get xelement attribute value

var xml = @"<User ID=""11"" 
                  Name=""Juan Diaz"" 
                  LoginName=""DN1\jdiaz"" 
                  xmlns=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/"" />";

var user = XElement.Parse(xml);
var login = user.Attribute("LoginName").Value; // "DN1\jdiaz"