Joseph M. Kirchgessner
Joseph M | Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao PLLC - Attorneys at Law | North and Central Virginia

Joseph M. Kirchgessner

Managing Partner
AREAS OF PRACTICE
  • Family Law
  • Employment Law
  • Estate Planning
EDUCATION
  • Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, J.D. with concentration in Labor and Employment Studies 2014 
  • Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, B.A. History 2009
ADMISSIONS
  • Virginia 
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia 
LEADERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP & HONORS
  • Virginia State Bar, Member 
  • Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Member 
  • Fredericksburg Area Bar Association, Member 
  • Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, Member
  • Board Member of the Ron Rosner YMCA in Spotsylvania, Virginia
Joseph M. Kirchgessner, a Fredericksburg area native, joined the team at Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao PLLC in the Spring of 2015.  

After graduating from Courtland High School in 2005, Mr. Kirchgessner went on to attend Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. He graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. Following a sixth summer of coaching a local swim team, he then worked for a small law firm in Fredericksburg, VA that focused on workers’ compensation cases for about two years before attending law school.

Mr. Kirchgessner attended St. Louis University School of Law and graduated in the Spring of 2014 with a concentration in Labor and Employment Studies.  

His legal studies concluded with a full-time, semester-long externship in Washington, D.C. working at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). While there, Mr. Kirchgessner filled many roles, but mostly wrote appellate decisions for the Office of Federal Operations, a section of the EEOC that exclusively handles claims of employment discrimination in the federal sector.

Upon passing the Virginia bar, Mr. Kirchgessner immediately began working at a boutique employment law firm in Washington, D.C. that advised and represented federal and District of Columbia employees throughout the EEO process and other employment matters.

After about eight months in D.C., Mr. Kirchgessner returned to his roots in Fredericksburg, VA to join the Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao team as an advocate for his clients in a variety of matters. His practice areas cover, among other things, Domestic Relations, Estate Planning, Business/Employment, and Criminal matters. 

Mr. Kirchgessner is an experienced litigator and has participated in hundreds of trials throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, including successful jury trials for both criminal and estate planning matters.

In his spare time, Mr. Kirchgessner is an avid swimmer, cyclist, and traveler. He volunteers as a board member of the Ron Rosner YMCA in Spotsylvania County and is active in the Fredericksburg Area Bar Association, holding various titles within both organizations.
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