Jonathan P. McHugh

Jonathan McHugh is a lead senior associate attorney at Livesay & Myers, P.C., practicing exclusively family law. He is experienced in handling every type of family law matter in Virginia, including custody, support, separation and high asset divorce cases. Mr. McHugh works in the firm’s Manassas office and represents clients throughout Manassas and Prince William County. As one of the leading military divorce lawyers in the firm, Mr. McHugh is intimately familiar with issues of military retirement, disability pay, and survivor benefits. He is also experienced in the division of federal retirement benefits, including the FERS Basic Benefit Plan and TSP, and is the author of Federal Retirement Division in Virginia Divorce. Mr. McHugh was born in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Northern Virginia in 2005 after graduating cum laude from Wake Forest University a year earlier. He then worked for three and a half years as a consultant in the Washington, D.C. area. In that capacity Mr. McHugh served exclusively clients in the federal government, including the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army. Mr. McHugh moved on from his consulting work to attend The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Upon graduating from law school in 2011, he entered private practice as a family law attorney at a law firm in Vienna, Virginia. He then joined Livesay & Myers, P.C. as an associate in 2014. Mr. McHugh was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2024–2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in Family Law, after previously being included in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. He was named a Super Lawyer in 2024–2026, after being named a Super Lawyers Rising Star each year from 2017–2022. Mr. McHugh currently holds a perfect 10.0 rating from both Avvo and Justia. Mr. McHugh resides with his wife and two daughters in Northern Virginia.