209 N. Commerce Street
P.O. Box 1221
Culpeper, VA 22701
Voice (540) 825-2363
Fax (540) 825-2379
frontdesk@cherninesq.com
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Monica J. Chernin is a New Yorker by birth and a Virginian by choice. In
1974 she graduated Cum Laude from Ithaca College (Ithaca NY) with a Bachelor
of Arts in Literature and Composition, and a teaching certification. She received
a Master of Science degree from Cornell University (Ithaca NY) in 1977. After
a career as an English teacher in NY and Nelson County, VA., and a brief foray
into retail business, she took time off from work to start a family. When the
youngest of her three children was 13 months old, she entered law school in
Lexington, VA, at Washington and Lee University, and received her JD degree
in 1988.
Ms. Chernin was a staff member of Rappahannock Legal Services before founding The Law Offices of Monica J. Chernin in 1991. The practice, from its inception, has been dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive legal counsel focusing on family related matters.
Ms. Chernin has been active in the Culpeper community, serving as a past
or present member of the following boards since 1989: SAFE, Culpeper County
Criminal Justice Board, Culpeper Literacy Council, and Rappahannock Legal
Services. In addition, she has served on the Germanna Community College Advisory
Board
for Paralegal Studies, the interview committee for hiring the Culpeper Middle
School Principal, and the Parent Advisory Committee for the Gifted and Talented
elementary school program. Together with her children, she actively
participated in bringing a skateboard park to Culpeper.
A member of the Virginia State Bar since 1988, Ms. Chernin is also a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association, The American Trial Lawyer’s Association, The American Bar Association, the Virginia Bar Association, the Virginia Women’s Bar Association, The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and the Culpeper Bar Association. Ms. Chernin is a past president of the Culpeper Bar Association.
Ms. Chernin practices in all Virginia State and Appellate Courts, and serves
as a Commissioner in Chancery in Culpeper Country. She is certified as a
Guardian ad litem by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Ms. Chernin has been an
adjunct
professor at Germanna Community College and developed and taught a street
law program for at risk juvenile offenders.
Ms. Chernin focuses her practice on all aspects of family and juvenile law. She is the managing attorney for the practice.
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