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B.A. from Stanford University, J.D. from Berkeley Law; California State Bar Number: 313484
Virginia founded Carnelian Legal as a solo practice to serve individuals and small businesses in Northern California. She focuses on each client’s goals and obstacles and offers realistic options and solutions. Virginia’s legal practice centers on personal contracts, business formation and maintenance, and business transactions. Her experience includes wills, trusts, financial sharing contracts and other family agreements, with a particular interest in serving those with non-traditional family structures. Virginia identifies as a bisexual polyamorous woman and approaches client service from a place of compassion. As an active member of the Oakland polyamorous community, she understands the challenges that polyamorous people face.
JD, 2005 Cornell Law School, and Maine Bar License 9857.
My law firm handles a variety of areas of family law for all kinds of families, as well as discrimination, transgender legal issues, and some estate planning. I am also the director of the National LGBT Bar Association’s Family Law Institute. My firm sometimes offers sliding scale fees.
I have a JD from Gonzaga University School of Law, a BA from Portland State University, and I have been licensed to practice law in the State of Washington since 2010. My license # is WSBA 42506.
After 10 years of indigent defense, I opened my own trauma-informed law firm to provide services in estate planning, small business (formation and contracting), and trauma-informed HR consulting. I specifically want to serve non-traditional families (poly and non-married partners) in the area of estate planning and contracting. Estate planning is one of the best tools to ensure protection for non-married partners, not only in terms of assets but legal access (POA’s). I offer a poly specific consultation for polycules to discuss options for resource sharing and protection. While we keep working on changing laws to afford non-married partners the same rights as married couples, we have to get creative with our current legal tools to do what we can to protect the rights of non-married partners beyond the typically fraudulent concept of the “family llc.” I currently practice in Washington only. My poly-specific consultation and simple estate planning (will + POA + medical directive) are offered as flat-rate services at reasonable prices. If my rates are unaffordable for any specific person or group, I encourage communication with me to see if we can work something out. I believe in my services and I strive to be accessible to all.