Overview
Lynn Hawkins is a shareholder of Bean, Kinney & Korman, exclusively practicing family law. Her practice encompasses the full range of family law issues including divorce, property division, child custody and visitation, spousal and child support, spousal support payments, prenuptial agreements, and postnuptial agreements. Lynn provides compassionate but honest and solution-oriented legal advice and approaches to each matter. She understands the emotional and financial costs of prolonged negotiations and litigation and strives to provide each client with a path to resolution.
Lynn is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court as a family law mediator. Mediation is a process in which the two parties in a family law matter meet with a neutral third party, the mediator, to work to a mutually agreeable solution.
Prior to her focus as a family law attorney and divorce attorney, Lynn practiced complex commercial litigation, representing financial institutions in a range of matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States.
Lynn earned her B.A., with distinction, from Cornell University and her J.D., with honors, from George Washington University Law School. She is admitted to practice law in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Beyond the Suit
Lynn lives with her husband and three children in Annandale, Virginia.
Bar and Court Admissions
Virginia, 2004
District of Columbia, 2005
Maryland, 2010
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Education
George Washington University Law School, J.D. with honors, 2004
- Thurgood Marshall Scholar
- Member, The George Washington Public Contract Law Journal
- Moot Court Board and Alternative Dispute Resolution Board
Cornell University, B.A. with distinction, 2000
Awards and Honors
Virginia Business, Legal Elite in Family Law/Domestic Relations, 2019-2020, 2022-2023
Washingtonian, Top Divorce and Family Law Lawyer, 2019-2023
Arlington Magazine, Top Attorney – Family Law, 2019, 2021-2023
Best Lawyers in America in Family Law, 2019-2025 and Family Law Mediation, 2022-2025
Top 50 Women Virginia, Super Lawyers, 2020 – 2022
Virginia Super Lawyers in Family Law, 2017-2024
Washington DC Super Lawyers in Family Law, 2019-20234
Affiliations
Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia
Fairfax Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
Montgomery County Bar Association
Maryland Bar Association
D.C. Bar
Family Court Self-Help Center of D.C. Superior Court (Volunteer)
D.C. Superior Court Attorney Negotiator Program (Volunteer)
Events
- Done with Divorce Seminar
Online, Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Second Saturday Divorce Workshop
Online, Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - Second Saturday – Fairfax: Free Seminar on Divorce
Fair Oaks Courtyard Marriott in Fairfax, Virginia, Saturday, April 13, 2013
News
- Eighteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2025 Best Lawyers in America and Five Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 15, 2024 - Four Bean, Kinney & Korman Attorneys Named in the Washingtonian’s 2023 Top Divorce Lawyers List
Monday December 4, 2023 - Twenty-two Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as Top Attorneys for 2023 by Arlington Magazine
Tuesday October 17, 2023 - Eighteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2024 Best Lawyers in America and Six Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 17, 2023 - 2023 Super Lawyers
Friday April 28, 2023 - Six Bean, Kinney & Korman Attorneys Named in the Washingtonian’s 2022 Top Lawyers List
Monday November 28, 2022 - Twenty-one Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as Top Attorneys for 2022 by Arlington Magazine
Thursday October 13, 2022 - Sixteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2023 Best Lawyers in America and Six Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 18, 2022 - 2022 Super Lawyers
Thursday May 5, 2022 - Twenty-eight Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as Top Attorneys for 2021 by Arlington Magazine
Thursday October 21, 2021 - Fifteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2022 Best Lawyers in America and Five Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 19, 2021 - 2021 Super Lawyers
Thursday May 6, 2021 - Thirteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2021 Best Lawyers in America and Three Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Thursday August 20, 2020 - 2020 Super Lawyers
Thursday May 7, 2020 - Twenty-six Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as Top Attorneys by Arlington Magazine
Friday October 18, 2019 - Eleven Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2020 Best Lawyers in America
Thursday August 15, 2019 - 2019 Super Lawyers
Thursday April 18, 2019 - Ten Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2019 Best Lawyers in America
Wednesday August 15, 2018 - Bean, Kinney & Korman Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers, Top 10 and Rising Stars
Monday April 30, 2018 - Fourteen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as 2017 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Thursday April 13, 2017 - Lynn Hawkins Named Shareholder of Bean, Kinney & Korman
Monday February 2, 2015 - Lynn Hawkins Joins the Firm as a Family Law Attorney
Monday January 28, 2013
Publications
- Resist/Refuse In Custody Cases: Thought Leaders Weigh In
Virginia Lawyer, official publication of the Virginia State Bar, July 25, 2023 - Moving Out of the Marital Home – Should You Stay or Go?
August 3, 2022 - Do You Have a Pre-Nuptial Agreement that Has a Provision for Alimony?
March 2, 2018 - Children and Taxes: De-Mystifying Five Key Tax Issues Impacting Divorcing Parents
Virginia Family Law Quarterly, April 12, 2016