Lawyers in Virginia: 106 cities with ranked practice areas (2026)
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106 Virginia cities have at least one ranked practice area list. The most ranked practice areas in one city is 16, in Alexandria, Arlington and 6 more.
Virginia cities with the most ranked practice areas
Ordered by the number of practice areas with a ranked list. Each city page shows the top 3 in every practice area.
| City | Ranked practice areas | Law firms listed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 16 | 291 |
| Arlington | 16 | 176 |
| McLean | 16 | 128 |
| Falls Church | 16 | 99 |
| Tysons Corner | 16 | 32 |
| Idylwood | 16 | 12 |
| Great Falls | 16 | 10 |
| Baileys Crossroads | 16 | 7 |
| Fairfax | 15 | 398 |
| Virginia Beach | 15 | 378 |
| Norfolk | 15 | 213 |
| Manassas | 15 | 139 |
| Leesburg | 15 | 129 |
| Chesapeake | 15 | 119 |
| Vienna | 15 | 100 |
| Reston | 15 | 95 |
| Hampton | 15 | 92 |
| Portsmouth | 15 | 56 |
| Annandale | 15 | 55 |
| Ashburn | 15 | 37 |
Lawyers in Virginia by practice area
Each state list ranks the top law firms and links every city list for the practice area.
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- Social Security disability lawyers97 cities
- Immigration lawyers92 cities
- Tax lawyers91 cities
- Mediators89 cities
- Business lawyers86 cities
- Intellectual property lawyers72 cities
- DUI and DWI lawyers8 cities
All 106 Virginia cities with ranked practice areas
A to Z, with the number of ranked practice areas in each.
A
- Alexandria 16
- Annandale 15
- Arlington 16
- Ashburn 15
B
- Baileys Crossroads 16
- Blacksburg 10
- Bon Air 14
- Brandermill 14
- Bristol 10
- Broadlands 15
- Buckhall 15
- Bull Run 15
- Burke 15
C
- Cave Spring 11
- Centreville 15
- Chantilly 15
- Charlottesville 10
- Cherry Hill 15
- Chesapeake 15
- Chester 14
- Christiansburg 10
- Colonial Heights 14
- Countryside 15
- Culpeper 11
D
- Dale City 15
- Danville 9
- Dranesville 15
F
- Fairfax 15
- Fairfax Station 15
- Falls Church 16
- Fort Hunt 15
- Franconia 15
- Fredericksburg 13
- Front Royal 12
G
- Gainesville 15
- Glen Allen 14
- Great Falls 16
- Groveton 15
H
- Hampton 15
- Harrisonburg 11
- Herndon 15
- Highland Springs 14
- Hollins 11
- Hopewell 14
- Huntington 15
- Hybla Valley 15
I
- Idylwood 16
K
L
- Lake Ridge 15
- Lakeside 14
- Laurel 14
- Leesburg 15
- Lincolnia 15
- Linton Hall 15
- Lorton 15
- Lowes Island 15
- Lynchburg 8
M
- Madison Heights 8
- Manassas 15
- Manassas Park 15
- Martinsville 7
- McLean 16
- Meadowbrook 14
- Mechanicsville 14
- Merrifield 15
- Montclair 15
- Mount Vernon 15
N
- Newington 15
- Newport News 14
- Norfolk 15
P
- Petersburg 14
- Poquoson 15
- Portsmouth 15
- Portsmouth Heights 15
S
- Salem 11
- Short Pump 14
- South Riding 15
- South Suffolk 15
- Springfield 15
- Staunton 10
- Sterling 15
- Sudley 15
- Suffolk 15
- Sugarland Run 15
T
- Timberlake 11
- Tuckahoe 14
- Tysons Corner 16
V
- Vienna 15
- Virginia Beach 15
W
How Virginia lawyers are ranked
Every city list scores the law firms that serve that city on one LFR Score, from 0 to 100.
A city appears here once at least one practice area has 5 or more law firms that qualify to rank.
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