Virginie Eskenazi
Legal and Real Estate Editor
Virginie Eskenazi is a licensed attorney and New York State real estate broker who serves as a legal and real estate editor for National Today. Trained at UC Berkeley School of Law, the Sorbonne, and Aix‑Marseille, and admitted to the bars of New York and Washington State, she focuses on making law, property, and policy topics clear and practical for everyday readers. She divides her time between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and Miami, and is an avid open‑water swimmer and trail runner.
About Virginie Eskenazi
Virginie Eskenazi serves as a legal and real estate editor at National Today with a background that combines cross‑border legal practice, real‑estate licensing, and civic engagement. Her work centers on explaining how contracts, regulations, courts, and housing rules affect people’s lives, whether they are renting an apartment, buying a home, or trying to make sense of a high‑profile legal dispute.
Eskenazi earned her law degree at Aix‑Marseille University and went on to complete specialized study in international and business law at the University of Helsinki. She holds a Master’s in Business Law from Université Paul Cézanne (Aix‑Marseille III) and a Master’s in English and American Business Law from Université Panthéon‑Sorbonne, graduating with honors in both. After moving to the U.S., she obtained an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she focused on comparative business and commercial law.
Her practice experience includes roles at U.S. and international firms and litigation boutiques. She has worked as a legal fellow at Hendler Lyons Flores in Texas and as a law clerk at Hanson Bridgett in San Francisco, following earlier internships with Reed Smith in London and Lambalais & Associés in France. Eskenazi is admitted to practice law in New York and Washington State and is also a licensed New York real‑estate broker, giving her direct, practical experience with transactions, disclosures, and negotiations in complex property markets.
Outside of her legal and real‑estate work, Eskenazi serves on the founding team for WE San Francisco, a volunteer group that organizes and elevates community voices on downtown revitalization, housing, homelessness, and small‑business policy. She is also a dedicated open‑water swimmer and trail runner, frequently training and racing in the San Francisco Bay, around Lake Tahoe, and in South Florida, which informs her interest in outdoor and endurance‑sports stories.