Virginia Tehrani

A top litigator, Virginia Vile Tehrani has received the preeminent honors of being selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in personal injury law in D.C. for 2020. The Super Lawyer honor is given to outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Virginia was also selected as one of the Top 40 under 40 attorneys in Maryland for 2020 in criminal defense, and she selected and inducted again this year as a Top 40 under 40 attorney in Maryland for personal injury law.

Virginia was further selected to the Leadership Montgomery Emerging Leaders program for the class of 2021 to represent her firm and her community.

These honors and awards compliment her graduation awards from the College of William & Mary School of Law, where she received the Lawrence I’Anson Award as the graduating class member who showed great promise in the legal field through scholarship, character and leadership. She was also awarded the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Advocacy Award for her great promise in the field of trial advocacy.

Virginia Vile Tehrani is a skilled and passionate trial attorney who has tried hundreds of cases and represented thousands of clients over 14 years. She started her legal practice in Virginia, both as a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. She has tried civil plaintiff’s injury cases, and criminal cases including murder, drug, rape, assault, DUI/DWI, and traffic cases.

Virginia is licensed to practice law in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., and the United States District Court in Maryland. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the D.C. Bar, and the Maryland Federal Bar.

Virginia excelled in her legal education, graduating summa cum laude from Middle Tennessee State University with a B.A. in political science. She attended the College of William & Mary School of Law, graduating in 2005. She also obtained an L.L.M. (Masters of Law) in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from the George Washington University School of Law. She graduated with this specialized degree with Highest Honors, achieving a 4.2 GPA.

Virginia is married with two sons. Virginia’s hobbies include baking, reading, and creating art.

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers Rising Star, D.C., Personal Injury Litigation, 2020

• Top 40 under 40, Selected in Maryland Criminal Defense, 2020

• Top 40 under 40, Maryland Personal Injury Litigation, 2021

• Leadership Montgomery Emerging Leaders Class of 2021

• Top 40 under 40, Maryland Criminal Defense, 2019

• Super Lawyers Rising Star, D.C. Personal Injury, 2019

• The Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association Award, 2005, through the William & Mary College of Law for the graduating student best exemplifying the attributes of an effective trial lawyer

• The Lawrence W. I’Anson Award, 2005, from the William & Mary College of Law, for a law school graduate who has shown evidence of great promise through scholarship, character, and leadership

Professional associations and memberships

• Maryland State Bar
• Virginia Bar Association
• D.C. Bar Association
• United States Federal Bar of Maryland