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As a third generation commercial equestrian operator, Ms. Tognini has accumulated over 30 years of practical experience with the legal aspects of horse operations. She specializes in complex business transactions, corporate restructuring, and real estate development. Her professional pedigree includes heading the financial accounting compliance legal team  at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

She has served many international client projects in Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, UK, Argentina, Guatemala, South Korea, Laos, Thailand, and India. She also served as the Eastern Circuit Lieutenant Governor of the United States Polo Association; a Board member of George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts; the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation; and the Virginia Land Trust. 

She earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and is a member of the Florida Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Mr. Wash has 36 years of expertise as a litigator with an emphasis on commercial law, tort, intellectual property, complex business transactions, and maritime law. 

Mr. Wash received a B.A. degree from the Washington and Lee University in and his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond’s TC Williams School of Law .

Mr. Wash was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1986. Mr. Wash began his career as a trademark attorney with the United States Department of Commerce, with a focus on international trademarks.

Mr. Kellogg's professional memberships include the Virginia State Bar, 

Practice Areas

· Commercial Litigation

· Business Law and Commercial Transactions

· Intellectual Property

· International Transactions

Bar Admissions

· Florida, 1972

· U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1981

· U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1983

Education

· Washington and Lee University, Virginia, 

· University of Richmond’s TC Williams School of Law, Virginia

Professional Associations/Memberships

· Virginia State Bar

Mr. Kellogg has expertise derived from over 35 years of legal experience concerning estate and gift taxation, individual taxation, corporate taxation, trust administration, estate administration, estate planning, fiduciary litigation, tax litigation, business law and commercial transactions.

Mr. Kellogg received his B.A. degree from the University of Florida in 1969 and his Juris Doctor in 1972. He received his Master of Law and Taxation Degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1981.

Mr. Kellogg was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1972 and to numerous bars in subsequent years, including the U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland (1981), Eastern District of Virginia (1983), Western District of Virginia (1989) and the District of Columbia (1986), as well as the U.S. Tax Court (1984), U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit (1986), U.S. Supreme Court (1986), U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Virginia (1987) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (1995).

Mr. Kellogg's diverse background in law began as an Attorney and Program Analyst for the Internal Revenue Service District and National Offices from 1972 to 1984. During this time (1978 – 1980), he was also a Lecturer for the International School of Law. He taught classes as an Adjunct and Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law from 1980 through 1986 and has taught C.L.E. Seminars on Tax and Probate Law.

Mr. Kellogg's professional memberships include the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar Association and The Florida Bar.

Practice Areas:

· Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning and Administration

· Federal Income and Estate Taxation

· Business Law and Commercial Transactions

Bar Admissions:

· Florida, 1972

· U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1981

· U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1983

· U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1989

· U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1986

· U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1986

· U.S. Tax Court, 1984

· U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

· U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1995

· U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1987

Education:

· Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, M.L.T., 1981

· University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, J.D., 1972

· University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, B.A., 1969

Classes/Seminars Taught:

· Former Adjunct and Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

· CLE Seminars on Tax and Probate Law

Professional Associations/Memberships:

· Virginia State Bar

· District of Columbia Bar Association

· The Florida Bar

Mr. McCarthy has over 25 years of experience litigating civil, criminal, and administrative law matters. Highlights of his litigation career include prevailing in one of the Virginia’s first ethnic harassment cases, and the successful appeal of a Board of Dentistry ruling.

Mr. McCarthy received his B.A. degree from University of Virginia in 1990, and a Master of Fine Arts at Goddard College in Vermont. He earned his Juris Doctor from George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law in 2004, where he also served as Editor of the GMU Civil Rights Law Journal.

Mr. McCarthy’s litigation accomplishments have been featured twice on as a cover story in Virginia Lawyers Weekly and his article, "The Lost Futures of Lead-Poisoned Children: Race-Based Damage Awards and the Limits of Constitutionality," was published in the GMU Law Civil Rights Law Journal. He taught undergraduate English at George Mason University and published a novel about a rural Appalachian couple facing the loss of an unborn son. Mr. McCarthy is an advocate and supporter of victims of domestic abuse.

His professional memberships include the Virginia State Bar, the Culpeper County Bar and Fauquier County Bar. Mr. McCarthy is admitted to practice before the Virginia State Appellate Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Practice Areas:

· Civil, Criminal, and Administrative Litigation

· Business Law and Complex Commercial Transactions

· Corporate Governance

Bar Admissions:

· Virginia State Bar, 2004

· Virginia Court of Appeals, 2004 

· U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2004

· U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2004

Education

· University of Virginia BA Philosophy, 1990 

· Goddard College, Vermont, M.F.A. English, 1990

· George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law, J.D., 1972

Classes/Seminars Taught

· Former Professor of English George Mason University

Professional Associations/Memberships

· Virginia Bar Association

· Culpeper Bar Association

· Fauquier County Bar Association