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Connie D. Phelps, Partner at Berenzweig Leonard, advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, corporate restructurings and strategic alliances. She also advises Boards in connection with transactions, corporate governance and related matters.

Connie brings a business-minded perspective to the corporate practice, after founding a successful consulting business providing IT services to federal government agencies and large and mid-sized commercial clients in the southeastern United States. This powerful combination–a seasoned attorney with hands-on business experience and technical knowledge as a software developer–allows her to provide valuable insight and advice to clients, including those in the technology space.

Prior to joining Berenzweig Leonard, Connie practiced at the prestigious law firm WilmerHale in its corporate practice in Washington, DC. She advised domestic and international clients on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and public and private financing, and she counseled clients on federal securities laws and corporate governance matters. Her clients included public and private companies in a variety of industries, including technology and financial services. She also was recognized for her significant pro bono service.

Connie earned her law degree magna cum laude from Duke Law School, where she served as Editor in Chief of the Law and Contemporary Problems journal, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She clerked for The Honorable James B. Loken on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

SELECTED TRANSACTIONS

Represented online service provider in $1 billion equity issuance to multinational technology company.
Represented international educational testing service company in transaction involving $102 million sale of certain of client’s subsidiaries, and global licensing and distribution of client’s testing software and services.
Represented software company in issuance of preferred stock, sale of $60 million in common and preferred stock, and related tender offer to redeem stock and stock options.
Represented national security and information technology company in $50 million sale of business.
Represented international asset management company in reorganization and equity issuance.
Represented financial services firm in private offering of $15 million of preferred stock.
Represented nationally chartered bank in purchase of assets related to private label credit card securitization facility of international retail company.

RECOGNITION AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • Influential Women of Law, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2026
  • Top Attorney, Arlington Magazine, 2025
  • Go-To Lawyer for Business Transactions, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2024

PRO BONO EXPERIENCE/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Girl Scouts of the USA

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • “Piracy in Russia and China: A Different U.S. Reaction.” Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 63, No. 4, 2000

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Association for Corporate Growth, National Capital Chapter – Women’s Committee
  • Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
  • American Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • North Carolina Bar