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AAML: Northern California Chapter President 2002, President Elect 2001, Treasurer 2000, Secretary 1999, Symposium Chair 1998. State Bar of California, Family Law Section, Specialist in Family Law, Certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, 1982-. Commissioner, Family law Advisory Commission, 1997-2000, Commission Chair 2000. California Assn. of Certified Family Law Specialists, Board Member, 1998-2003, President 1994, Northern California Director 1992 and 1996. Santa Clara County Bar Assn., Family Law Comm., Chair, 1996; Chair, Social Comm. 1985-2002, Liaision Comm. CLE Participation, 'Calculating Support Through the use of Computer.' Family Law Council of Community Property States: California State Representative 1994-2001.

Walnut Creek, California Family Law Lawyer handling domestic affairs such as Divorce Law, Child Custody, Child Support, Alimony, Power of Attorneys.

Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Francisco. AAML Previous Position: President, Northern California Chapter, 1985. Member: San Mateo County Bar Association. Previous Positions: President, 1972. CLE Participation: Panel Member, ''Negotiaing Marital Settlement Agreements, ''The Rutter Group, 1997. Author: ''The Family Lawyer/Civil Litigator Team: A New Style of Dissolution Trial Practice.'' Family Law News (Official Publication of the State of California Family Law Section), Volume 2, No. 20, Summer, 1997 (Co-authored with Belinda Hanson).

Member: Orange County Bar Association, Appellate and Family Law Sections. California Certified Specialist. CLE Participation: 1998, 1999, 2000: CFLR Family Law Refresher Course, 2000: CFLR Software Training, 4/2000: CEB How to Handle a Marital Dissolution (panelist with emphasis on appellate issues).

Cert. Specialist, CA Bd. of Legal Specialization, State Bar, 1981-present. Member: American College of Family Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; L.A. County Bar Assn; Beverly Hills Bar Assn; CA State Bar Assn. Recipient Spencer Brandeis Award, 2004; Zepher M. Ransey Award Honoree, 2003; Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2004; Most Respected Lawyers in CA, CA Lawyer, 1989; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, 1993-2004; Southern California Super Lawyers Top 100 L.A. County Super Lawyers, 2004; Lecturer and Author: Prenuptial Agreements, 2000; AAML: Family Law Issues for Intellectual Property, 2000; 'Litigating Tax Issues,' 2001; ``Div. of Stock Options and New IRS Guidelines,'' 2001; Marital Property & Divorce Issues, of the Highly Compensated,'' 2002; ``Divorce Taxation,'' 2003; ``Negotiating, Writing & Presenting Argument,'' 2003; `` Judicial Council of CA, ``Appropriate Treatment of Stock Options,'' 2002.

County of Los Angeles. Previous Positions: Past Chairperson, Los Angeles County Bar and Beverly Hills Bar.

Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin and Alameda. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Current Positions: Pro Tem Settlement Judge, San Francisco and Marin; President - St. Thomas More Society - San Francisco -2002. Previous Positions: Chair, Family Law Council of Community Property States (1999)Chair- Property Committee (North) Family Law Section of Calfironia State Bar. CLE Participation: Speech to Victoria Law Institute, Melbourne, Australia - 1998; Frequent Lecturer- Continuing Education of the Bar. Author: ABA Family Advocate Trial Preparation Article - 1998.

Counties of Los Angeles and Orange. Fellow - American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Previous Positions: State Bar Family Law Section Executive Committee, 1995-99. President, South Bay Bar Association, 1985; Los Angeles County Bar: Family Law Section Executive Committee, 1992-1997; Bd. of Trustees, 1990-92. Author: ``Selected Estate Planning Issues for Family Lawyers,'' State Bar Family Law News, Summer, 1996; 'Transmutation of Separate Property to Community Property: Family Code, Section 640 Lays a Trap for the Unwary,' State Bar, California Trusts & Estates Quarterly, Summer 1999; 'So Your Client is Getting a Divorce: Selected Family Law Issues for Estate Planning Lawyers,' California State Bar Journal, May 2001; Selected Top 100 Los Angeles County Lawyers, Los Angeles Magazine Super Lawyers Edition, February 2004.

Previous: President, N. California Chapter, 1988-89; National Board of Governors, 1991-93. Member: Chair, AAML Same Sex Marriage Committee. Certified Family Law Specialist, California State Bar, Bar Association of San Francisco. Previous Positions; Chair, State Bar Family Law Section, 1984-85. CLE Participation: Various lectures for ABA, AAML, Matthew Bender, Bar Association of San Francisco, and The Rutter Group. Author: Editorial Consultant for Kirkland, Lurvey and Richmond, California Family Law Practice and Procedure 2d (MatthewBender) and California Family Law Monthly, 1985-04; Consulting Editor, California Marital Termination Agreements (1988, California Continuing Education of the Bar).

County of Los Angeles. Founding Member: Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association 9LACFLA). AAML Previous Position: Secretary, Southern Calif. Chapter, 1995-97. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Previous Position: Executive Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Section. President, San Luis Obispo County Bar Association. CLE Participation: Lecturer - ``Ethics in Family Law,'' (CEB); ``Drafting Marital Settlement Agreements,'' (CEB).

Our firm handles matters of Family Law, Immigration Law, and Business Law.

County of Los Angeles. Member: Los Angeles County Bar, Beverly Hills Bar, Santa Monica Bar Associations; Calif. State Bar (South) ADR Comm.; Women Lawyer's Assn. of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Collaborative Law Assn. Previous Positions: Chair, 1996-97; Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Assn. Co-Chair, Family Law Section, Women Lawyers Assn. of Los Angeles, 1987-89. Chair, Couples Counseling Comm., Beverly Hills Bar Assn., 1978-85. Bd. Mbr., Legal Chair, Stepfamily Assn. of America, 1990-94. Court Liaison Sub-Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Assn., 1992-93. Editor, Los Angeles County Bar Assn. News and Review, 1987-96. CLE Participation: 1/01 Family Law Institute, AAML Celebrity Goodwill, Author:``The Integration of Work and Spirit,'' Spring, 1997; ``The Effect of New Mate Income in Setting Child & Spousal Support,'' 1992. Currently ligitating, mediating, consulting and serving as Collaborative Lawyer. Named one of Los Angeles Manazine's Family Law Super Lawyers, 2004.

AAML Southern California Chapter, Board Directors and Vice President, Membership; Dean of the 2005 Trial Advocacy Institute. Member: Family Law Sections of California, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. Author: Celebrity Goodwill,'' American Bar Association Journal.

Steven Honse & Eric Beaudikofer are experianced attorneys in Federal & Criminal Law, Family Law and Immigration Law. Attorney's who will fight for you at a reasonable cost. We won't charge you if we can't help you!

Member: California State Bar Association; San Diego County Bar Association. Current Positions: Chair, San Diego County Bar Association, Lawyer Referral & Information Service. Co-Chair, San Diego County Bar Association Law Academy Committee. Member, San Diego County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee. Previous Positions: Vice President, San Diego County Bar Association. Chair, California State Bar Family Law Advisory Commission. CLE Participation: Over 40 units completed during last three years.

Member: San Francisco Bar Assn, Chair, Family Law Section, 1998. Lawyers Club of San Francisco/Inns of Court, 1994-97. Assn. of Family and Conciliation Courts. San Francisco Trial Lawyers Assn/Board of Governors, 1980-85. Speaker: The Rutter Group, Attorney Fees in Family Law Cases, 2004; ABC, Good Morning America, 2004; NPR, Forum with Michael Krazny, 2003; Assn. of Certified Family Law Specialists, Stock Options as Property and Support Issue, 2003 and Seven Trial Preparation Strategies, 2002; Unified Courts for Families Symposium; Family Law Case Management, 2002; Marin Cty. Family Law Bar, Stock Options, 2001; Legal Incite Talk Radio, Evolution of Law in Same-Gender Parenting Cases, 2000; Adjunct Prof. of Community Property Law, UC Hastings College of Law, 1996-99. Author: Family Advocate - Sure and Swift Relief: The TRO, Vol. 20 No. 3 Family Law News - Stock Options: The Sequel, Vol. 20 No. 2, Analysis of Time Rule and Characterization of Stock Options, Vol. 18, No. 4.

Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa and Stanislaus. Member: American Bar Association; California State Bar Association; Alameda County Bar Association; Eastern Alameda County Bar Association; California Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. Previous Positions: Founding Member, Board Member and President (1989) of the California Association of Certified Family Law Specialists; Recipient of the California Association of Certified Family Specialists, 4th Annual Hall of Fame Award in 1994; prevailing counsel establishing copyright as community property (IRMO Worth, 195 Cal. App. 3d 768). CLE Participation: Northern California AAML Program Presenter - Art of Negotiations and various other panels 1995-2003. Firm website: www.sjwlaw.com.

County of Orange. AAML: Previous Positions: Southern California Chapter Board of Directors (1991-1993), Counsel (1991-1993). Member: American Bar Association, The State Bar of California, Orange County Bar Association. Previous Positions: Orange County Bar Association: Family Law Section Treasure, 1984; Secretary, 1993, American Bar Association: Family Law Section, Child Custody Committee, 1974. CLE Participation: Speaker, 1996 AAML Institute of Trial Advocacy, January 1996. Author: Orange County Lawyer Magazine April 1996 Issue. Title: ''Marital Dissolution: How to Conduct the Initial Interview''.

Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Francisco. AAML: President, Northern California Chapter. Member: State Bar of California; San Mateo County Bar Association; Santa Clara County Bar Association. Previous Positions: Past Chair, Family Law Section, San Mateo County Bar Association. CLE Participation: Lecturer for Rutter Group Seminars; CPA Society Seminars; CEB Programs; Trial Practice Seminars; ABA Conferences.

Southern California SuperLawyers Rising Star, 2004, 2005, 2006; Director, Orange County Bar Association Family Law Section, 2001,2002,2003; Author, "Splitting the Babies: Should the court separate siblings" Orange County Lawyer Magazine, August 2005; Author, "Get a Job: Contempt remedies for seek work orders", Orange County Lawyer Mgazine, November 2001; Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2005, 2006.

Solution oriented law firm in the aress of family law, accidents, wills and trusts, real property disputes and civil litigation. Legal services are provided in Spanish and English. Other languages are Italian and French. You may find our Spanish website at: www.baylaw1.com

Newport Beach, Orange County Attorney Specializing in Family Law, Divorce, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Real Estate & Civil Litigation

Based in San Jose, the Law Offices of Jon G. Brooks provides talented transactional services primarily in corporate transactions and entity formation and governance, estate planning and consumer bankruptcy

County of Sonoma. Member: California State Bar, Family Law Section; Sonoma County Family Law Section. Previous Positions: Chair, Sonoma County Family Law Section, 1992; Member, California State Bar Family Law Executive Committee, 1985-88. Author, ``Unfair Tactics in Matrimonial Cases,'' John Wiley & Sons, 1990.

County of Sonoma. AAML: Northern California Chapter, President 2000-2001: President-Elect 1999-2000; Treasurer 1998-99; Secretary 1997-98; Chair, Symposium Committee 1996-98. Member: Sonoma County Bar Association; Co-Chair of Collaborative Law Section, 2002-03; California Women Lawyers; Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. State Bar Family Law Section Executive Committee: Committee member 1983-1990; Legislative Coordinator 1984-86; Chair, Executive Committee 1987-88. Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Family Law, 1987-1990.

Member: California State Bar - Fam. Law Sect.. Sacramento County Bar - Fam. Law Sect.. Assn. of Cert. Fam. Law Specialists. Current Positions: CA State Bar, Fam. Law Sect., Ex. Comm., 1999-2004; CA State Bar Fam. Law Sect., Ex. Comm., Vice-Chair, 2002; CA State Bar, Fam. Law Sect., Ex. Comm., Chair Elect, 2003; CA State Bar Council of State Bar Sections Member, 2002-2004. Previous Positions: Chair, Fam. Law Ex. Comm., Sacramento County Bar Assn., 1999, Member, 1996-2000; Judicial Liaison Comm., Fam. Law Section, Sacramento County Bar Assn., 1996-2000; CA State Bar Fam. Law Sect. Ex. Comm. Legislative Chair, 2000. CLE Participation: Annual Speaker on Recent Developments in Family Law For CEB; Speak, 1-2 times each year at Sacramento County Bar Assn. and ACFLS monthly meeting on new Legislation and other Current Family Law Topics. Author: Authored Several Articles for Family Law Newsletter, Sacramento County Bar Assn.

The Newton Family Law Offices is a boutique firm focused exclusively on San Francisco family law. We have a proven track record of helping clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, and grandparent's rights.

Bay Area Counties. AAML: Member, Northern California Chapter. Previous: Treasurer, President-Elect, President, Northern California Chapter. Member; Santa Clara County and San Francisco County Bar Associations. Previous Positions: President, Santa Clara County Bar Association; Chair, Various Committees. CLE Participation: Stanford Law School Advocacy Skills Workshop, University of San Francisco Law School Advocacy Skills Workshop. Author: Family Law NewsAlert Bankcroft Whitney, Various Articles and Case Comments, California Family Law Trial Guide, Matthew Bender, Editorial Consultant on Child Custody and Community Property Division, 'Best Lawyers in America' since 1987, Adjunct Faculty, USF Law School (Family Law).

Counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura. Member: Fellow, American Bar Foundation., American Bar Assn., California Bar Assn., Los Angeles County Bar Assn. and International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Certified Family Law Specialist (1980). Exec. Comm., Fam. Law Sect., LA County Bar Assn.. Former Chair, Southern CA Family Law Comm. of CA State Senate Judicial Comm.. Former Member: CA State Assembly Fam. Law Advisory Comm.. Judge Pro-tem LA Superior Court (1970-72). Adjunct Prof. of Family Law, USC Law School; CLE: Lecturer and Panelist, Univ. of CA CEB; USC Law School; Pepperdine Univ. Law School; AAML. Author: LACB Family Law Symposium Book, Chapters Preparing for Trial and Trials and Initial Order to Show Cause; Chapters on Preparing for Trial and Trials CA Marital Disso. Practice (CEB). Recipient: LAn County Bar Assn. Brandeis Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Practice of Family Law, 1998; Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law Ramsey Award for Commitment to Justice for All People, 1998.

Peace Talks Mediation Services' mediation team of attorneys and therapists can help you resolve your divorce or custody dispute in a sane, sensible way and at a reasonable cost. Our services include all aspects of family law mediation: divorce, custody, parenting plans, financial settlements, premarital agreements.

Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura. Current Positions: Los Angeles County Bar Assoc. Fam. Law Sec. Executive Committee; Vice-President of Programs; So. CA Chapter AAML, State Bar of CA Family Law Executive Comm., Family Law News Editor. Previous Bar Association Positions: Past Chair; Past President/Board Member, California Association of Cert. Family Law Specialist, 1989-93; Chair Family Law Section, Century City Bar Association 1988-90; CLE Participation: Lecturer, State Bar Insitute, Family Law & Bankruptcy, 1997; Nat. Bus. Inst. Tax Aspects of Marital Dissolution; Los Angeles State Bar of Nevada, Psyching Out the Psychologist/HotTips, 1997; CEB Innovative Premarital Agreements, 2001; Author: Chapter, CEB Marital Settlement & Other Family Law Agreements; 1997. Los Angeles Lawyer, Goodwill Hunting (LawFirm Valuation) 2000, FairShare, Making Foreign Divorce Judgements Enforceable in the U.S. Website: http:\www.california-divorce.com.

Member: California Bar Association. Certified Family Law Specialists, 1987 to-date. Previous Positions: Member: Board of Directors, San Diego County Bar Association and Vice President in 1984; Chairman, San Diego County Certified Family Law Specialists, 1991. Listed in 'Best Lawyers in America.' Judge, Pro Tem, San Diego County Superior Court.

Previous: President of No. California Chapter 1991-92. Member: of American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, CA Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Named CA's Best Appellate Advocate in Family Law (1989). Honored as one of California's 20 ''Lawyers of the Year'' by CA Lawyer Magazine (2000) for Obtaining a Unanimous Opinion from the California Supreme Court Interpreting Key Provisions of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act in In re Marriage of Bonds (2000) 24Cal.4th 1, 5 P.3d 815. Current Position: Certified Specialist in Appellate Law by the State Bar of CA, Bd. of Legal Specialization. Previous Position: State Bar of CA Family Law Exec. Comm. 1986-90, State Bar of CA Comm. on Appellate Courts 1990-93. CLE Participation: The Legal, Economic and Psychological Dimensions of Child Support in Cases Involving Extraordinary Wealth 2002; Premartial Agreements - Making and Keeping the Deal, 2001; Post-Trial Motions - Jurisdictional Traps/Family Law Mishaps, 2000.

AAML Previous Positions: National Board of Governors, 1997-2001. Southern California Chapter President, 1995-1996. Member: American Bar Association; California State Bar Association; San Diego County Bar Association; Fellow, IAML. Previous Positions: California State Bar Family Law Section, Executive Committee Advisor 1999-2000; California State Bar Family Law Section, Executive Committee Chair, 1998-99; Vice Chair, 1997-98; and Member 1995-97; Past Chairman San Diego County Bar Association Certified Family Law Specialists. CLE Participation: Lecturer - AAML Southern California Chapter 1997, 2000 and 2004 Family Law Institutes. Author and Co-Editor San Diego County Bar Association Certified Family Law Specialists Marital Settlement Agreement.

Counties of Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco. AAML: Member, Special Concerns of Children Committee. Previous Member: Interdisciplinary Relations on Mental Health Committee, Special Concerns of Children Committee, Model Relocation Act Subcommittee, Arbitration and Mediation Committees. Member: California State Bar Association, Certified Family Law Specialist by CA Board of Legal Specialization; American Bar Association, Family Law Section; Contra Costa and Alameda County Bar Associations, Family Law Sections. Current Position, ABA Family Law Section, Reporter for the State of California. Previous Positions: Chairperson, Contra Costa County Bar Association Family Law Committee. Author: Participant in drafting the AAML Model Child Custody Relocation Act. AAML Certified Matrimonial Mediator and Arbitrator. Received Association of Family Conciliation Courts Award of Merit.

AAML: Member, Mediation Committee. Previous: National Board of Governors 1990-1992; President Southern California Chapter 1990-1991, Counsel 2000-2001. Member: California State Bar, Los Angeles County Bar, Beverly Hills Bar, Family Law Sections. Previous Positions: California State Bar Family Law Section Executive Committee 1992-1995, 1999-2001, Family and Juvenile Standing Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council of California, 1996-98. Alternate Dispute Resolution Consulting Group, 2003-. CLE Participation: Faculty of AAML Mediation Training Seminars. Listed, The Best Lawyer's in America. Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

AAML: Former Counsel; Previous Positions: Southern Calif. Chapter, President, Mbr. Board of Governors; CLE Chair, 1994-95. Member: Founding Mbr., Diplomate and Member of Executive Comm. of American College of Family Trial Lawyers; ABA; CA Bar; L.A. County Bar, Beverly Hills Bar. CA Certified Family Law Specialist since 1980. Current Positions: Co-Chair, ABA Trial Advocacy Institute. Previous Positions: President, IAML USA Chapter. Past Chair LA County Bar Assn Family Law Section; ABA, Parliamentarian, 1994-95. CLE Participation: ABA, Complex Evidence Issues, AAML, Complex Trial Issues and Advanced Motion Practice, Evidence, Complex Trials, Cross-Exam of Experts, and other Subjects; Author: 2003 Divorce Practice Manual, ABA Publications; ABA Journal, Evidence, Divorce Practice Handbook, Michie Publishers. Listed: ``Top Ten Divorce Lawyers in America,'' Jan. 1998; Best Lawyers in America; For Decades Numerous 'Who's Who' Publications; No. 1 Divorce Litigator in CA, California Lawyer, Aug. 1998.

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Knowledgeable Southern California law firm helping clients to resolve issues of divorce & dissolution, spousal support, child support, child custody, prenuptial & postnuptial agreements, domestic partnerships and modifications. Serving Los Angeles, Century City, Beverly Hills, Orange County and Ventura County

Ronald M. Supancic, CFLS, was admitted to practice in 1970, and has practiced family law exclusively since then. He was certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Family Law in 1980 at the inception of that certification program. He has been a mediator and arbitrator with the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 1976. He is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the American Bar Association, the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, and the Coalition for Collaborative Divorce. He has taught law and ethics at Azusa Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary School of Psychology. He has authored three books on the subject of Family Law. He appears as a frequent guest on radio and television, where he advocates cooperative divorce, mediation and other creative approaches to resolving family conflict. Mr. Supancic served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navys Judge Advocate Generals Corp. He earned his B.A. from UCLA, and his J.D. from USC where he presently teaches Family Law as Adjunct Professor.

AAML Previous Positions: Board of Governors, 1994-97, President, Southern California Chapter, 1992-93. Member: California State Bar, Orange County Bar, ABA, Family Law Sections. Certified Specialist, Family Law. American College of Family Trial Lawyers, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,Past President USA Chaper, IAML. Previous Positions: Member, Family Law Executive Committee, State Bar of California; Past Chair, State Bar Family Law Property Section (South), Past Chair, Orange County Family Law Section, Past Director, Orange county Bar Association. CLE Participation: Lecturer CEB, State Bar, Orange County Bar. Best Lawyers in America 1999-2004; Panelist AAML Institute of Trial Advocacy - 1995-2004.

10-year Family Law Attorney with proven results serving Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties will help you through a difficult situation.