Amanda Stone Swart

Amanda Stone Swart is a lead senior associate attorney at Livesay & Myers, P.C., practicing exclusively family law. She is experienced in handling every type of family law matter in Virginia, including separation, divorce, custody and support cases. Ms. Stone Swart works in the firm’s Ashburn office and represents clients across Loudoun County. Ms. Stone Swart is originally from Boone, Iowa. She graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 2004, with Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Political Science and Journalism. Upon graduation, she worked in politics in Iowa prior to relocating to the Washington, D.C. area. She then worked as a legal assistant or law clerk for several firms in downtown D.C. and Northern Virginia, before enrolling full time at George Mason University School of Law. After graduating from law school in 2009, Ms. Stone Swart practiced family law as an associate attorney at a law firm in Northern Virginia from 2010 until June 2015 before joining Livesay & Myers, P.C. One of the firm’s most skilled trial attorneys, in 2010 Ms. Stone Swart received the prestigious Trial Advocate of the Year award from the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Stone Swart was one of only 29 attorneys recognized as Leaders of the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2025. She has also been named a Super Lawyer in 2023–2026, after being named a Super Lawyers Rising Star each year from 2019–2021. She was included in the 2021 and 2023 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in Family Law. Ms. Stone Swart currently holds a perfect 10.0 rating from both Avvo and Justia. Ms. Stone Swart resides in Ashburn, Virginia with her husband and three active daughters. When she is not in court, she can be found driving around Loudoun County touring softball facilities and dance studios.