History
Practicing family law in Oakland for 32 years.
Specialties
I provide legal services for families of all kinds. These services include pre-marital or pre-domestic partner registration agreements; dissolutions of marriages or domestic partnerships; financial settlement agreements; guardianshlps of children; adoptions; wills, trusts and powers of attorney; mediation of financial and child custody disputes, and other family-related matters. The documents I prepare for you are easy to read and understand, and all of your questions are given thorough and helpful answers. I can greatly simplify a confusing estate plan that you may already have. I can help you understand the financial effects of marriage or domestic partnership registration, and can recommend methods for protecting yourself in the event that your relationship ends. Practicing family law since 1980, I am familiar with the courts in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.