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I am a managing partner at Vella, Carbone & Associates, LLP with my practice devoted to matrimonial and family court matters, general litigation, appellate practice and real property.  I am a certified divorce mediator and also serve as an attorney appointed to represent children in custody, abuse and neglect matters.

Nicholas Dorando received his Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Politics, and Society from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, would go on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School, and has been admitted to practice in New York State since 2016. Nicholas’s law school career was defined by a focus in courtroom practice, having been selected twice for the school’s traveling moot court trial team, as well as being the recipient of the Capital District Trial Lawyers’ Association Prize and an inductee to the Order of the Barristers for demonstrated excellence in Courtroom advocacy. During his time at Albany Law, Nicholas handled cases at the school’s Family Violence Litigation and Immigration Clinic and clerked at firms in Albany and Saratoga.. Upon his admission to the New York bar, he litigated cases in the fields of family and matrimonial law, assisted clients with workers’ compensation claims. Nicholas Dorando is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, and Saratoga County Bar Association.

Elisabeth Donovan is passionate and skilled Certified Family Law Specialist who handles matters involving divorce, child custody, pre-nuptial agreements, domestic violence and adoption throughout Southern California. Known by colleagues and clients as a "fireball," Elisabeth zealously advocates for her clients and does what is best for every family she works with.  Elisabeth has handled hundreds of family law matters across California. Named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine seven years in a row, Elisabeth is recognized in Southern California as a top attorney.. Elisabeth earned her Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA, where she graduated with an Honors distinction. Elisabeth received her Bachelors Degree in Journalism, and in addition to being an attorney, Elisabeth is also licensed as a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.. In addition to her extensive family law experience, Elisabeth has successfully completed the esteemed National Institution of Trial Advocacy's intensive training program in Los Angeles, as well as the Advanced Advocates program in Washington, D.C.. While in law school, Elisabeth worked in the Legal Department of the San Diego County Department of Child Support Services, where she assisted in enforcing court ordered child support obligations. As a certified law student, she also participated in Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic, where she helped disabled veterans handle their family law matters.. During her time at Thomas Jefferson, Elisabeth served as the Vice President of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and wrote for the student newspaper, The Jeffersonian. She also worked in Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Communications Department, where she covered the institution’s events, which featured prominent speakers and legal issues. Elisabeth served as the Law Student Editor of San Diego Lawyer Magazine from 2011-2102.. Elisabeth is admitted to practice law in California, and is an active member of the Orange County Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Los Angeles Italian-American Bar Association.

Denise Trevino has been practicing law for more than twenty years. She is the author of Divorce Essentials: What Every Person Facing Divorce Should Know. Divorce Essentials answers the basic questions that most people ask when considering a divorce. If you are interested in more information about the book, go to .. Denise has focused on family law in Orange County for more than fifteen years. However, her twenty years of practice have also included practice in both Arizona and Utah.. Denise Trevino represents individuals who are getting a divorce. The range of topics she reveiws in a typical dispute are division of a family business, custody litigation, property division, or support issues.. With a commitment to divorce litigation, Trevino Law understand the need for negotiation, but when matters are too important for negotiation, a judge must be involved.. As a member of the Family Law Section of the California State Bar and the Family Law Section of the Orange County Bar, Denise spends her time enhancing her knowledge of family law and the issues which face her clients.. As an attorney, her goal is to represent clients in an ethically, expeditious manner that fosters the client’s goals. She represents individuals in Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Irvine, and Laguna Niguel.. PRACTICE AREAS: Child Custody, Child Support, Property Division, Paternity/Parentage, Prenuptial Agreements, Domestic Violence or Restraining Orders, Hague Convention Cases, Interstate Custody Disputes.

Certified Family Law Specialist. **The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

As a cooperative divorce attorney and certified professional mediator, I am singularly focused on providing affordable, efficient, positive and productive solutions for resolving divorce out of court. My clients have short and long marriages, no assets or multi-million dollar estates, young or grown or no children - but they have one thing in common: the desire to resolve their divorce quickly, privately, affordably, and most importantly, on their own terms.. My process is unique, and highly effective.. My dedication to cooperative divorce practice has provided me the opportunity to develop and teach a course on litigation alternatives at McGeorge School of Law. Unlike most law school curriculum, this course trains attorneys-to-be in practical, reasonable divorce resolution.. I host a divorce lifestyle network: Split Decisions Divorce. Though 50% of marriages end in divorce, 100% of people are impacted by it at some point in their lives. Our goal is to provide education, entertainment, and information to help all of those impacted by divorce make better Split Decisions.. I am also the CEO and CFO of a single-parent household with young children. They’re the loveliest children ever, who thoughtfully provide me with the chance to sharpen my dispute resolution skills on a daily (hourly?) basis. When dividing a can of Play-Doh, or dividing a pension plan, my goal is that the people involved (whether spouses or toddlers) be pleased that they reached their own fair and equitable result.. If you have read this far in my bio, I feel compelled to also disclose a weakness for musical productions, local wineries, Italian leather shoes, unqualifed mountain biking, and the Folsom STARS program (look it up). Thank you for viewing my page on AVVO. Solving divorce is my life’s purpose, and I look forward to helping you obtain your own cooperative solution.

Ms. Barsegian's practice is limited to Family Law.. She is a Top Attorney, selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers list for 6 years (2016-2021).  Other recognitions include 2015 Southern California Rising Stars, and Top Attorney for Family Law as published in Pasadena Magazine for consecutive years (2013-2021).

Afsanae "Sana" Abbasi is a Certified Family Law Specialist, The State of California Board of Legal Specialization, with over a decade of experience in family law handling issues related to divorce, custody and paternity actions. Contact Holmes & Holmes, Attorneys at Law.

Well accomplished California and Nevada licensed family law attorney with 19 years of complex litigation experience representing individuals in divorce, paternity, and domestic violence proceedings at a firm that specializes in family law. Clients include high net worth individuals, attorneys, physicians, and small business owners.

Stephanie Hall Kobesky is certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.. Stephanie graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship from U.C. Berkeley in 2000 and Order of the Coif from U.C. Davis King Hall School of Law in 2005. She began her legal career as a real estate attorney, first in the commercial transactional practice group at Reed Smith LLP and later in the construction litigation group at Farella Braun + Martel LLP. During her time in Biglaw, Stephanie co-chaired the Bar Association of San Francisco's ("BASF") Construction Law Section and volunteered her time through the Family Law Project of BASF's Justice and Diversity Center, where she had the opportunity to work with low-income clients through the beginning stages of their divorces and custody matters to their resolution. Through her pro bono work, Stephanie developed a passion for family law and being able to work hands-on with clients to guide them through an emotionally taxing time with the primary objective of making them feel secure in knowing that she was working hard to represent their best interests.. In 2013, Stephanie dedicated her practice exclusively to family law. She has handled cases involving dissolution, spousal support, child support, child custody and visitation, stepparent adoptions, legal separation, mediation, annulment, domestic violence, modification of prior orders, paternity, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and property valuation and division. Stephanie has extensive trial experience and leans on her background as both a transactional and litigation attorney to develop strategic approaches in and out of the courtroom to resolve the complex property, business and personal issues that often arise in the course of a dissolution proceeding. Stephanie is committed to providing excellent client service and to taking an ethical and measured approach to each unique family law situation.. Stephanie served as the Vice Chair of the Family Law Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association in 2019 and as the Chair in 2020. She has been appointed to act as Minor's Counsel in high conflict custody cases and acts as a Settlement Officer for Mandatory Settlement Conferences and Settlement Officer Conferences through the Family Law Division of the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Stephanie has served as a panelist at Santa Clara Law's Annual Solo Practice Seminar and enjoys mentoring attorneys new to the practice of family law.. Stephanie is a member of the State Bar of California, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the San Mateo Bar Association, the Santa Cruz Bar Association and the California Lawyers Association.

David Monarch was admitted to the California State Bar in 2006. Shortly after, he joined the team of Castle & Monarch Family Law. David was deemed Certified Family Law Specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization in 2012. David is a member of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists.. In 2021, David began his own law practice, Monarch Family Law.. David specializes in all aspects of family law including divorce, property division, business evaluation, paternity matters, child support, spousal support, contempts, domestic violence, child custody, visitation, and modification of support and custody/visitation orders. Clients range from common divorce with modest estates to many of the county's elite, including professional athletes, celebrities, and those with multimillion dollar estates.. David received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating possible and which rating is based upon an extensive survey of attorneys in the field, but more importantly a survey of the actual Judges who make the decisions and observe the trial skills of the attorneys first hand. David was listed as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers every years since 2014 and was recognized as a Top Young Lawyer for 2014 by Los Angeles Magazine and Orange Coast Magazine. No more than 2.5 percent are named to Rising Stars.  On AVVO, David is rated Superb (10 out of 10) and was awarded Client's Choice Award for 2012, 2014 and 2020.. You can contact David at

Douglas A. Hatherley is a Certified Family Law Specialist. Mr. Hatherley’s practice is focused on the issues of family law litigation, including child custody and visitation, spousal support, child support, domestic violence, paternity, and division of assets. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.. Mr. Hatherley has practiced family law exclusively since being admitted to the bar and has worked at prominent family law firms in Orange County, the Inland Empire, and Los Angeles. During law school, Mr. Hatherley served as a judicial extern in the Family Law Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court for a highly respected family law judge. He was also Senior Production Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review.. Mr. Hatherley has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Super Lawyers Southern California and Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars lists, The Best Lawyers in America®, and published in the Daily Journal, a leading legal newspaper. He has also attained the coveted AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell. AV Preeminent® is Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for his legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.. Mr. Hatherley is also a member of the Executive Committee Board for the Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section, and a co-editor of the Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section newsletter.. Mr. Hatherley is a graduate of the National Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute (NFLTI) in Houston, Texas. NFLTI is the preeminent litigation skills course dedicated exclusively to family law. During this intensive eight day program, attendees develop skills training in all aspects of family law litigation, from opening statement to closing argument. Attendees receive hands-on training and experience in developing the theme of the case, opening statements, evidence, custody evaluations and psychological testing, business valuations, technology in the courtroom, direct and cross examination of parties and experts, and closing arguments. Mr. Hatherley has practiced family law exclusively since being admitted to the bar and has worked at prominent family law firms in Orange County, the Inland Empire, and Los Angeles. During law school, Mr. Hatherley served as a judicial extern in the Family Law Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court for a highly respected family law judge. He was also Senior Production Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review.. Mr. Hatherley has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Super Lawyers Southern California and Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars lists, and published in the Daily Journal, a leading legal newspaper. He has also attained the coveted AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell. AV Preeminent® is Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for his legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.. Mr. Hatherley is also a member of the Executive Committee Board for the Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section.. Mr. Hatherley is a graduate of the National Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute (NFLTI) in Houston, Texas. NFLTI is the preeminent litigation skills course dedicated exclusively to family law. During this intensive eight day program, attendees develop skills training in all aspects of family law litigation, from opening statement to closing argument. Attendees receive hands-on training and experience in developing the theme of the case, opening statements, evidence, custody evaluations and psychological testing, business valuations, technology in the courtroom, direct and cross examination of parties and experts, and closing arguments.

With over 28 years of legal experience, attorney Roxana Shayan offers competent legal advice and litigation in the areas of divorce, custody and related family law matters, including child support, alimony/ spousal support, domestic violence, and paternity.. As an experienced attorney, I care about giving you peace of mind during your divorce. Whether in divorce negotiation, or litigation, I will zealously and aggressively pursue your best interests in a divorce settlement. From complex divorces involving child custody and financial disputes to straightforward, amicable divorces, I will offer you the right legal knowledge combined with compassion and understanding toward your situation.