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Christopher Dietrich
Sacramento, CA Family Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of California - Davis
Christopher W. Dietrich is the principal attorney of Dietrich Family Law practicing in the areas of Family Law (including Divorce, Legal Separation, Annulments, Child Custody and Domestic Violence Proceedings), Estate Planning, Probate, and Estate Administration. Prior to establishing Dietrich Family Law Mr. Dietrich directed the Sacramento operations of the Modesto based firm the Law Office of Thomas P. Hogan practicing in the same areas of law. He is an active member of the Sacramento County Bar Association where he has served on several committees. He also volunteers his time for Empower Yolo in Woodland to assist low...
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Rhoda A. Chandler, CFLS
Fairfield, CA Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Family
Creighton Univ School of Law
Rhoda Chandler is a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" and a Certified Family Law Specialist as designated by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Chandler is a native Californian, born and raised in Los Angeles, where she graduated from California State University Los Angeles. Prior to obtaining her law degree Ms. Chandler was an executive with one of California's largest Fortune 500, New York Stock Exchanged, retail grocery companies and brings that extensive business and management experience to the practice of law.
Ms. Chandler obtained her Juris Doctorate at Creighton University School of Law where she was a member...
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Kristen Goodwin Alexander
Auburn, CA Family Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
1519 Lincoln Way
Suite A
Auburn, CA 95603
Family and Divorce
University of California - Davis and University of California - Davis
Practice limited exclusively to family law, specializing in complex financial cases. Certified Family Law Specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.
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Cristin Michelle Lowe
San Ramon, CA Family Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Our practice covers all aspects of family and matrimonial law in all of the Bay Area counties, primarily focusing on Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano, and San Francisco counties. We will expertly navigate you through your family law matter, whether it involves termination of a domestic partnership, paternity, custody, visitation, domestic violence, adoption, guardianship, support, an annulment, legal separation, or post-judgment issues. Regardless which of these processes you are dealing with, we understand the strain and pressure that these matters inevitably put on clients and the necessity of providing strong representation. Therefore, we strive to make the entire process as easy...
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Jennifer McCall Granger
Nevada City, CA Family Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Family, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Divorce
University of San Francisco
Criminal Defense, DUI, Family Law, Divorce. A criminal defense lawyer for over 20 years, Ms. Granger has a winning record in the courtroom. Ms. Granger offers a case evaluation so that you and your family can make informed decisions. An experienced trial attorney, Jennifer Granger has tried jury trials to verdict throughout Northern California.
Ms. Granger also practices family law including divorce and child custody. Family law matters can be difficult and emotional to navigate on your own. Ms. Granger has the experience to navigate the unique complexities of family law hearings. Her expertise allows you to move...
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Sean M. Patrick
Roseville, CA Family Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business, Divorce and Personal Injury
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and University of California, Davis, School of Law
Sean M. Patrick is an attorney who represents clients in a broad range of legal matters including personal injury, family law matters, business litigation, employment and general litigation matters in counties through out California including Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, and Yuba. Sean has a passion for helping people. Before becoming an attorney, he worked in the medical field providing care to sick and injured patients. Now, as an attorney he continues to help others by providing the highest quality legal representation for his client's various situations. In addition to his work as an attorney, Sean...
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Frank Francis Ali
Roseville, CA Family Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce and Domestic Violence
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
If you are going through a divorce and wondering where you can even begin to look for the right attorney, come to the Law Offices of Frank F. Ali. At this firm, you can receive the help you need from a divorce lawyer in Roseville. Attorney Ali has dealt with all different kinds of divorce, including high net-worth divorce, contested divorce, and uncontested divorce. He has dealt with cases of legal separation, and if you are interested in learning more about divorce mediation, he can inform you. He has been admitted to the California State Bar and is well equipped...
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Mark Koo
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily and Estate Planning
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Mark T. Koo’s work includes Corporate Compliance and Governance, Estate Planning, Family Law, Non-Profit Formation and setting up the 501c3 Non-profit designation. Mark also helps companies file incorporation as well as other corporate legal assistance.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mark T. Koo has been involved with Silicon Valley’s technologies such as data warehousing, wireless software and hardware technologies, and internet technologies.
Mark is a graduate of McGeorge Law School and is a member of the California Bar.
Mark received his bachelors of science degree in electrical engineering and masters of science degree in materials science from University of California,...
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Richard Abdallah
Sacramento, CA Family Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Lincoln University
Richard Abdallah started the Law Office of Richard M. Abdallah after spending two years practicing law with his brother. Prior to practicing law, Richard spent 13 years working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Richard received his Jurisdoctor degree from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento and his Bachelor degree from Sacramento State University, Sacramento, where he graduated Cum Laude. Richard focuses his practice on Family Law.
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David Marc Lederman
Moraga, CA Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Family, Divorce and International
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
Mr. Lederman is a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Contra Costa County Bar Association's Family Law Section and served as Section President in 2008. He is also a past State Bar Family Law Section Legislation Chair and is the 2017 Family Law Section Chair. He frequently speaks and writes on family law issues.
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Mary Whipple
San Ramon, CA Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily
Loyola Univ School of Law
Before merging her law office with Tammy J. Mercado’s, Mary Whipple opened her own law practice in the summer of 2008. Prior to that Mary was an associate attorney at the Law Office of Cummins & Holmes, a full-service civil litigation law firm in San Ramon. The majority of her experience is in family law, which includes divorce, custody, support, prenuptial agreements, and domestic-violence restraining orders. Mary has also represented clients in a variety of non-family-law cases, including juvenile dependency, probate, breach of contract, and employment disputes, to name a few. Previously, Mary worked as a contract attorney for O’Melveny...
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Jaspreet Singh Hundal
Sacramento, CA Family Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Jaspreet Hundal is a premier Family Law Attorney and Owner at Hundal Family Law. His practice is limited to Family Law, including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, property division and domestic violence. He is known for his unique ability to settle basic to complex cases in Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Placer, and Sutter County. He is a fierce and balanced litigator focusing on helping families have a way of life.
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Derek J. King
Sacramento, CA Family Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Mr. King began his legal career with the Sacramento County Public Defender's Office as a California State Bar Certified Law Student. He has defended juveniles during Sacramento County Juvenile Court detention hearings, assisted psychiatric patients placed on Conservatorship holds, and represented in-custody and out-of-custody clients during Sacramento Superior Court misdemeanor arraignments. Mr. King twice earned academic honors for his internship work at the Sacramento County Public Defender's Office.
After graduation, Mr. King served as a Law Clerk and Deputy District Attorney in Del Norte County where he prosecuted felony and misdemeanor juvenile cases. As a prosecutor, Mr. King...
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Rachel P Holmes
Danville, CA Family Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Griffith University
Rachel is an Attorney at Doyle Quane. She practices exclusively family law and specializes in high asset cases. Being admitted as an attorney in both Australia and California, Rachel can assist with both Australian and California family law matters.
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Kiana Moradi
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Harvard Law School and Cornell University
Known for her expert representation of California’s senior executives and their spouses, Kiana protects her clients in high asset divorces and contested custody cases.
In her twenty years of legal practice, Kiana has negotiated and litigated the full spectrum of disputes that occur in financially sophisticated divorces and contested custody cases.
Kiana graduated Cornell Law School with a concentration in business law.
Prior to finding her passion in family law, she was a business litigator at Reed Smith LLP one of the nation’s 20 largest global law firms.
She has a B.A in psychology from UC Berkeley and has taken countless negotiation trainings at...
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Shelley M. Kennedy
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Shelley M. Kennedy is a family law attorney and private mediator with Lawhon Law & Mediation, P.C.
Shelley's mediation practice includes high-asset dissolution of marriage matters including division of property, preparation of complex financial models, calculations for various settlement options, as well as determination of support. In addition to Shelley’s experience in financially complex matters, her practice also includes mediation for couples with smaller estates.
Shelley serves as a Settlement Conference Master for the San Francisco Unified Family Law Courts and as a volunteer attorney for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Pro Bono Family Law Project.
Shelley has participated in over 200...
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Anne Whatley
Martinez, CA Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College
Anne M. Whatley has been practicing family law for over 20 years, and has experience in all aspects, including divorce, custody, support, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, domestic violence, and any other family law issue.
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Ms. Renee Marcelle
San Rafael, CA Family Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Divorce
Seattle University School of Law and University of Washington
30 years of practice experience in Divorce Law; 12 years of Real Property practice prior to that; Real Estate Broker 20 years. Corporate background; business valuations; division of property.
Years of trial experience, but love collaborative law and am a highly trained mediator.
Highly skilled with custody of children at once heartbreaking and often cruel. Serious trial experience with false sexual abuse allegations; true sexual abuse allegations.
Empathic, concerned, and compassionate, yet can draw boundaries because every minute I am engaged in your case; you will receive an hourly bill.
Trial lawyer Trained Child Counsel Mediator Collaborative Law Practitioner
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Kelly Lynch
Folsom, CA Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Lincoln Law School
At the Family Law Office of Kelly L. Lynch in Folsom, California, I offer a client-centered, compassionate approach to solving your Divorce and Family Law related legal problems. As a licensed California lawyer for over 20 years and a divorced mother, I understand how to be the strongest advocate for your legal needs on both a personal and professional level. My goal is to achieve the best result for you and your children. If your divorce is not amicable and you are dealing with an uncooperative spouse, my experience as a senior trial attorney for a Fortune 500 company will...
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Paul W. Thorndal
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Family, Appeals and Divorce
UC Hastings COL
Paul W. Thorndal is a partner at Wald & Thorndal. He specializes in divorces of all kinds with an emphasis on gay divorce. Mr. Thorndal is a Certified Family Law Specialist (The State Bar of California Legal Specialization).
Wald & Thorndal's practice areas include:
Divorce, Dissolution & Contested Parentage Actions for all families; Custody Disputes; Mediation; Marvin Actions. Legal services provided at both the TRIAL and APPELLATE level.
Assisted Reproduction; Adoptions of All Kinds; Family Contracts; Parenting Law including Surrogacy; Donor Contracts for Egg and/or Sperm Donations; Pre-Nupital Agreements; Co-Parenting Agreements; Domestic Partnership Agreements; Name Changes.
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Angela N Bryant
Berkeley, CA Family Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of California - Davis
My approach to each family law case is specifically tailored to the needs of each client. Some cases require aggressive litigation, while other times, settlement is the best (and cheapest) choice for all involved. As your attorney, you can expect me to give you guidance based on the law, and to be transparent with you about your options. My role is to advise you, but not to make decisions for you. I enjoy partnering with my clients to get them their desired outcome. I am also very responsive to client communication. I pride myself on keeping you...
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Deborah Lynne Dubroff
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
We practice family law exclusively because we like helping people with legal issues that affect them personally. We handle our cases collaboratively, so you always benefit from the best of our expertise, skills, and experience. We're settlement oriented but trial ready.
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Elizabeth L. Voorhees
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Santa Clara University School of Law
Elizabeth is a Family Law Attorney with experience in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and surrounding Bay Area Counties. In 1995, Elizabeth was sworn in as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children in Santa Cruz County, and a State Certified Domestic Violence Advocate. She advocated for victims of domestic violence for seven years in Santa Cruz county prior to becoming a licensed attorney.
In 2005, Elizabeth completed two specialized courses in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Strauss Institute at Pepperdine School of Law. Elizabeth also completed the training to practice Collaborative Divorce with the Collaborative Divorce Group of Silicon Valley.
Elizabeth...
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Daniel Portillo
Walnut Creek, CA Family Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Family and Divorce
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Attorney with over 30 years of experience representing clients in Divorce and Family Law matters. Certified Specialist in Family Law, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. My practice includes representation in all areas of divorce and family law, including child custody; child visitation; child support; spousal support ; division of community property (including high value assets); annulment; paternity; and drafting marital settlement agreements. I am also available to provide limited scope representation or consultation for self-represent parties. Representing clients throughout Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.
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Keith Foster Carr
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Family, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning
UCLA School of Law
Attorney Keith F. Carr has over 30 years experience in Bankruptcy and Divorce. The Law Offices of Keith F. Carr has served the Northern California community since 1988. Since the business was established, we have helped clients save their homes and businesses and get their finances back on track through bankruptcy.
The Law Offices of Keith F. Carr has helped spouses get through the emotional pain of divorce and has advised and represented them in all family law and divorce proceedings. Attorney Keith F. Carr will take the time to listen to your concerns and work diligently to champion your...
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Heather S. Mayer
Gold River, CA Family Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily, Estate Planning and Probate
Santa Clara University School of Law
Education Ms. Mayer graduated from the University of California, Davis with degrees in Political Science and Communications. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law with a Certificate in Public Interest and Social Justice. Awards and Honors During law school, Heather Mayer was recognized with the Award for Best Oral Advocate and the Pro Bono Award. Ms. Mayer is the recipient of the prestigious Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Wills & Trusts, Advanced Legal Writing, Interviewing & Counseling, and for the Advanced Practice Clinic of the Northern California Innocence Project....
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Kristine Fowler Cirby
Larkspur, CA Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
(415) 332-0222
101 Larkspur Landing Circle Suite 311
Larkspur, CA 94939
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce and Domestic Violence
U of San Francisco School of Law
Because your family is the most important part of who you are, family law issues can create tremendous stress and upset in your life. With compassion and care, Kristine Fowler Cirby will be candid in reviewing the unique aspects of your case, clearly spelling out your options, and giving you realistic advice on how best to move forward.
For more than 28 years Kris has dedicated her life to helping families find the best resolution to their legal matters. She has worked with many different kinds of families with many different types of problems. Her experience has given...
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David Alan Martin
Sacramento, CA Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
The Law Office of David A. Martin & Associates is a full service law firm specializing in family law disputes. This firm has been serving the greater Sacramento Valley and surrounding communities since 1995. Attorney David A. Martin has built a reputation on personally and successfully representing individual clients on thousands of divorce and child custody matters. Mr. Martin and his professional staff of paralegals and attorneys are here to help you with your legal needs. From the very beginning, the goal of the firm has been to provide conscientious, aggressive, and diligent legal representation to our clients on all...
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Gina Szeto-Wong
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Family, Civil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Ms. Szeto-Wong completed her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley. She obtained her law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law and has been litigating civil rights, family law, and employment cases in state and federal court since 2012.
Ms. Szeto-Wong has a successful track record including favorable verdicts and awards in the millions of dollars. She is bilingual in English and Cantonese.
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Charles Aaron Young
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer
140 Geary Street
Floor 7
San Francisco, CA 94108
Family
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Charlie has extensive litigation and trial experience, having litigated countless contested hearings and various jury trials. Although Charlie practices all areas of family law, his practice now focuses on complex and high-asset dissolutions, many of which require collaboration with business counsel, estate planning counsel, and/or criminal counsel. Charlie practices in all Bay Area Counties, including but not limited to San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, and Alameda County.
Charlie believes that no two family law cases are alike and that each case requires a clear understanding of his client’s needs and ultimate goals in order to achieve...
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Kristine Stewart
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
Kristine is an experienced litigator with extensive training in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Kristine returned to school in 2005 as a single parent following her own divorce, and her commitment to her clients is grounded in having personally experienced the stress and uncertainty that often goes hand in hand with even the most amicable of divorces.
Kristine strongly believes in the importance of reducing the level of conflict whenever possible, regardless of which process option is utilized. This is particularly true when there are children
Kristine can assist with premarital agreements, parentage actions, post-marital agreements, dissolution and legal separation, and with...
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William Kopper
Davis, CA Family Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Estate Planning
University of California, Davis
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Michael John Apicella
Petaluma, CA Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
I've always had a passion for law and justice. As such, I gave up a business career in my mid thirties to obtain a law degree. I graduated from law school in 2001. While in school, I received multiple awards and honors, including top 5% of my class in the first year, as well as a merit scholarship. I received special training in trial work, earning certificates in litigation, public interest law, and mediation. My law practice began in commercial litigation, where I had certain aptitudes and strengths due to my business background....
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Deborah H. Wald
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Family, Appeals and Divorce
Northeastern Univ School of Law
Deborah H. Wald is the founder and managing partner at The Wald Law Group. A Certified Family Law Specialist*, her work has evolved over the past 27 years from a part-time home-based family formation law practice to a multi-disciplinary full service family law firm. Ms. Wald's goal is to ensure that all individuals, families and children coming to The Wald Law Group receive the highest quality legal protections available. (*Certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.) In addition to a strong general knowledge of family law, Ms. Wald has three specific areas of...
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David K. Kim
Elk Grove, CA Family Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
A native of Northern California, Mr. Kim attended the University of California – Davis, where he received his B.A. in Communications. Following graduation he moved to the Midwest and attended the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University – Bloomington, obtaining his J.D. in 2011. He is a member of California State Bar and has practiced law in California for the last 7 years.
Mr. Kim speaks Korean fluently and his primary area of practice is Family Law. Having worked at My Sister’s House, one of Sacramento’s Domestic Violence Prevention Non-profit Organizations prior to entering private practice, he has a wide...
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Kara S. Holtz
San Rafael, CA Family Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Derek Deake Lim
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Family, Business, Estate Planning and Immigration
New College of California
Experienced, dedicated and affordable immigration attorney servings the Immigration community for near 20 years. Record of winning case on asylum, VAWA claim, naturalization with criminal background, waivers, and complex family based immigrant visa petitions.
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Daniel Alan Near
Folsom, CA Family Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business, Criminal Defense and Divorce
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Dana Louise Curtis
Sausalito, CA Family Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Family, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Santa Clara University School of Law
For 22 years, I have devoted my career as a lawyer to helping parties resolve their conflicts efficiently, effectively and respectfully. I believe the quality of a mediated resolution, and of the mediation process, to be as important to the parties as the fact of resolution.
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Jacob Harker
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Jacob Harker is a San Francisco Bay Area attorney. Mr. Harker has set up and run his law practice in a cost-effective and practical manner. He has done so in an effort to pass on the savings to his clients. As an attorney, Mr. Harker sees his practice as taking the lead in a new era of legal services.