Allison W. Anders Esq.

Allison received her Juris Doctor in 2001 from Loyola University School of Law at New Orleans. After law school, Allison returned to Virginia and clerked for an Administrative Law Judge with the Department of Labor in Washington, DC for one year. Thereafter, she worked as an associate at McKenry, Dancingers, Dawson & Lake from 2003 to 2006, as an associate and partner at Kaufman and Canoles from 2006 to 2015, and as a partner at Parks Zeigler from 2015 to 2022. Allison’s has exclusively practiced family law since 2006. Allison is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and is currently serving as the Treasurer of the Virginia chapter of the AAML. Allison is also a member of the Virginia Beach Bar Association (VBBA), Virginia State Bar (VSB), Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA), and Virginia Bar Association (VBA). She has been very active with the VBBA, serving on various committees since 2003 and is currently the president. She has also been a member of the VBA Family Law Coalition since November 2015.​ Allison has been honored and recognized by numerous organizations: she has been recognized by Best Lawyers®, rated a Rising Star by Superlawyers.com, rated "Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Virginia" and "Top 100 Super Lawyers in Virginia" by Superlawyers.com, named Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine, as well as Top Lawyer by Coastal Virginia Magazine; AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell; and she’s achieved a 10.0 rating by AVVO. She has also served as moderator, presenter and panelists for Virginia CLE, VTLA and National Business Institute. Outside of the law, Allison has served on the Board of Directors for REACH (Reading Enriches All Children), Inc., a local non-profit. She also spends as much time as possible with her husband, son and two pups. They thoroughly enjoy being outdoors. When they are not at the beach or swimming, they enjoy fishing, paddle boarding, camping and hiking. Allison is also an avid reader and loves a good suspense novel. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Allison W. Anders Esq. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2007 Model Judiciary Program, 2003 Virginia Rising Stars, 2009 Virginia Rising Stars, 2011 - 2012 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), Fellow AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell 10.0 rating by AVVO Other Sources of Feedback About Allison W. Anders Esq. Included on the 2026Virginia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2024 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2014 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2013 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2012 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2011 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2009 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2007 Virginia Super Lawyers list

• Board of Directors for REACH (Reading Enriches All Children), Inc

• Virginia, 2003
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2003

• Virginia Bar Association; Family Law Division (Member)
• Virginia Beach Bar Association, 2010 - Present (Membership Committee Co-Chair)
• Virginia Beach Bar Association, 2007 - 2009 (Chair)
• Virginia Beach Bar Association, Young Lawyers Committee, 2003 - 2006
• Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• Reading Enriches All Children (REACH) (Board of Directors and Vice President of Programs)