LUCIA ANNA “PIA” TRIGIANI

A real estate lawyer who is passionate about education, Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani enjoys training and mentoring new attorneys, and for more than 20 years, she has taught continuing legal education courses.

She has received numerous awards throughout her career, including being named Educator of the Year seven times since 1996 by Washington’s Metropolitan Chapter of Community Associations Institute.

“I have been the beneficiary of time invested in my training by much better lawyers than I could ever hope to be,” she says. “If my legacy is that I have taught someone else what was taught to me, I have returned the gift and done some good.”

In 2007, Trigiani and David Mercer opened a boutique real estate law firm in Old Town Alexandria that now employs seven lawyers.

For 11 years, Trigiani served as the chair of the Virginia Common Interest Community Board, a governor-appointed board that licenses and certifies common interest community managers and communities throughout the state.

Since 2012, Trigiani has been a board member for the Library of Virginia Foundation, and she has served as its president since 2020. She has been on GO Virginia’s statewide board since 2016 and is a former rector of Longwood University’s board of visitors.

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