Elizabeth L. Gray
PrincipalElizabeth Gray is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) through the National Elder Law Foundation, with nearly three decades of legal experience and more than twenty years focused on elder law, special needs planning, and estate administration. She provides thoughtful, personalized guidance in estate planning, elder law, special needs trusts, guardianships, and related mattersโdeveloping tailored solutions to meet each clientโs unique needs.
Elizabeth is a member of the Special Needs Alliance, an invitation-only national organization of leading attorneys in the field. She is a past president and โOutstanding Memberโ award recipient of the Virginia Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a member of NAELAโs Council of Advanced Practitioners, and has served as co-chair of multiple sections of the Fairfax Bar Association. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Arc of Northern Virginia.
Recognized among the regionโs top elder law attorneys, Elizabeth has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2012 and named a Super Lawyer in Elder Law for Virginia and Washington, D.C. every year since 2009. She holds an AVยฎ Preeminentโข rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a โSuperbโ rating on AVVO, and was honored as part of the Influential Women of Virginia class of 2012 and as a โLeader in the Lawโ by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2020.
A member of the Virginia State Bar since 1996, Elizabeth earned her legal education through Virginiaโs Law Reader Program, apprenticing under a practicing attorney instead of attending a traditional law schoolโa path that reflects her practical, down-to-earth approach to law and life. Outside the office, she enjoys reading, jogging, and spending time with her husband, son, and their Weimaraner, Casper.
- Class of 2020 โLeaders in the Lawโ
- AVยฎ Preeminentโข ranking by Martindale-Hubbell
- โSuperbโ rating on AVVO
- Listed in Best Lawyers of America each year since 2012, an honor given to only 5% of attorneys
- Named Elder Law โLawyer of the Yearโ for 2018 by Best Lawyersยฎ
- Named to the Influential Women of Virginia class of 2012
- SuperLawyer in Elder Law for Virginia and Washington, D.C. each year since 2009
- Named in Washingtonian Magazine among the top elder law attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area since 2009
- Listed in Northern Virginia Magazine among the top elder law attorneys in the Northern Virginia area since 2011
- In 2015 Elizabeth was recognized by her legal peers as โLawyer of the Yearโ in Elder Law for Metropolitan DC in U.S. News and World Reportโs โBest Lawyers โ 2015โ guide
- Recipient of the โLegal Assistance Distinguished Service Awardโ from the American Bar Association for helping victims of the September 11 attacks
- Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF)
- Member of the Special Needs Alliance
- Board Member of The Arc of Northern Virginia
- Former Board Member of Brain Injury Services
- Current member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Member of NAELAโs invitation-only Council of Advanced Practitioners
- Past-President and the 2011 recipient of the โOutstanding Memberโ award of the Virginia chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
- Former co-chair of three different sections of the Fairfax County Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Elizabeth Gray was interviewed by Steve Mohyla for his โMohylava Chat,โ for which she discussed estate planning and other facets of her practice. Listen toย part 1ย andย part 2ย of the podcast. (October 2018)
- โEstate Planning for the Disabledโ at Trusts 101 seminar (September 26, 2018).
- Elizabeth Gray was interviewed for theย Washingtonianย article โThe Earlier You Do Your Financial Planning, The Greater Your Chances of A Worry-Free Retirementโ (April 2018)
- Caregiver Bootcampย (April 2018)
- Nuts & Bolts of Income Tax for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families (The Arc, March 2017)
- America is RAPIDLY Agingย (March 2017)
- Do Not Hospitalize Orders (December 2013)
Education
- Rather than going to a typical law school, Liz is a Virginia โlaw reader.โ Under the law reader program, the student apprentices with an attorney under the guidelines issued by the Virginia Supreme Court and at the end of the program the student is eligible to take the Virginia Bar Examination.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- Virginia
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