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Angela N Bryant
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 14 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
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...
![Brit Benjamin]( "Brit Benjamin")
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Brit Benjamin
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 7 years of experience
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Santa Clara University School of Law
![Trevor Caldwell Thorpe]( "Trevor Caldwell Thorpe")
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Trevor Caldwell Thorpe
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 27 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
![Martin James Elmer]( "Martin James Elmer")
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Martin James Elmer
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Alex Verbeck
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer
Divorce, Criminal, Family and Landlord Tenant
Lewis & Clark Law School
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Sharon Alkire
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer
(510) 761-5792
Law Office of Sharon Alkire
1604 Solano Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
Divorce and Family
David Delmar Bunn
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 35 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Columbia Law School and Columbia Law School
Lawrence William Thorpe
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 58 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation, Family and International
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Frances Sarina Kaminer
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Martin Francis Triano
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Family
New Coll of CA School of Law
David Nicholas Hillis
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
Elaine Ruth Lee
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning, Family and Real Estate
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Sara MacDwyer
Albany, CA Divorce Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation, Family and Real Estate
Golden Gate University School of Law
Gregory R. Brockbank
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer
2140 Shattuck Ave.
Suite 707
Berkeley, CA 94704
Divorce, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Family
Joshua Christophe Meyer
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Divorce and Family
UCLA School of Law
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Maxwell Charles Livingston
Albany, CA Divorce Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Business, Elder and Entertainment & Sports
Marquette University Law School and Marquette University Law School
![Lulu Tseng]( "Lulu Tseng")
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Lulu Tseng
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Oakland, CA Divorce Attorney with 5 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
Lulu was born in Taiwan and raised on California’s Central Coast. After finishing high school, she moved to Southern California to attend U.C. Riverside. She later relocated to the Bay Area for law school and has made it her home ever since. Driven by a lifelong passion for helping others, particularly those who are underrepresented, Lulu pursued a career in law. Since then, she has been a dedicated advocate for survivors of interpersonal violence and is also a certified domestic violence counselor. Lulu is committed to championing individuals and empowering them to overcome challenges.
Family law involves some of the most...
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Ariel Winger
Oakland, CA Divorce Lawyer with 28 years of experience
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New College of California
Before starting my family law practice, I worked for 5 years at a non-profit, where I successfully litigated in court on behalf of survivors of domestic violence and their children. I obtained Temporary and Permanent Restraining Orders, Child Visitation and Custody Orders, as well as Child Support.
Since 2007, I have offered amicable, uncontested divorce and separation options for those who want to stay out of court, including high conflict and complex cases involving domestic violence, substance abuse and mental illness. I provide services as a Mediator (neutral third party), Collaborative Divorce attorney (using a team approach),...
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Amanda J. List
Oakland, CA Divorce Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Divorce, Appeals and Family
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Amanda J. List is an associate at the Wald Law Group. She specializes in divorces of all kinds with an emphasis on gay divorce.
The Wald Law Group practice areas include:
Divorce, Dissolution & Contested Parentage Actions for all families; Custody Disputes. 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.
![Jennifer C. Phillips]( "Jennifer C. Phillips")
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Jennifer C. Phillips
Oakland, CA Divorce Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(510) 495-5898
4096 Piedmont Avenue #416 (Mailing address only)
Oakland, CA 94611
Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
Jennifer Phillips is a Family Law Attorney with over 15 years of experience in family law, including the areas of divorce, property division, custody, child support and alimony. She knows the players in a family law action and the expectations of the court, which reduces stress throughout the legal process. When she first meets with clients, she takes the time to answer all of their questions, listen to their concerns and provide essential information about the process of divorce and family law proceedings.
![Daphne DeMorris Yeldell]( "Daphne DeMorris Yeldell")
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Daphne DeMorris Yeldell
Oakland, CA Divorce Attorney with 31 years of experience
Divorce, Bankruptcy, Family and Personal Injury
San Francisco Law Sch
![Erin A. Levine]( "Erin A. Levine")
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Erin A. Levine
Emeryville, CA Divorce Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
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Veronica Natalya Panella
El Cerrito, CA Divorce Attorney with 24 years of experience
Divorce, Elder and Family
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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David Marc Lederman
Moraga, CA Divorce Lawyer with 28 years of experience
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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.
![Debra Schoenberg]( "Debra Schoenberg")
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Debra Schoenberg
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 37 years of experience
Divorce and Family
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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Ali Shahrestani,
Oakland, CA Divorce Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Divorce, Business, Education and Family
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...
![Ariel Sosna]( "Ariel Sosna")
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Ariel Sosna
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
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...
![Stacey Poole]( "Stacey Poole")
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Stacey Poole
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
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.
![Kiana Moradi]( "Kiana Moradi")
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Kiana Moradi
Oakland, CA Divorce Attorney with 23 years of experience
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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...
![Esther R. Lerner]( "Esther R. Lerner")
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Esther R. Lerner
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
![Sarah Van Voorhis]( "Sarah Van Voorhis")
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Sarah Van Voorhis
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
Stanford Law School
![Sarah Arnott]( "Sarah Arnott")
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Sarah Arnott
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
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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Paul W. Thorndal
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 30 years of experience
Divorce, Appeals and Family
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.
![Yena Kim]( "Yena Kim")
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Yena Kim
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney
Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
![Kimberly Elizabeth Lewellen]( "Kimberly Elizabeth Lewellen")
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Kimberly Elizabeth Lewellen
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSF, CA Divorce Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
I am a founding partner at Lewellen Family Law Group P.C., where our practice is devoted entirely to family law. As a trial attorney and mediator, I handle cases that involve high conflict situations and complex legal challenges in family law litigation. I am recognized by the State Bar of California as a certified family law attorney.
Throughout my career, I have advised clients ranging from straightforward divorces to those entangled in intricate financial and custody disputes. My deep-seated experience in complex family law litigation and premarital agreements equips me to guide my clients through difficult times to secure favorable results....
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Ernest Baello
Oakland, CA Divorce Attorney with 15 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
For over 14 years, Mr. Baello has litigated high stakes family law actions in three of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States - the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York City. Through this diversity of experience, he has the expertise and adaptability to obtain favorable results through trial or settlement in varied situations and tribunals.
Ernest is a Certified Family Law Specialist (“CFLS”) per the California Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a graduate of the renowned National Family Law Trial Institute. Mr. Baello provides comprehensive and strategic representation in complicated and high conflict cases.
Prior to becoming...
![Kristine Stewart]( "Kristine Stewart")
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Kristine Stewart
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 15 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce and Family
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...
![Erin Marie Stratte]( "Erin Marie Stratte")
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Erin Marie Stratte
Oakland, CA Divorce Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Southwestern University School of Law
Attorney Stratte's passion is family law. She brings significant experience with trials, highly contested dissolutions with custody, division of high value assets, and alternative dispute resolution to assist her clients with compassionate resolution of these deeply personal legal issues. In addition, she has many recent wins at long cause trials in property division, domestic violence restraining orders, custody, contempt of court and fee awards, among other successes.
Attorney Stratte received her Bachelor of the Arts from the University of California Berkeley in Women's Studies, located in Berkeley, California. Thereafter, she received her professional doctorate in law from Southwestern Law School located...
![Margaret F. Dellegrotti]( "Margaret F. Dellegrotti")
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Margaret F. Dellegrotti
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 14 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law
![Nathaniel Dowds]( "Nathaniel Dowds")
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Nathaniel Dowds
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney
Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
We are a small law office offering family law and divorce related services to the people of the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide individuals and families with the help they need to resolve family law issues surrounding dissolution of marriages or domestic partnerships (divorce), adoption and surrogacy, prenuptial agreements, child custody, spousal support (alimony), and offer counsel and legal services to couples contemplating marriage or domestic partnership.
We pride ourselves in being able to offer resposive and personalized service at affordable rates. By eliminating the crippling overhead and high management salaries that are common among larger Bay Area law firms,...
