I practice family law in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County.Practice Areas:• Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage• Legal Separation• Paternity• Child Support• Spousal Support• Child Custody and Visitation• Division of Property and Assets

• Freelance attorney for private judges in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.• Review pleadings, declarations, exhibits and expert reports. Compose rulings or bench memorandums.• Cases have included: high-asset family law dissolutions, shareholder derivative lawsuits, discovery disputes, and real estate arbitration.

• Researched and drafted memorandums of points and authorities regarding spousal support, attorney’s fees, motions to quash subpoenas of privileged documents, motions to strike, motions in limine, and other issues.• Drafted mandatory settlement conference statements for cases with support, property, and custody issues.• Coordinated discovery production with clients including preliminary/final declarations of disclosure, met and conferred with opposing counsel regarding discovery production, reviewed pleadings for evidence objections, organized exhibits for trial, and served documents.• Negotiated visitation and custody arrangements with opposing counsel.• Assisted partners at hearings, mandatory settlement conferences, and depositions.

• Drafted mandatory settlement conference statement. Attended the settlement conference.• Drafted points and authorities for a motion to compel production of documents, a motion to deem facts admitted, and a motion to appoint a receiver.• Drafted meet and confer letters related to incomplete document production, improper objections and instructions not to answer at deposition.• Wrote questions and prepared exhibits for deposition of opposing party. Attended the deposition.• Organized and summarized discovery for trial exhibits.• Prepared form pleadings, inventoried incoming and outgoing discovery production, and served documents.

• Prepared and taught English lessons to German speakers, in classes ranging from one to fifteen students.

• Researched and wrote memos on a motion to impute income for child support, several motions to terminate spousal support, and several motions to change venue.• Wrote several hundred court orders for child custody, child support, and property division.

• Researched and wrote sixteen legal memos advising the Judges on how to rule on motions involving landlord tenant law. • Researched and drafted memos on a motion to enforce a settlement agreement, a motion to transfer venue, demurrers from unlawful detainers, motions to set aside default, and motions to strike.