Jonathan Kales

Mr. Kales is a highly experienced and respected divorce attorney, president of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia, and a Virginia Supreme Court Certified family mediator. He has been named to the Virginia Super Lawyers list, an honor awarded to no more than five percent of attorneys, and a member of Virginia’s Legal Elite, in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution, by Virginia Business Magazine. Additionally, he has been chosen as one of Ten Leaders in Collaborative Divorce Law in Greater Washington, D.C. by The Ten Leaders Cooperative and is recognized with a superb rating by Avvo, which is reserved for attorneys Avvo recognizes as the best in the legal field.

After practicing family law for years and concluding trials and court serve divorcing spouses poorly, making already difficult cases harder and more painful, Mr. Kales focuses his practice on helping his clients avoid litigation and to reach negotiated separation and divorce settlement agreements and prenuptial agreements. He wishes to provide his clients with the assistance needed to reach optimal solutions for themselves and their families, sympathetically, individually, and cost-effectively.

Mr. Kales is a Fairfax County native, where he resides with his wife and law partner, Amy, and their 3 children, Jack, Noah, and Lily.

Positions Held: Current president and past treasurer of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia, past member of the executive council of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals.

Practice Areas: Collaborative Divorce, divorce mediation, uncontested divorce, negotiations, premarital, postnuptial, and property settlement agreements, family law, equitable distribution of property (including division of pension benefits, such as military retirement benefits, stock options, and real estate), child support, alimony, child custody and visitation, parenting plans, custody relocation, support modification.

Membership: International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Virginia Collaborative Professionals, Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, Fairfax Bar Association.

Education: Bates College, B.A., 1994, University of Connecticut, J.D., 1998.

Certifications: Virginia Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator.

Seminars: Mr. Kales speaks on a variety of family law topics throughout Northern Virginia. He has presented on