Attorney Profiles

David M. Levy is a native of Durham, North Carolina. Mr. Levy currently lives in Falls Church, Virginia. Before entering private practice, Mr. Levy was a Founder and former Executive Director of the Virginia Legal Aid Society in Lynchburg, Virginia for twelve years. Mr. Levy also was a Civil Director for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association from 1976 to 1978, worked as the Chief Counsel and Executive Director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society from 1973 to 1976, and worked for Rhode Island Legal Services for a period of time.

In 1993, Mr. Levy entered private practice, became a Shareholder of Surovell, Jackson, Colten & Dugan, P.C. in 1996 and is a founding Member of the Firm.

Mr. Levy received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1967 and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1970, where he was distinguished as a Reginald Heber Smith Scholar. Mr. Levy was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1970 and the Rhode Island Bar in 1973. Mr. Levy is licensed to practice before all state courts in Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Levy is a frequent lecturer on domestic relations issues at the Northern Virginia Women's Center and a former Adjunct Professor at the Central Virginia Community College where he taught legal research. Mr. Levy was a Founding Board Member of the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia which he served on from 1976 to 1984.

He is also a Member of the Fairfax Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and American Bar Association. He has served on the Fairfax Bar Association's Special Committee on Legal Services and is currently a Member of the Lawyer Referral Information Service Committee. Mr. Levy practices primarily in the area of Family Law. He also has experience in Civil and Commercial Litigation.

Practice Areas
Family Law
Personal Injury
Criminal Defense
Civil Litigation
Appeals

Educational Background

J.D. 1970
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia

B. A., 1967
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

High School, 1963
Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia

Court Admissions

Commonwealth of Virginia, all courts, state and federal

Professional Associations/Memberships

Virginia State Bar
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Fairfax County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Former Chairman, Fairfax Bar Law Referral and Information Service

Community Involvement/Honors/Elected Positioned Held

Lecturer, Legal Aspects of Divorce and Separation and on Custody Issues, The Women's Center, Vienna, Virginia
Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow
Founding Member, Legal Services Corporation of Virginia
Initial Executive Director, Virginia Legal Aid Society
President's Award, Fairfax Bar Association

Selected Appellate Decisions

Lynchburg College v. Central Fidelity Bank
Pellegrin v. Pellegrin
Shoup v. Shoup
Wolters v. Wolters
Myers v. Myers
Wiese v. Wiese
Olson v. Olson
Ovissi v. Salemi
Butterman v. Butterman

Accomplishments

Mr. Levy has been active in neighborhood groups in the Northern Virginia area, where he has resided since 1992. Since 1993 he has lectured for the Women's Center, a well-established counseling and self-assistance non-profit in Northern Virginia.

For the first 18 years of his legal career, Mr. Levy was a pioneer in providing legal assistance to low income persons, in Providence, Rhode Island as a Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow for the first three years, then as Director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society, Civil Director at the National Legal Aid And Defender Association, and then Executive Director of the Virginia Legal Aid Society, headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Birth Information

• August 2, 1945, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America