California Family Law Attorneys for Good and Honest Men and Women.

We Are Glad You Found Us.

The process of hiring a lawyer for a divorce or parentage matter seems simple - a consultation, retention, and representation.

What most husbands, wives, fathers, and mothers don't understand is the beginning of the process is like a domino to nearly everything that follows.

If the initial consultation is missing certain, critical elements, the path you head down may not be the best and, like many poor starts, may cause unnecessary delays, money and even affect the results.

Nobody wants unreasonable delays, money wasted and poor results.

• How do you avoid it?
• How do you set your prejudgment or post judgment divorce or parentage case on the right course?

You do it through smart and calculated planning.

Strategy matters and our family law firm builds a custom strategy for your case and its facts.

It starts from the initial phone call. You and the experienced family law attorney with whom you speak dive right into your needs and what we can do to help you.

What happens next?

Step 1 - The initial Strategy Session

Everything starts with the initial strategy session.

We first speak by phone.

Yes, you really do speak with an experienced family law attorney.

If your case is one with which we can help, you have a formal strategy session with one of our experienced family law attorneys.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have this strategy session by telephone or a virtual platform such as Zoom.

The strategy session starts by answering your questions. This part is all about you. Knowledge is truly power, and we empower you with honest, straightforward answers to the questions that cause you concern or anxiety.

At the strategy session, we educate you on the law, and how the law applies to your facts. This is where you learn...

• Your case's direction,
• What you should expect, and
• The hurdles that may come your way depending on your spouse's motivations and even personality.

We do not predict the future. We tell you what our extensive experience has taught us about facts like yours and what our in-depth knowledge of family law can do for you.

At the end of the initial strategy session, we provide you with a quote for our services. Our quotes are custom made for your case.

Step 2 - Retention and Information Gathering

You loved the strategy session. We hear that all the time.

You have retained our family law firm. Smart choice.

What happens next?

Now it is time to roll up our sleeves and start gathering critical information so we can build the short term, mid-term and long-term strategy for your case.

We take detailed notes from our initial strategy session. We take those notes and place them into a custom form that lists all the initial action items on your case.

We then send to you a detailed list of additional information we need - facts, documents, identity of witnesses, and more. Even better, we help you gather the information if you have questions or need guidance.

It is all about collaboration and that collaboration means regular communication between you and your family law attorney. Some clients provide all the information at once. Some clients provide it piecemeal. We will tell you what is time-sensitive and what is not so you can prioritize this information and document gathering process.

"But what if I can't get my hands on the information?" Not to worry. Whatever you cannot get, we can get.

We have discovery power in any divorce or parentage case, which means we can get information from your spouse, the other parent or even other parties or entities such as banks, employers, you name it.

What happens after you have provided us the information you have gathered? We go to step 3.

Step 3 - The Customized Strategy for Your Case

You gathered the information you could. You gave it to us. What do we do with it?

First, we review it carefully and create a summary and inventory of what we have. We then take that information and create a very specific strategy customized for your case.

This strategy includes a detailed evaluation of the following.

1. What issues should resolve amicably and how can we get those issues resolved within a reasonable time.
2. What issues are contested or high conflict and what specific steps do we recommend bringing those issue to court.
3. What discovery (formal requests for information) should we serve on your spouse (for a divorce), your ex-spouse (post-divorce judgment), the other parent (parentage cases) or on other persons or entities such as banks, employers, witnesses, etc. (through a subpoena).
4. What specific timelines should we have for each phase of your case? We do not just litigate cases for the sake of litigating them. We work hard with you to attempt to resolve the issues that should resolve and litigate those that cannot resolve.
5. What do you do if the other party is difficult and unreasonable? Strategy building becomes even more important. We have represented many clients whose spouse or other parent and even their lawyer thought they could intimidate or bully our client. They learned the hard way they cannot get away with that nonsense with our clients and many paid a big price for their foolish choices. We do not represent bullies and we do not tolerate them.