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Zealous Advocate for You!   We are not a traffic mill, we are a defense firm.  We consult with our clients personnally and review every ticket for the best possible outcome.  Contact us directly at.. Voted Top 10 Traffic Attorney by AVVO since 2010.  My Peers consider me one of the Best Traffic Attorneys in So. Cal.   We offer a 15 min. free telephonic consultation.. Local Newport Beach attorney who knows the ins and outs of the Vehicle Code and knows how to use the Evidence Code to your best advantage!. It used to be if you got a ticket it wasn't a big deal, not so much any more.  Pleading guilty to a traffic infraction can have serious consequences on your license and insurance even if it isn't a point.    The penalty assessments attached to the fines are outrageous and one ticket for the wrong violation on your record can cause substantial financial damage, loss of license, jail time and in some cases cost you your job.   Don't let that happen to you.. Commercial drivers need zealous professional representation by a well versed, well respected traffic ticket attorney, so please call me for your free consultation.. I fight traffic tickets for a living, not because I want bad drivers on the road, but because I believe in the Constitution and hate to see people plead guilty to save a few bucks which allows our government to take advantage of the drivers of this state by operating the traffic court as a cash register.   I founded the California Traffic Defense Bar Association (CTDBA) a statewide traffic defense bar association for attorneys across the state who focus on traffic defense.  We fight for a united voice for all the drivers in the State not just those who get tickets.. If you get a ticket, give me a call,.  My staff and are here to defend you!   Check out my Reviews!

Nicole Whyte has been identified by the well-recognized Daily Journal as one of California’s top 100 women attorneys. She has also been selected as one of America’s Top 100 attorneys (a lifetime achievement). Ms. Whyte is a founding principal and CEO of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP, a 160+ attorney law firm with 8 office locations throughout the Western United States.  Admitted to the South African Supreme Court in 1990, the California State Bar in 1991, the Nevada State Bar in 2000, the Washington D.C. State Bar in 2011, and the Washington State Bar in 2012, Ms. Whyte has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation and trial. She focuses her practice in the areas of family law, complex civil and commercial litigation, trucking litigation, and insurance defense litigation. Ms. Whyte has been designated as a Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization since 2010. She has successfully litigated and tried hundreds of complex, multi-million dollar lawsuits, and has tried in excess of 30 cases to verdict (jury and judge trials).  She has been awarded the highest accolade in Martindale-Hubbell: an AV rating. This was as a result of an extensive, confidential review conducted among the legal profession in her community. The AV rating signifies Ms. Whyte’s legal abilities are of the very highest standard and her professional ethics are unquestioned. Ms. Whyte also has been consistently named California “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles Magazine, and she has been consistently ranked in Super Lawyer’s lists of top attorneys in Southern California and Orange County.. Even more pertinent than her awards and ratings, Ms. Whyte strives to keep her clients’ interests at heart, and reach timely resolutions of challenging situations. Within the family law field, she handles a multitude of issues such as divorce, custody, visitation, modifications, child support, parentage/paternity, property division, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, dependency actions, and spousal support. Ms. Whyte provides individualized counseling and representation in all areas of family law and listens carefully to her client’s problems to provide representation that is strategic and effective.. Ms. Whyte has written extensively in her fields of expertise, and she is also a regular speaker at legal conferences across the United States.   Ms. Whyte has authored chapters in two published Family Law books, “Strategies for Family Law in California” 2010 edition published by Aspatore, “Streamlining Strategies and Costs in today’s Family Law Cases”, and “Strategies for Family Law in California” 2012 edition published by Aspatore, “Staying up to date with New Developments and Strategies in California Family Law Litigation”.. Ms. Whyte is a member of the Family, Construction and Insurance sections of the Orange County Bar Association, the Clark County Bar Association (Nevada) and the American Bar Association. She is a member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. She is a past member of the Civil Procedure and Evidence panels of the Orange County Bar Association’s Resolutions Committee. She has graduated twice from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) program in trial advocacy and is a Master Bencher and past officer of the Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court. Ms. Whyte also serves as a mediator, and has served as settlement officer for the Orange County Superior Court. She is also a Board Member of the Masters' Division of the Orange County Bar Association.. Ms. Whyte is also active in the international legal community.  She is a member of Consulegis, an international network of lawyers, and she has been a featured speaker at Consulegis'  bi-annual conferences. She also has close ties to her original mentor attorney in South Africa, Brian Kahn, where she began her legal career.  Ms. Whyte's law firm, Bremer Whyte also has a strategic alliance with Brian Kahn, Inc. in Johannesburg, South Africa.. Ms. Whyte is a board member of the Sonenshine Pro Bono Opportunities Committee, an Orange County organization comprised of attorneys and Judges who provide Pro Bono legal opportunities  to newer members of the Orange County bar, by matching attorneys with potential Pro Bono clients. Ms. Whyte is also a board member of the Public Law Center, a pro-bono law group that provides access for low income residents of Orange County.. A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Ms. Whyte received her Bachelor of Arts and her LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Johannesburg, South Africa. After graduating from law school, she served as state prosecutor at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court in the criminal division. During this time Ms. Whyte had the opportunity to try a variety of criminal cases. Following her tenure as state prosecutor, she gained general civil and commercial litigation experience at Brian Kahn Inc. Attorneys, a boutique litigation law firm in Johannesburg. Ms. Whyte immigrated to the United States in 1991.. Ms. Whyte and her husband, Steven Nataupsky, managing partner of the Intellectual Property law firm Knobbe Martens, live with their 4 children in Newport Beach, California. When not practicing law, Ms. Whyte enjoys spending time with her family, exercise, piano, travel, reading, and baking and cooking with her daughter Rachel.  Ms. Whyte is also an avid student of the martial arts, and she has competed and placed in karate tournaments (kata and sparring) in Southern California.

Michael H. Gazin was born in Los Angeles, California in 1949, and has been a resident of Orange County since 1974.  He and his wife have lived in Irvine since 1976 where they raised their two daughters.. Mr. Gazin graduated from San Jose State University with honors in 1971, earning a BA degree in Political Science. He attended the University Of Santa Clara School Of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1974.  Mr. Gazin was admitted to the California State Bar in 1974, when he commenced his practice in Orange County.  In Mr. Gazin’s early years of practice, he handled a broad spectrum of cases ranging from criminal defense, personal injury, business litigation and family law.  Commencing in the mid 1980’s, Mr. Gazin began focusing his practice primarily in the area of family law, and now limits his practice to Family Law.. Mr. Gazin’s approach to the practice of Family Law comes from his perspective that, to the extent possible, an amicable, equitable and expeditious resolution of the issues best serves the parties’ interest in their time of personal and inter-family crisis.  To achieve that goal, Mr. Gazin’s first focus is to evaluate the case to determine if such a method is both an appropriate and viable option.. Mr. Gazin has been an active member of the Orange County Bar Association since 1976, serving as a member on its Board of Directors from 1980 through 1985.  Mr. Gazin was elected Secretary of the Orange County Bar Association in 1986, Treasurer in 1987, President-Elect in 1988 and President in 1989.  Mr. Gazin recently completed a 3 year term as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Orange County Bar Foundation.  He is a former Treasurer of the Orange County Bar Family Law Section.. Mr. Gazin chaired the Client Relations Committee of the Orange County Bar Association from 1983 to 1985 after serving as a Committee member from 1977 to 1983; he has served as a delegate to the State Bar Conference of Delegates every year from 1980 through 2003.  Mr. Gazin served as a member of the Orange County Bar Association Judiciary Committee in 2003, and he has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Orange County Superior Court.. Mr. Gazin has an AV Rating with Martindale Hubbell.  Mr. Gazin has been named and is currently recognized by the Los Angeles Magazine as one of Orange County’s Super Lawyers; and he is currently listed in the U.S. News and World Report Best Lawyers guide.

Lonnie K. Seide was born in Huntington, New York. He was recognized as the Best Family Law Lawyer - Orange County 2020 by Best Lawyers in America. Lonnie graduated from Northeastern University (B.S., with honors) and St. John's University School of Law (J.D.). He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, the New York Bar, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court and the California Bar. Lonnie is listed as one of the best lawyers in America by Best Lawyers in America and listed by Super Lawyers.

James (Jim) Parke was born in Los Angeles and has practiced law in California for more than 35 years.. An esteemed expert in all areas of family law, Jim has served as an adjunct professor of family law at Trinity Law School and a lecturer, panelist and speaker throughout California. He regularly contributes to divorce recovery workshops and speaks at the Public Law Center of Orange County on family law issues.. Jim is AV Peer Review Rated (the highest rating) by and has been listed as a Super Lawyer since 2004. He is a member of State Bar of California, Orange County Bar Association, Celtic Bar Association, World Affairs Council, and Orange County Jewish Bar Association. Additionally, he is a Founding Fellow of the Society of Fellows of the Orange County Bar Foundation, fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer and co-dean of the 2013 Annual Institute of Trial Advocacy.. Jim graduated from California State University at Fullerton in 1975 and Pepperdine University in 1978.

Jacqueline A. Whisnant, born in Burbank, California in 1960, has been an Orange County resident since 1985.  She and her husband, Bruce Whisnant, have two children.. Ms. Whisnant graduated from California State University, Northridge (B.A., 1984) and Loyola Law School of Los Angeles (J.D., 1987).  While in law school, she was a member of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Honors Program and held the position of judicial extern for the Honorable Allan E. Broussard of the California State Supreme Court (January – May 1987).  She was admitted to the California State Bar in 1987 (and the U.S. Central District of California in 1988) and has practiced law in Orange County thereafter.. Ms. Whisnant started her legal career as a civil attorney handling various business litigation matters.  She has been practicing family law exclusively since 1991 and has been a Certified Family Law Specialist with the State Bar of California since 1996.  She has been appointed Judge Pro Tem with the Orange County Superior Court and has authored family law articles including “Division of Community Property: How Many Bites of the Apple do the Parties Really Get?” (Orange County Lawyer, August 1996.  See attached); Ms. Whisnant has also lectured on various family law issues, including: “Recent Developments in Family Law” (CEB, 1996); “Analyzing Separate Property and Transmutation Contributions” (CEB, January 2007).. Ms. Whisnant has an AV Rating with Martindale Hubbell.  She has been named by the Los Angeles Magazine as one of the 50 top female attorneys in Southern California and has been recognized by this magazine since 2002 as one of Orange County’s Super Lawyers.. She is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and has served on its Board of Directors (1998-1999; 2001-2003).  She is also a member of the Family Law Section of the Orange County Bar and has served on its Executive Committee (1999-2003).  She is a past and current member of the Judiciary Committee of the Orange County Bar Association, a special section of the Bar formed to evaluate candidates seeking judicial appointments through the Governor’s office and/or through the election process (1998-2003; 2007-2010).. While Ms. Whisnant handles all facets of the marital dissolution process including child and spousal support, custody and visitation, characterization and division of property, she focuses primarily on dissolutions with complex business and real estate issues involving self-employed parties, issues of cash flow, valuation and characterization, tracing of community and separate property interests and assets and creative division and resolution of such issues.  The “dream team” she establishes for her clients usually includes a seasoned forensic accountant as well as estate planning, real estate, corporate and/or other experts when needed.  Regardless of the size or complexity of the case, effective and efficient resolution of the problem is always the first priority.

I am an Orange County criminal defense attorney focusing on women in trouble with the law.  I always seek the best for my clients.  I do all I can for them and believe in keeping an open line of communication so that they are always aware of what is happening in their case.. I started my law career as a Deputy District Attorney in San Bernardino County, but found I enjoyed helping people more than putting them in jail.  I have over 14 years of experience and have been lead counsel in over 30 jury trials.  Not only that, but I enjoy listening to people and being there for them during legal challenges.  During my career I have successfully represented hundreds of women and look forward to helping even more.. I enjoy family time, reading, the beach, public speaking, writing and traveling.

Experience is the key. After twenty-five years serving the Southern California Family Law community (first as a Deputy District Attorney, then in private practice as a Senior Associate and as a Partner) I am now the Managing Partner at the Newport Beach Family Law firm of the Hittelman Family Law Group, APC. We offer the unique combination of expertise and dedication that our clients expect when going through one of the worst time in their lives. We are able to keep our clients up-to-date on their matters and get their cases resolved so that they spend time with their families, not in the courts. Krystle Lilly-White is CAMS Certified to provide our clients the option of pursuing Mediation or a Collaborative Divorce. Our Of Counsel, Wayne Jones, provides the insights of a forty-year practitioner with a depth of legal and life experience.. I started my legal career as the first Deputy District Attorney hired by the Orange County District Attorney's Office, Family Support Division. My duties included handling paternity cases, child support, and enforcement of support obligations. I then went into private practice, where I was able to draw from my first career - as a teacher - to work to raise the level of family law practice in Orange County. My presentations included educating other attorneys about Domestic Violence, complex child support issues, psychological issues impacting child custody decisions, and general Family Law issues. I am a Certified Specialist in Family, certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization, since 2002.. Our variety of experienced attorneys and teamwork approach provides unique opportunities for clients to have the strategy and wisdom of a variety of viewpoints. We look forward to helping you along the next path of your life.

Carrie S. Block joined Holstrom, Block & Parke, APLC as a partner in 2014. Ms. Block’s expertise is in family law, including divorce, adoption and pre-marital agreements. Many of her cases involve complicated property divisions or contested custody disputes. Ms. Block is a Certified Family Law Specialist, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.. Ms. Block has extensive experience in all aspects of family law, including divorce, custody, child support, spousal support, paternity, adoption and premarital rights. She also represents clients in agreed-upon divorces, post-divorce modifications, enforcement of existing orders, paternity cases and premarital agreements. She works closely with the firm’s clients to educate them and keep them abreast of changes in the law.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.