Family Law

• Divorce
  Our firm has an active family law practice encompassing litigation ranging from the most amicable of divorces to family abuse cases. We have experience in complex equitable distribution cases involving the division of business and retirement assets; but also in simple uncontested divorce and child support claims.  Whether your case calls for expert testimony, sophisticated ERISA qualified domestic relations orders for the division of retirement benefits, subpoenas for records, or just the straightforward preparation of a basic child support or custody case, our attorneys meet the challenge with skill, creativity and determination. With our breadth of experience we can give our clients an accurate picture of how their case should progress and what it will take to reach their objectives. We strive to bring legal disputes to a prompt resolution while always seeking to energetically advance our clients’ interests.
• Child Support
  Maryse C. Allen received her recognition for her family law practice – involving divorce, separation agreements, child custody and visitation, and child support.
• Child Custody and Visitation

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Ms. Waters has represented numerous clients in formation of entities, shareholder and partnership agreements, financings, and general corporate law.
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  Compton & Duling is involved in virtually all areas of business, with a special emphasis on small to mid-size business organizations located in Northern Virginia. Our business practice includes business transactions, business planning and business organization.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Additionally, on behalf of our clients we routinely prepare residential and commercial condominium documents (including Public Offering Statements for registration of residential condominiums with the Virginia Common Interest Community Board) and community association documents such as Declarations of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, Articles of Incorporation, and Bylaws for residential homeowners and commercial owners associations located throughout the Commonwealth. Our attorney’s also advise many residential and commercial owners associations and condominium owners associations on general real estate matters.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Jason E. Hickman came to the firm in 2006 bringing vast experience in the areas of litigation, real estate, and business. Jason continues the historical practice of the firm in the area of real estate transactions and development, however, he adds wide ranging experience in his business practice. Jason has more than twenty-five years of experience and is active in the community and advises developers, business owners, and individuals with regard to their real estate and business needs.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  In 1968, C. Lacey Compton, Jr. began practicing law in Virginia. His father, C. Lacey Compton, Sr., was a real estate practitioner and a Prince William County judge. Like his father and brother before him, Lacey Jr. established a real estate practice in Manassas, providing representation in all facets of land use law and litigation. Lacey handled hundreds of rezoning requests and represented major developers in land use matters.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  ++Tom Duling and Jason Hickman will be discussing Estate Planning with an emphasis on minimum expense and maximum efficiency on Friday, January 22, 2021.
• Wills
  The growing population of seniors in the country has required attorneys to pay particular attention to the needs of senior citizens. Elder Law involves not only the preparation of wills and trusts but also the effective management of assets during life, which can include the preparation of revocable living trusts and pourover wills, the use of powers of attorney and health care directives, the review of the legal documents required to assist the senior citizen in the effective management of assets during life, and the transition of assets after death or upon disability.
• Trusts
  We are thoroughly familiar with the statutory process by which assets are transferred. This includes estate administration, both intestate (without a will) and testate administration, operation and taxation of instruments executed during life such as Revocable Living Trusts and Irrevocable Trusts, and the processing of estates after death.
• Power of Attorney
  Thomas D. Duling received his recognition in the area of Trusts and Estates – the drafting of wills, advanced medical directives, durable powers of attorney, and trust documents.

Finance Law

• Tax Law