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Ali R Yousefi
San Mateo, CA Family Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Family, Employment and Personal Injury
John F. Kennedy University
Law Offices of Ali Yousefi was established with the vision to provide outstanding and effective service to litigants in the family law, employment law, and personal injury realms. What clients need the most during litigation are passion, professionalism and expediency. These values are the pillars of our office. At the Law Offices of Ali Yousefi, P.C., we care for peoples rights and our utmost duty is to find legal solutions that will remedy challenges you are facing with the law.
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Yenny Teng-Lee
San Mateo, CA Family Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Domestic Violence
We are built on meaningful connection with local communities and helping people. We focus on core legal services and extensive use of technology to cut down on legal costs. We believe in a compassionate approach that adds significant values to clients. We believe in strong and competent advocacy for clients.
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Mark Koo
San Mateo, 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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Amy Anne Laughlin
San Mateo, CA Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business and Divorce
Univ of Michigan Law Sch
Amy Laughlin has been achieving exceptional results for clients since 1992. After graduating with honors from The University of Michigan Law School, Amy joined the San Francisco office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP. While there, she counseled individuals and corporations in a wide range of complex financial matters. In 2013, Amy opened her own practice where she focuses primarily on divorce, business and entertainment law.
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Robert John Bruening
San Mateo, CA Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Family
Creighton Univ School of Law
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William Henry Holsinger
San Mateo, CA Family Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Family, Business, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
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Mu-En Chen Steeg
San Mateo, CA Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Family and Divorce
UC Hastings COL
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Paul Davis
San Mateo, CA Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Municipal
San Francisco Law Sch
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Lisa Veizades
San Mateo, CA Family Law Lawyer
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H. Yvonne Seeley
San Mateo, CA Family Law Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
San Francisco Law Sch
Ms. Seeley is a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Seeley’s practice focuses on dissolution cases involving high asset and complex financial issues such as the division of interests in closely-held businesses, real estate, and equity compensation, including stock options and RSU’s. Ms. Seeley also has extensive experience with high-conflict custody matters and relocation/ move-away cases. Ms. Seeley brings over 40 years of civil litigation experience to the firm and represents clients through all phases of family law litigation before private judges and in public...
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Elaine Ryzak Fraser
Burlingame, CA Family Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
U of San Francisco School of Law
With more than 25 years experience in family and personal injury law, I bring a seasoned expertise to both the conference room and the courtroom. As an experienced trial lawyer in all phases of litigation, I can successfully navigate diverse disputes across a range of legal areas. My expertise as a collaborative practitioner means that I am equally effective in mediating or negotiating a resolution that, when appropriate, does not involve litigation. I also assist clients as a mediator or a mediation-consulting attorney. I understand that every individual circumstance – every dispute – is unique...
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Kiana Moradi
San Mateo, 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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Michael Edwin Marquez
Burlingame, CA Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
I was born and raised in San Francisco and have been a San Mateo County resident for the past 34 years. I have been practicing law for over 20 years and understand the difficult time one goes through in a break up. No one can do better than I in achieving your goals and wishes.
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Lisa Robertson Murray
Burlingame, CA Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Family and Divorce
U of San Francisco School of Law
Lisa R. Murray has practiced law since 1987, and family law since 1989, assisting families through the difficult divorce process. Ms. Murray assists her clients in reaching amicable and equitable settlement by offering services as a mediator, Collaborative Practice lawyer, consulting attorney for clients in mediation, and negotiating settlements. Ms. Murray has served her community as a court-appointed child advocate representing children in divorce cases, and Judge Pro Tempore. Ms. Murray's focus on consensual dispute resolution, such as mediation and Collaborative Practice was borne from her experience of the destructive manner in which litigation separates parents' and...
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Kimberly A. Madigan
Redwood City, CA Family Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Univ of Alberta
Kimberly Madigan is a founding partner of Madigan & Lewis, LLP, family law firm representing clients throughout the Bay Area. She is admitted to practice law before all courts in the State of California. Ms. Madigan was named a "Rising Star" in family law by Super Lawyers on the basis of peer recognition and professional achievement for years 2012-2014. In 2014, Ms. Madigan was named as one of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys Under 40 in Northern California by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA). She is serving as the 2015 chair of...
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David Magnuson
Burlingame, CA Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
My family law practice is entirely limited to mediation and coaching. After witnessing the financial destruction and emotional distress that accompanies a litigated divorce, I decided to devote my career to helping couples separate constructively, peacefully and with dignity. Not only does a mediated divorce typically cost tens of thousands less than a drawn-out courtroom battle, but it also maximizes the likelihood that the parties will enjoy a civil relationship after the legal work is done. This is critically important when children are involved. I handle the entire divorce process for my clients, from our initial meeting to drafting...
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Nancy Ann Lara-Moscardini
Burlingame, CA Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
San Francisco Law Sch
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Dawn Michelle Ward
Redwood City, CA Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
(650) 473-0227
303 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600
Redwood City, CA 94065
Family, Divorce and Social Security Disability
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Craig Harris Collins
Burlingame, CA Family Law Attorney with 54 years of experience
Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Tracy Perez Jonson
San Carlos, CA Family Law Attorney
Family, Business and Divorce
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Clifford Ross Chernick
Menlo Park, CA Family Law Lawyer with 52 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Estate Planning
UC Hastings COL
The Best Lawyers in America 2003-present; Best Lawyers 2017 Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” for San Jose metropolitan area; National Academy of Family Law Attorneys “2016 Nationally Top 10 Attorney Award” for State of California; Best Law Firms – U.S. News and World Report 2014-present; Northern California Super Lawyers 2003-present; Daily News, Readers’ Choice Award “Best Lawyers Office” 2016; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Strathmore’s Who’s Who; National Registry of Who’s Who (life member); Author “Family Law ADR and Other Techniques” (Aspatore, “Inside the Minds – California Family Law Strategies,” 2009); Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Menlo College, 1995-2009,...
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Valerie Lynn Patten
Redwood City, CA Family Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Juvenile
Georgetown University Law Center
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Richard Bragg Golden
Menlo Park, CA Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Ali Shahrestani,
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Education
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
With a progressive law practice since 2007, Mr. Ali Shahrestani is a bi-coastal litigation attorney representing international and domestic clients in state and federal legal matters in CA, NY, and MA. He has been featured in print and TV news for his legal expertise, is a recipient of multiple awards and a graduate of top rated universities with honors, and has donated much effort and time to public education, legal journalism, and social justice activism.
1) Education Law - K-12, College, Graduate, Students, Teachers, Schools
2) Divorce & Child Custody - High Conflict, LGBTQ, Father's Rights
3) Business, Contracts, & Real Estate Law...
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Lorna M. Jaynes
Palo Alto, CA Family Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights and Divorce
Santa Clara University School of Law
Because divorce is a problem to be solved, not a battle to be won, I focus on alternatives to the court system, through Collaborative Law and Mediation. I believe that most families and children are best served by being supported to work together in resolving their family matters. The fundamental goal in both Collaborative Divorce and Mediation is client empowerment.
With either mediation or the Collaborative process you will have control of the decisions that are made and will be firmly supported, legally and emotionally, in achieving a successful dissolution of your relationship. This not only allows but also encourages you...
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Debra Schoenberg
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of New Hampshire School of Law
DEBRA R. SCHOENBERG, ESQ., HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER.
More than thirty years ago, she established her own firm, which has vast experience and expertise in the highly sensitive and complex practice of family law. Ms. Schoenberg has established a professional reputation for thoroughness, strategic thinking, keen attention to detail, loyalty, and dedication to client service.
Today Ms. Schoenberg handles cases that range from complex financial issues and extensive marital estates, to high-conflict custody matters. Adept at negotiating resolutions as well as aggressively pursuing litigated outcomes, she also handles straightforward family law cases, pre- and post-marital agreements, and marital settlements. Ms....
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Robert Chang
San Leandro, CA Family Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Family, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Traffic Tickets
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
In the past I have worked for the largest bankruptcy firm in the country and have handled hundreds of insolvency cases. Are you contemplating separating from your spouse? Have you been served with divorce papers already? I started my family law practice with the premise that I would always attempt to facilitate a collaborative divorce. Experience has allowed me to witness firsthand the potential of inadvertently creating acrimony between spouses (instead of reducing it) when the court system is used haphazardly. The courts should be a place of last resort - who wants a Judge who barely knows you to...
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Dorit Goikhman
Palo Alto, CA Family Law Attorney
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Brooklyn Law School
Dorit L. Goikhman is a licensed attorney, with years of experience representing clients in business, real estate, and family matters. Dorit graduated Brooklyn Law School in 2012, with a certificate in business law. During law school, she served as a debate coach for underserved NY youth, and won the CALI award for future excellence in accounting.
After witnessing numerous clients spend fortunes and waste years of their lives in litigation, Dorit became interested in mediation and all that it has to offer.
Dorit is committed in helping parties work together to obtain a mutually acceptable solution to their disputes at a...
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Ariel Sosna
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Divorce
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Ariel Sosna is a founding partner of Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP. She is certified as a specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Sosna has been exclusively practicing family law in California (San Francisco Bay Area) since 2007.
Ms. Sosna received her J.D., with a concentration in Family Law, from U.C. Hastings School of the Law and her B.A. in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley.
Before starting her own practice, Ms. Sosna was an associate at a well-known San Francisco law firm. She was co-chairperson of the Family Law Section of the San Francisco...
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Valerie Fenchel
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Family and Divorce
University of California, Davis, School of Law and University of California - Santa Barbara
Valerie Fenchel is the CEO and founder of Fenchel Family Law. Her legal services empower men and women to navigate marriage and divorce toward more vibrant futures. She advises clients, devises strategies, and works with therapists, actuaries, and forensic accountants to settle or litigate cases. As a witness to the damage caused by divorce over the course of her career as a family law attorney and educator, Valerie has gained extensive experience in helping families in crisis.
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Valerie is actively involved in the legal community. She is the lead attorney of Shalom Bayit’s Pro Bono Legal Panel, Secretary of...
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Stacey Poole
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
I am an accomplished Divorce, Family, and Arbitration & Mediation attorney. I compassionately represent clients throughout the Bay Area with a broad range of family law matters.
As a Certified Family Law Specialist, I provide the experience, knowledge and skill needed to advocate for the best possible outcomes. I am dedicated to exceptional counsel to meet your family's legal needs and goals.
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Robin D. Gross
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Family, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Nancy Martinez
Palo Alto, CA Family Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of San Francisco School of Law
Nancy M. Martinez is a California native. She grew up in Los Angeles and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend college. Nancy is a native Spanish speaker. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, traveling, cooking, and spending time with her family.
Ms. Martinez attended the University of California-Berkeley where she earned a bachelor’s degree in U.S. History. After Cal, Ms. Martinez worked as a paralegal for several years in the areas of business litigation, antitrust, class-actions, and intellectual property.
Ms. Martinez attended the University of San Francisco, School of Law where she earned a Certificate of Concentration...
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Mahal Rufina Montoya Billingsley
San Leandro, CA Family Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of Iowa
Mahal is a family law attorney based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her practice in 2014, having spent the previous fourteen years as a law clerk, educator, and paralegal specialist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Her law practice integrates her passion for civil rights and her love for community.
Mahal was born in Vallejo, and after a series of family tragedies enrolled herself in the tenth grade at Oakland Technical High School. She was legally emancipated as a minor the following spring. These childhood experiences inspired her to become an attorney and...
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Charles Aaron Young
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer
150 Post Street
Suite 710
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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Esther R. Lerner
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Sarah Van Voorhis
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Divorce
Stanford Law School
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Sarah Arnott
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Santa Clara University School of Law
Sarah Arnott is an Attorney at Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP. Ms. Arnott was certified as a specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in 2015, and served as the chairperson of the family law section of the San Francisco Bar Association's Barristers Club in 2013.
A native of New York and North Carolina, Ms. Arnott moved to California to attend Santa Clara University School of Law, from which she received her J.D. Ms. Arnott has exclusively practiced family law since 2008. She is well-versed in all areas of family law, including dissolutions, custody,...
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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...