About Marilyn

Education:

Graduated from American University in 1981. B.S. degree Government Procurement and Grants Acquisitions.

Graduated “with distinction” and rank of “first in the class” from George Mason Law School in 1990.

Other:

  • Taught Public Speaking at American University
  • President American University Speaker’s Society and Debate Team

Ms. Solomon Practices In The Following Courts:

  • Virginia Circuit and Appeal Courts
  • West Virginia Circuit and Appeal Courts
  • Florida Circuit and Appeal Courts
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • United States District Court
  • Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Supreme Court

She is a member of the Mason’s Order of the Eastern Stars and the AAUW (American Association of University Women). She is also certified to practice in front of the United States Supreme Court. With over 35 years experience, Ms. Solomon will help you achieve your goals as fast and cost effectively as possible.

Awards & Recognition

    • Graduated George Mason Law School “First” in Class
    • Recognition for Outstanding Pro Bono Contributions to Those in Need
    • George Mason Hornbook Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement
    • American Jurisprudence Awards for Property, Remedies, Antitrust, Conflict of Law, and Communications Law
    • Founder and Director of the Kare 4 Kids Foundation

Marilyn’s Community Involvement and Organizations

Blue Ridge Legal Services Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year for 2015 and 2008

Founder and Director of the Kare 4 Kidz Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity helping underprivileged children in the Winchester/Frederick County area.

Board of Directors of Blue Ridge Legal Services 2016-2020

Volunteered at Feed Virginia Day 2018

Provides holiday assistance to Laurel Center for abused women (2015-2020)

Provides holiday assistance to the Salvation Army Shelter (2010-2020)

Salvation Army Angel Tree Program 2010-2019

Doo Dah Day fundraiser participant 2009-2011

Humane Society supporter

Organizations

Order of the Eastern Star Virginia McKinley Chapter 19 (Masons)

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Regular contributor to SPCA of Winchester, Frederick &Clarke Counties
Humane Society supporter

Charitable works sponsored and financed by Marilyn Solomon

Sponsored volunteer through United Planet in Romania to help at a shelter for orphans, elderly, and single women (summer of 2016)

Sponsored volunteer in Delhi, India teaching at a slum shelter (summer of 2015)

Sponsored medical mission trip for student doctor to El Salvador through VCOM medical school. (2016)

Sponsored Habitat for Humanity International volunteer in Portugal building home for a widowed woman in need (2015)

Sponsored volunteers through A Broader View working in an orphanage in Cusco, Peru (November 2014)

Sponsored volunteer through COSA (Children’s Organization of Southeast Asia) to work at a shelter for girls rescued or in prevention of human trafficking (summer of 2014)

Sponsored volunteer through Human Compassion Organization to work at a HIV/AIDS orphanage in Accra, Ghana (November 2013)

Sponsored volunteer to work at an orphanage in Tacloban City, Philippines through Volunteer For Visayans (August 2013)

Sponsored volunteer to teach underprivileged children at a rural school in Surin, Thailand through Starfish (February, 2013)

Sponsored volunteer to Habitat for Humanity building Mozambique for 9-person family headed by a single mother suffering from AIDS (October, 2011)

Sponsored volunteer to Habitat for Humanity build in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China to help rebuild after the May 2008 earthquake for victims still living in temporary housing (September, 2011)

Solomon Law Group participates with the following legal service groups:

ARAG

Workplace Options

CLC

Law Point

Legal Shield

Link to our Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/marilynasolomon

other links:

Eastern Star (Masons) I belong to: http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/VA/Order-Of-The-Eastern-Star-Virginia-Mckinley-Chapter-No-19.html

http://www.thekareforkidzfoundation.com/

Biography

 Marilyn was born in Miami, Florida,  the second of three daughters. Her father was an attorney, practicing law in Florida for over forty years.  She attended American University in Washington, D.C. where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Government Contracts and Grant Acquisition with a minor in Accounting in 1983 while working fulltime. She remained in the D.C. Metro area as a senior contract specialist, putting her degree to use and gaining valuable experience in the complex world of government and commercial contracts. She then enrolled in law school at the George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia.   She graduated “with distinction”, first in my class and summa cum laude in 1990.

Mother, Sister & World Traveler

First and foremost, Marilyn is a mom. She has two daughters and a stepson. Stephanie, her older daughter, recently completed medical school and is now a radiologist. She is engaged to Jack Carmichael, an aspiring and talented chef. Her younger daughter, Danielle, while finishing her degree in education at Shenandoah University, is a tireless human rights advocate who volunteers for children in some of the most impoverished countries in the world. She plans to teach elementary school and continue running the family’s non-profit organization, Kare4Kids.

Meet the Strykers. Marilyn’s stepson, Ryan, who works in banking and is a local real estate agent and wife Brittney, who is Vice President of H.R. for a Fortune 500 company. First they had two children then suddenly they had five beautiful kids! Ryan’s sister died suddenly, leaving behind three children of her own. Rather than see them enter the system, Ryan and Brittney stepped up and recently finalized their adoption of all three.  Marilyn is incredibly proud of Ryan, now himself the proud father of five.  Congratulations Stryker family!

Marilyn is also an avid photographer and scrapbooker. She is the founder of the Kare4Kidz foundation- https://thekareforkidzfoundation.com/index.html, a  small, family run 501(c)(3) charity which helps underprivileged children in our community with holiday gifts, school supplies, warm coats and boots and other necessities. Kare4Kidz believes that providing food, clothing, and toys for children will help them through a difficult time. If they aren’t hungry or cold, they will be better able to concentrate in school, and if they have toys to play with, they will laugh more at home. Marilyn believes when people are suffering through a dark time in their life, the spirit that comes from charitable assistance will lift them up to face the world, and they will pass the good deed forward when they can. Kare4Kidz applications are available to all those eligible no matter legal resident status-no proof of citizenship is required. *Las solicitudes están disponibles para todos aquellos elegibles sin importar el estado legal de residencia. No se requiere prueba de ciudadanía.* Applications can be downloaded from the website or picked up at the Solomon Law Group office.

Marilyn is also a member of the Mason’s Order of the Eastern Stars, McKinley Chapter Number 19. She also loves to travel to exciting and exotic international destinations. She cuddled with tigers in Thailand, swam with sharks in Hawaii and explored ancient ruins and castles all over Europe.

To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.

Supporting Our Community

The attorneys and staff of Solomon Law Group believe in giving back to the community.  For years, our office has actively supported Blue Ridge Legal Services, a non-profit organization providing free legal services to low-income residents in the Winchester-Frederick County Region.

Solomon Law Group is an active participant in the local community and a supporter of various charities, including the ones featured below.