Christopher M. Locey

Chris Locey practices in the District of Columbia and Virginia. Combining an analytic and sensitive approach to client issues, as a litigator and negotiator, Mr. Locey's practice includes experience in the interface between Shari'a and Islamic law and the courts and laws of the local jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Kuder, Smollar and Friedman, Mr. Locey spent three years a judicial law clerk in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia: first to the Honorable Susan R. Holmes Winfield, and then for the Honorable Jerry S. Byrd.

At the conclusion of his clerkships, Mr. Locey entered private practice, where he now works on cases in the District of Columbia and Virginia involving divorce, alimony, child custody, child support, paternity, and all other issues related to family law. Mr. Locey has experience with cases that have been complicated by domestic violence, parental kidnapping, and foreign parties and jurisdictions, including those governed under Shari'a law. Mr. Locey represents clients in litigation, but also in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He not only represents his clients in such negotiations, but is also experienced as a mediator