Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson
Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson
- (703) 717-5000
- kdickerson@ruttenberg.law
BIOGRAPHY
Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson
is a principal at Ruttenberg Dickerson in Tysons, Virginia. In her over 25 years as a trial attorney, Ms. Dickerson has tried hundreds of cases in state and Federal courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia. She has also represented her clients in mediation and arbitration hearings and before various administrative agencies.
Ms. Dickerson is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and has taught a number of Continuing Legal Education classes and spoken at various conferences over the course of her career. Additionally, she presently serves as a Commissioner on the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (JIRC).
Ms. Dickerson, throughout her career, has served not only her clients but also her community in various capacities.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Family law
- Divorce
- Child custody
- Premarital and post-marital agreements
- Civil litigation
- Probate, Estate and Trust litigation
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the Bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia
- Appointed to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (JIRC) by former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (2021 – Present)
- Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals – Fourth Circuit; and the U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Virginia
- Virginia Law Foundation
- Fellow (2019 – Present)
- Inaugural Steering Committee for the Civil Rights Institute (2019 – 2022)
- Member of the Diversity and Equality Initiative Task Force at Antonin Scalia School of Law/George Mason University (2019 – 2020)
- Virginia State Bar
- Bar Council Member (2021 – Present)
- Diversity Conference, Board of Governors (2021 – Present)
- Better Annual Meeting Committee (2015 – 2019)
- Special Committee on Lawyer Malpractice Insurance
- Faculty member of the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course
- Virginia Women Attorneys Association
- Board Member (2008 – 2018)
- President (2014 – 2015)
- Northern Virginia Chapter President (2010 – 2011)
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- General Counsel (2017 – Present)
- Board of Directors (2008 – Present)
- President (2003 – 2007)
- George Mason University School of Law Alumni Association
- Board of Directors (2007 – 2014)
- President (2010 – 2012)
- Fairfax Bar Association
- Member (1999 – Present)
- Conciliator/Circuit Court (2002 – Present)
- Revenue Development Committee Co-Chair (2004 – 2005)
- Young Lawyers Section, President (2003 – 2004)
- Circuit Court Committee, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court Committee, and Technology Committee
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Consistently named a Best Lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America © since 2018
- Named on the Top 50 Virginia Women Super Lawyers list since 2014
- Named on the Top 100 Virginia Super Lawyers list since 2014
- Northern Virginia Magazine recently named Dickerson as a Top Lawyer for 2021 along with recognitions in 2020, 2016, 2015, 2013 and 2011
- Virginia Business recently named Dickerson a “Legal Elite” for 2021 with additional recognitions in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2014.
- Received a SmartCEO Magazine Power Player award in 2013 and 2014
- Received the Distinguished Alumni Award for the School of Law, George Mason University in 2015
- Recognized as a “Leader in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2007
- Awarded the President’s Award by the Fairfax Bar Association for 2004-2005 and 2007-2008
- .... As well as a number of other awards and recognitions over her career.