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Yuli Jacobson
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily and Divorce
University of San Francisco School of Law
Yuli Jacobson has been practicing law for nearly ten years, seven of which were exclusively in family law and in domestic violence. A lifelong advocate at heart, Yuli takes pride in her thorough and solution-oriented approach, aiming to make the inherently emotional process of dissolution accessible, efficient, and collaborative. Before starting her family law journey, Yuli represented lower-income clients in domestic violence and housing preservation matters. Yuli is dedicated to finding and implementing the best approach for your unique circumstances, using all available resources both traditionally and creatively. She is thrilled to serve you as part of the team at...
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Gina Szeto-Wong
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, 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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Kiana Moradi
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
1901 Harrison St. Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, 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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Ariel Winger
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily and Divorce
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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Lulu Tseng
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 4 years of experience
Family and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Erin Marie Stratte
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Domestic Violence
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...
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Robert Alan Goodman
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
University of San Francisco, School of Law
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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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Yelda Mesbah Bartlett
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(510) 318-6313
1939 Harrison Street
9th Floor, Suite 921
Oakland, CA 94612
Family, Business, Divorce and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Joy Diaz
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Joy recognizes that most clients only come see lawyers when life has thrown them a curveball. For this reason, Joy strongly believes in listening to her clients and providing them with a safe space to process their emotions. Joy seeks to understand her client’s true priorities and resolve conflicts so that her clients are able to move forward with their lives positively.
Joy understands that every family is different and is invested in ensuring that she zealously advocates for those unique needs. Joy believes in using her natural strengths of compassion and empathy to create a trusting relationship with her clients....
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Amanda J. List
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Family, Appeals and Divorce
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.
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Jennie Sarah Wooley
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Originally from San Francisco, Ms. Wooley graduated with honors in the major from the University of California, at Santa Cruz, in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Legal Studies. Ms. Wooley received her Juris Doctorate from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2007. While attending Hastings, Ms. Wooley served as a judicial extern in the Unified Family Court with Commissioner Marjorie A. Slabach. In her last year at Hastings, Ms. Wooley once again volunteered at the San Francisco Superior Court to assist Commissioner Sue Kaplan in reviewing and issuing temporary...
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Ms. Lucy Zheng
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Bankruptcy, DUI and Divorce
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Lucy Zheng is a California licensed attorney, experienced in individual tax debt relief, DUI law, family law, personal bankruptcy filings, and tenant evictions.
Prior to forming her own practice, Lucy worked at a law firm handling multiple client cases all throughout Northern California. She witnessed the strengths and weaknesses of a larger law firm, and thus determined she could best provide her clients with the personalized attention and service that they deserve by starting her own practice.
Lucy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with an emphasis on Public Law in only 3 years, from the University of...
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Rosanne Elizabeth Calbo-Jackson
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
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Golden Gate University School of Law
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Michael Lubofsky
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily
Boston University School of Law
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Brent Michael Kernan
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family
New Coll of CA School of Law
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Jennifer C. Phillips
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(510) 495-5898
4096 Piedmont Avenue #416 (Mailing address only)
Oakland, CA 94611
Family and Divorce
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.
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LeAnn Grace Bischoff
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Family
University of California - Berkeley
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Ian M.A. Van Leer
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
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Daphne DeMorris Yeldell
Oakland, CA Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Family, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Personal Injury
San Francisco Law Sch
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Joseph Odysseus Mastro
Berkeley, CA Family Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Criminal, DUI and Domestic Violence
Santa Clara University School of Law
Mr. Mastro was born in Oakland, grew up around the East Bay, and has spent his life living throughout the Bay Area, from San Francisco to San Jose. Mr. Mastro graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law in May 2006. He then passed the California State Bar Examination in July 2006 on his first attempt. Thereafter, Mr. Mastro became a Deputy Public Defender in San Joaquin County, representing clients in all manner of criminal cases, in a high-volume capacity. In 2009, Joe decided to return home to open his own law firm. Since then...
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Valerie Kraml
Berkeley, CA Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
2625 Alcatraz Ave
319
Berkeley, CA 94705
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Richard Pazin
Alameda, CA Family Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationFamily, Business, Real Estate and Tax
Wayne State University Law School and University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
University of Michigan - BBA (Accounting)
Certified Public Account - Michigan
University of Detroit Law School - JD
Wayne State University - LL.M Taxation
Attorney Licenses in Michigan and California
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Gerard Alan Falzone
Alameda, CA Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Family and Divorce
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
I will do my best to resolve your case as quickly, easily, inexpensively, and amicably as possible. Through competent, caring and empathetic representation, as aggressive as necessary, I will keep you fully informed and in control of every step of the process. I invite you to read the many excellent reviews contained on the Client Testimonials page of my website. I treat my clients the way I would want to be treated if I needed a family law attorney.
My service to you includes providing the most cost effective alternatives to resolving your case or situation. I provide full legal representation,...
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Robyn S Ginney
Alameda, CA Family Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Family, Appeals and Divorce
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
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Elizabeth Principato-Phipps
Alameda, CA Family Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
Quinnipiac Univ School of Law
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Hoa Thanh Cooc
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Family and Personal Injury
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Judith Dilley Gough
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Family and Divorce
San Francisco Law Sch
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Aggie Dolores Rose-Chavez
Oakland, CA Family Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Family, Civil Rights, Divorce and Social Security Disability
U of San Francisco School of Law
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Debra Schoenberg
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney with 36 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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David Marc Lederman
Moraga, CA Family Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, 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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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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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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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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Esther R. Lerner
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
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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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Mahal Rufina Montoya Billingsley
San Leandro, CA Family Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, 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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Ali R Yousefi
San Francisco, CA Family Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, 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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Ernest Baello
San Francisco, CA, CA Family Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
(415) 872-1080
50 California Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA, CA 94111
Family and Divorce
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...
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Yena Kim
San Francisco, CA Family Law Attorney
Family and Divorce
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco