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 Knight & Stough, LLP handles litigation on all issues related to divorce, including property division, custody, child support, visitation, spousal support, tracing of separate property, paternity, and any other issues pertinent to the break-up of a family. Ms. Stough also handles consumer law matters and is experienced in domestic violence issues. Ms. Knight has considerable experience in military retirement as well as civil service retirement division.
Each is experienced in the courts of Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Fauquier, Stafford, Fredericksburg, Culpeper, and Spotsylvania.
 Barbara Murphy Stough
- B.A. in International Studies - University of South Carolina
- J.D. - George Mason University School of Law
- Staff attorney, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Fairfax Office. Focused primarily on consumer law.
- Managing Attorney, Legal Services of Northern Virginia Prince William County, August 1995 - 2001
- Practiced primarily family law; supervised the practice of Landlord/tenant and Consumer Law.
- Partner in law firm of Knight & Stough, LLP, beginning February 2001.
- Practice primarily family law, consumer law, and representation of children as guardian ad litem.
- Prior to practicing law, Ms. Stough's career was in social work, where she worked in the foster care system and did psychiatric social work.
Ms. Stough is:
- Member of the Greater Prince William Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Council
- Member Greater Prince William Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Foundation
- Member, Prince William Bar Board of Directors
- Member Pro Bono Committee
- Past President, Kiwanis Club of Manassas
- Member, Prince William County Bar Association, American Bar Association
- Member, National Association of Counsel for Children
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 Polly B. Knight
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B.A. in Political Science - University of Oklahoma
- M.A. in Psychology, emphasis on family systems theory - University of Houston, Clear Lake
- J.D. - University of Houston Law School
- Sole practitioner in Manassas, Virginia
- Partner in law firm of Knight & Stough, LLP, beginning February 2001
- Practice primarily divorce and custody
- Experience in military retirement issues
- Experience in complicated property division
- Provides representation of adults and children as guardian ad litem
- Ms. Knight completed the training required in Virginia for family mediation
- Past President, Kiwanis Club of Manassas Battlefield
- Board of Directors, Manassas City Crime Solvers
- Member, Fairfax County Bar Association, Prince William County Bar Association, American Bar Association
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 Adrienne P. Peters
- B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication - University of North Carolina
- J.D. Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary
- Former Law Clerk, 23rd Judicial Circuit, Circuit Court
- Former Law Clerk, 2nd Judicial Circuit, Circuit Cour
- Practice primarily in family law, including divorce and custody
- Associate in Knight & Stough, LLP, since 2007
- Member Prince William County Bar Association
- Member Virginia State Bar
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