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WHAT
WE DO: Crouch & Crouch is
a law firm in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., working
throughout Northern Virginia in all areas of Family
Law, legal ethics and malpractice
cases, mediation
and wills. Interstate
and international child custody cases are a particular field
of expertise. Richard Crouch
and John Crouch are the
active members of the firm.
WHERE WE WORK: Crouch
& Crouch primarily serves Northern Virginia -- Fairfax, Arlington,
Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and Fauquier Counties, and the
cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax. However, very
important ethics, malpractice and domestic relations cases take
us to other parts of Virginia. (You may want to consult our guide
to Virginia Geography
and Legal System). In interstate and international child
custody cases, clients and attorneys from all over the world consult
with us, usually in cases that are partially in Virginia courts
or involve Virginia law or the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
WHO WE ARE: Richard Crouch and John Crouch are the active members
of the firm.
Richard Crouch
is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and
the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, was the original
Editor of the Family Law Reporter for the Bureau of National Affairs
(BNA), and edits the Virginia State Bar's Family Law News. He
is a Neutral Case Evaluator for the Fairfax Circuit Court. Formerly
he chaired the State Bar's Disciplinary Committee for Virginia's
largest district. He is available as an expert witness and as
an advocate in disciplinary hearings. Richard Crouch began his
legal career with Crouch & Crouch in 1964 before joining the
U. S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps. Member of the National Lawyers Association; the
International Society of Family Law; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association;
Arlington, Fairfax, Virginia and American Bar Associations. Richard
Crouch worked extensively on codes of ethics for divorce mediators
and is the Virginia reporter for the A.B.A. Family Law Section's
Family Law in the Fifty States program. He has served on several
State Bar Family Law Section Committees and on the A.B.A. Family
Law Section's Task Force on Federal Legislation, and has co-chaired
the A.B.A.'s Custody Committee. (See also Richard Crouch legal
Articles). Books: Richard Crouch
is the author of Family Law Checklists, published by West Group,
and Interstate Custody Litigation, published by BNA and coming
out soon in a new edition. He also wroteThe Legal Status of Homemakers
in Virginia, published by the Government Printing Office.
John
Crouch is a 1995 law graduate
of the College of William and Mary, where he was legal columnist
and production editor for the Amicus Curiae. Mr. Crouch is Secretary/Treasurer
of the Collaborative Family
Law Society. He co-chaired the Child Custody Committee of
the American Bar Association's Family Law Section from 1999 to
2001, and also serves on its International Law Committee and on
the Advisory Committee of its Child Custody Pro Bono Project.
He currently chairs an ad hoc ABA committee which is drafting
Standards for Child Representation in Custody Cases. He formerly
served on the ABA Family Law Section's Continuing Legal Education
Committee. He was the 1999-2000 Chairman of the Arlington County
Bar Association Family Law Section, and serves on the Association's
Lawyer Referral Service committee. He is also a member of the
International Society of Family Law, the International Academy
of Collaborative Professionals, the National
Lawyers Association and the Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts. He was formerly a National Park Ranger and a Court-Appointed
Special Advocate in the Newport News Juvenile Court. Articles
Thomas Gordon
Crouch, retired, practiced in
Arlington for many years, specializing in tax law, wills and estates,
and is now retired. Ralph
Waldo Crouch died in 1968.
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