The What A forensic accountant is typically a CPA hired to assist with the valuation of businesses, examination and/or reconstruction of financial records, analysis of difficult tax situations, and computation of someone’s income. Forensic accountants tend to be used in cases where money and property are highly contested, when a personal or small business needs […] read more…

You may hear the term “ATROs” used frequently during your family law matter and likely have no idea what the word means. “ATROs” is an acronym that stands for Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders, and they apply in every divorce, domestic partnership dissolution, legal separation, and paternity case filed in California. The best non-legal description I […] read more…

Mediation is required whenever there is a child custody or visitation dispute. All California counties further require mandatory mediation orientation prior to mediation occurring. Each county differs in its orientation sessions and the way it conducts mediation, but the one constant is that the goal is for litigants to resolve their custody and visitation disputes […] read more…

I regularly volunteer for Contra Costa County’s Pro Per clinic, which is a program designed to help self-represented litigants through their divorce. The clinic itself covers two major topics: 1) Starting your dissolution; and 2) Finalizing your dissolution. During the “starting” clinic, I spend the majority of my with the participants on their Preliminary Declaration […] read more…

It may sound cliché, but for the most part, people simply do not marry intending to divorce or enter into a domestic partnership anticipating filing for a dissolution. They may realize that there is a possibility of it, but when the reality hits, panic can set in. Although seeing frantic, confused, hurt, and angry clients […] read more…

Over the years I’ve been asked many, many questions regarding my expertise, education, and background, but very few potential clients ask what I believe are the important questions to raise when deciding on an attorney. I’m not saying that my years of experience or the law school I attended don’t matter. What I am saying […] read more…