationships and provide both emotional support and legal advice. She then attended the University of Virginia School of Law to become a family law attorney and help people during one of the most difficult times of their lives.
Her dedication to family law shows in every interaction with her clients, from start to finish. She takes the time to truly understand each situation, then walks her clients through all the possibilities for resolving the case. Corrie is licensed in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York, and her practice includes divorce, child custody, visitation, paternity, child support, equitable distribution, premarital agreements, spousal support, separation, modification, post-judgment matters, and property settlement agreements.
As the spouse of a military veteran, Corrie understands the unique challenges service members face, particularly around family law entitlements and benefits. She also has substantial experience with complex cases involving business valuation, expert witnesses, and significant financial estates.
"There are many options for alternative dispute resolution. Settlement discussions, negotiation, and mediation often allow the parties to reach an agreement with less emotional and financial cost."
Corrie has authored and contributed to legal publications on family law, ethics, and the intersection of divorce with business ownership and special-needs parenting. The list below is a working bibliography of her published work and editorial roles.
A practical guide for family law attorneys on the ethical considerations and best practices when clients use third-party financing to fund divorce litigation.
An examination of digital impersonation and spoofing as it intersects with family law cases, including how to recognize, document, and address these tactics in court.
A co-authored examination of how divorce proceedings affect business owners, including issues of valuation, equitable distribution of business interests, and protecting operational continuity through proceedings.
A contribution to the AAML publication guiding parents of children with special needs through the unique considerations in divorce, including the use of special-needs trusts to preserve federal benefits.
The companion continuing legal education program to the AAML special-needs publication. Designed to give practicing family law attorneys the working knowledge they need to handle special-needs cases competently.
Former Editor of the NJSBA Young Lawyers Division Dictum publication. The role included reviewing, editing, and coordinating articles authored by young lawyers practicing across New Jersey.
Each principle below comes from a specific part of Corrie's background, from her UVA Psychology training to her years handling complex financial cases. Together they describe how she runs a file.
Corrie earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology at UVA before her law degree. That training shows up in how she reads a family law case: people first, then the legal issues that follow from understanding them. The interpersonal piece is not an afterthought.
Corrie reaches first for the paths that end the case with both sides intact: settlement discussions, negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution. Many of her cases never see a contested hearing, and that is by design rather than accident.
Clients consistently note that Corrie does not feed them fairy tales. She gives a clear-eyed assessment of where their case actually stands, including the parts that are unfavorable. That honesty is part of why her clients hire her again.
Not every case settles, and not every case should. Corrie has tried complex cases involving business valuation, expert witnesses, and substantial financial estates. When the courtroom is the answer, she is fully prepared and a strong advocate from the first pretrial through verdict.
Corrie works across the full range of Virginia family law. The areas below are the ones she handles most often. Each links to a fuller explanation of how the firm approaches the work.
Contested and uncontested divorce, including complex equitable distribution and business valuation cases.
Legal and physical custody, visitation, and the parenting plans that translate the order into daily life.
Both pendente lite and final support, including the deviations and complications that come with high incomes.
As the spouse of a military veteran, Corrie understands the entitlements, benefits, and unique procedural issues these cases involve.
Drafting and reviewing premarital, postmarital, and property settlement agreements that protect both parties cleanly.
Drawing on her AAML publication work, Corrie handles divorces involving children with special needs and the trust structures that protect benefits.
A short list of the recognitions Corrie has received from professional associations, peers, and rating bodies during her career.
Verified reviews from families Corrie has stood beside, drawn from her client testimonials.
"I highly recommend! Corrie is honest, experienced, thoughtful, and efficient. I genuinely feel that she has my best interest in mind at all times."
"I hired Corrie to represent me and it was the best decision I ever made. She understood my co-parenting situation and she genuinely cared. She heard every problem I had and she answered without feeding me fairy tales. She was very honest and is able to see all angles."
"Corrie was incredible to work with. She treated me and my divorce case with compassion, respect, understanding, and honesty. I happily settled in mediation. She was very well prepared for any eventuality that could come up. We used most of her preparation, too."
"Corrie was absolutely amazing. This case was exceptionally personal, as most cases are when they come to a child. Corrie took the time from the second I met her until the very last day to answer all of my questions, explain every detail, and make sure I was one hundred percent comfortable moving forward."
Corrie meets clients across NOVA Legal Professionals' three Northern Virginia offices: Fairfax, Manassas, and Fredericksburg. The first call is a conversation, not a commitment.
