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Results-driven, client-centered, and compassionate Family, Criminal Defense and Civil Litigator in Calabasas. Attended USC Marshall School of Business and USC Gould School of Law. Call for a free consultation.

Ms. Mercedes Blunt graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of West Los Angeles in May 2007 and was admitted to practice law in the State of California in November 2007. While at the University of West Los Angeles, Ms. Blunt received Witkin Awards and California Jurisprudence Awards in seven subjects including family law. Ms. Blunt also participated in the Moot Court Honors program, competing in San Diego in 2007. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Blunt majored in Management Information Systems at California State University, Northridge, where she was on the Dean’s list.. Prior to becoming a sole practitioner, Ms. Blunt practiced law as an associate in two prominent law firms, aiding partners in all areas of family law.. Ms. Blunt is a member of the Family Law sections of the Ventura County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the State Bar of California.  Ms. Blunt is a member in good standing with the California State Bar and has no record of discipline. Ms. Blunt is an active member of the State Bar and is licensed to practice before all state courts throughout the State of California.

The Dougherty Law Firm, APC in Westlake Village, California, is a general practice law firm that represents clients with both transactional and litigation matters. The secret to our success lies in our committment to each and every client that we will treat you as though we would expect to be treated if we were seeking legal counsel.  With over 30 years of experience, we have a broad background and keen sense of how to reslove your legal dilemma both efficently and competently.

Alan Shifman is California's only Certified Family Law Specialist, Certified Public Accountant and Registered Investment Advisor which enables him to handle complex financial issues other family law attorneys may not understand.

I sincerely care about our clients. I take great care in understanding our client's individual perspectives and then matching those perspectives into the applicable legal elements so that I can appropriately advise and counsel them.. I also know that legal problems take an emotional and financial toll. As such, it is my personal goal to help our clients resolve their legal issues as quickly and as painlessly as possible.. Key to winning any case is a clear understanding of the facts. I take great care in getting the necessary facts from our clients as quickly, completely, and as easy on our clients as possible.

Mary Ellen Waller is a director, shareholder, and the general counsel of Feinberg & Waller, A Professional Corporation. Although Ms. Waller is not available for individual client retention, her focus is on the management of Feinberg & Waller, a law firm practicing exclusively in divorce and family law with offices located in Calabasas and Beverly Hills, California. Ms. Waller has helped lead the firm to become one of Southern California's premier family law firms, serving clients in all aspects of family law, including highly complex family law litigation. Clients receive increased value and benefit from her role, they are not charged for the expertise that she brings to the family law profession and the firm.. Ms. Waller provides decisive support to Feinberg & Waller in numerous areas including finance, information technology, human resources, media and information services, marketing, public policy advocacy, general services, real property operations, development of strategic consultancies, as well as corporate governance and business policy. She develops business and legal strategy along with detailed analysis, which accompanies strategic planning and implementation.. Ms. Waller ensures that the firm's focus is on the efficiency of service delivery and accountability. She has had a lifelong focus on rules and fairness. The principle of human dignity and that we have an obligation to respect the decisions made by other people concerning their own lives is at the foundation of her practice. Ms. Waller bases her decision-making process on ethics and integrity with a vision that focuses on providing a hospitable, high quality law firm, always with a mindset of improvement of the processes to better serve clients.. Feinberg & Waller's practice area, family law, is one of the most all-encompassing and complex areas of the law since the cases touch upon so many different aspects of the law. Ms. Waller consistently pursues continuing education in the field of family law and researches unique legal issues impacting the firm. She holds a degree in Criminal Justice, which gives her a better understanding of some of the nuanced issues that can arise in family law matters. Ms. Waller has accumulated in-depth perspectives in areas of law and business related to circumstances facing many divorcing spouses. She has extensive experience in understanding the range of differing needs of each individual client and in developing creative solutions to sensitive and complex challenges during difficult times.. Ms. Waller is the supervising editor of Feinberg & Waller's family law blog. Her insights on family law issues and her advocacy for equal fundamental individual civil rights for minorities have been published in numerous media outlets. Her perspectives have been published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal, both award-wining publications covering legal affairs in California. Ms. Waller has a sophisticated knowledge of the full spectrum of digital topics from social media and mobile marketing, to online metrics. The digital revolution, synchronization, and communication distribution continue to be areas of interest, exploration, and creative development for Ms. Waller. Her legal and communication backgrounds have translated to the ability to skillfully use communications to advocate on public policy issues.. The firm works towards a mission of continual education dissemination in the family law field, public policy advocacy for streamlining the procedural process governing dissolutions, heightened awareness for the Family Law Bar to always practice with the best interest of the children in mind, and equal civil rights for all regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, or sexual orientation. Feinberg & Waller's community outreach efforts include the production of a digital referral database of family law resources for low-income families in Los Angeles and Ventura County, and a free online video library of family law topics. The law firm is also recognized for mentorship of law students.. Ms. Waller began her legal career as a law clerk for the Real Estate Finance Bureau of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. Throughout her career she has continued to be involved in numerous regulatory agency issues in a broad range of industries and real property transactions. Ms. Waller has also overseen and executed large-scale remodels and construction of several commercial and residential real estate properties including the current offices of Feinberg & Waller, which she designed for the comfort of the firms' discerning clientele.. Ms. Waller evaluates matter progress within the firm and facilitates tactical legal initiatives. She has extensive courtroom experience as a litigation attorney in both New York and California. She has litigated hundreds of matters before courts throughout the Greater Los Angeles area and the five boroughs of New York City. As a trial lawyer she litigated all types of civil actions, battling to protect and advance the interest of her clients through trial or settlement. In addition, she has business experience in venture capital, debtor-creditor asset recovery, asset liquidation, vendor-vendee transactional contracts, and employer-employee issues.. Ms. Waller is an active member of several community organizations including the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities, National Charity League, Inc., Pierce Community College, The Cowboy Lawyers Association, Ahmanson Theatre, Center Theatre Group, and the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University. She has served on numerous committees and has received several community service awards.. Ms. Waller was educated in New York State. She holds an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice from Nassau Community College where she received an academic award for scholarship in Criminal Justice. Her undergraduate Bachelor's degree is in Communications, with a specialty in Journalism, from Hofstra University where she also received an academic merit scholarship award. Ms. Waller received her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. Ms. Waller is admitted to practice law in both New York and California.

Ms. Gardner-Pawlak has been practicing family law for twenty-five years and has extensive trial experience in all aspects of family law matters including, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, division of property, premarital agreements, and domestic violence restraining orders. Melanie is extremely adept at strategizing and litigating matters involving complex compensation, including business ownership and valuation, as well as highly contested child custody disputes for both divorce and paternity matters.. In 2024, Ms. Gardner-Pawlak was selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers list, her primary practice area is Family Law. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.. At The Reape-Rickett Law Firm, our mission is to provide family law legal services that are second to none. We conduct ourselves in accordance with the highest ethical standards and are committed to providing quality services. Each firm member takes special care to understand the unique and individual concerns of our clients. Our team approach to each case ensures efficient and timely responses to simple or complex issues. We empower our clients with knowledge and information, enabling them to make reasoned and results-oriented decisions.

Born on the East Coast, I moved to California when I was nine. I studied at UC Davis where I double majored in Political Science, and Communications, graduating in three years. After entering the workforce, I couldn't ignore my interest in law. I eventually started a night program at the Ventura College of Law. I was subsequently admitted to the California State Bar and have been in practice ever since.. My professional accomplishments include, but are not limited to the following: (1) successful settlement of over three hundred open cases; (2) co-founder KFT Legal Aid Clinic; (3) board member of the Ventura County Bar Association since 2020; (4) president of the Ventura County Barristers 2020; (5) treasurer of the Ventura County Barristers 2018 & 2019; (6) board member of the Ventura County Barristers since 2017.. After graduating from law school I went backpacking through Europe. It was there, in Rome, that I met my wife. We now live happily in Santa Barbara, CA. In my spare time I enjoy tennis, hiking, snowboarding, kayaking, and playing musical instruments.

The Law Offices of James J. Salmons is a boutique law firm offering personalized service, unwavering support, and an attention to detail that is unmatched. Many say it, we show it.. I'm a fairly new attorney, just a few years under my belt. But "this ain't my first rodeo" and the life experiences I have endured, I believe I can confidently say, few can match.  From these life experiences and my time practicing law, we cultivate a "client experience" focused on prompt responsiveness, zealous advocacy, and a dedication to preserving the rights of our clients!

Adina Helena Rosenfeld is an attorney admitted to practice in California, she has wide-ranging experience in the area of family law. Her practice focuses on complex child custody disputes, including move-away cases, domestic violence, parental alienation, child visitation and divorce matters. Ms. Rosenfeld works to keep the best interest of the children in mind and ensures that her clients are informed at every stage of the process. She is dedicated to professional excellence reassuring her clients by developing a comprehensive plan of action. She is settlement oriented; however, she is equally adept at litigation. Clients appreciate her attention to detail, as she gives sound reasonable advice, laying out the realities of various choices.. Ms. Rosenfeld speaks fluent German as well as conversational Polish, Hebrew, and Italian, allowing her to communicate with clients from a wide variety of backgrounds. She has had an interest in world-wide legal traditions and has published a law review article on the comparative rules of international evidence. This interest, along with her European background, has given her a deeper understanding of the Hague Convention and the civil aspects of child abduction.. Prior to joining Feinberg & Waller, Ms. Rosenfeld clerked with Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, a nonprofit family law center, through a Loyola Law School fellowship. She conducted intake of clients, drafted family law and adoption pleadings, participated in client consultations, and assisted attorneys with discovery, motions, and trial preparations.. Since the beginning of her involvement in the legal field, Ms. Rosenfeld has advocated consistently and effectively for the rights of those in need. While in law school, she was involved in organizations such as the Women's Lawyer's Association and the Jewish Law Students Association and acted as a legal extern for Loyola Law School's Project for the Innocent, assisting California prison inmates who requested legal assistance. Ms. Rosenfeld has had community volunteer affiliations with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Sova Food Pantry. Her dedication to assisting those in need, both through her legal services and her volunteer activities, consistently motivates her to help families resolve conflicts as quickly and effectively as possible.. Ms. Rosenfeld earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, graduating summa cum laude from the University of Southern California (USC). Ms. Rosenfeld was part of the History Department's Honor's Program and completed an Honor's Thesis prior to graduating from USC. She earned her law degree at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.. Ms. Rosenfeld is a member of the California Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association - Family Law section, the Los Angeles County Bar Association - Family Law section, the German American Business Association, and the Women's Lawyer's Association of Los Angeles.

****Currently Accepting New Cases****. I live with my husband and daughter in Essex Junction along with Rosie and Malaki the cats, Oreo and Titan the dogs and Spike the bearded dragon. When I'm not in the office I love being outside in the garden, visiting local parks, or just walking. When I can't be outside I enjoy listening to music, playing the violin, baking, crafting, and playing a select few video games.. Please schedule a consult through our website, by calling the office or see what works with your schedule and set one up using calendly.

Megan’s primary practice area is civil litigation.  She is a member of the Vermont Bar, Florida Bar, and also of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Bar.. Megan joined Bauer Gravel Farnham in 2016 after completing her Vermont Bar Clerkship with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General and the Law Office of Susan M. Buckholz.  Prior to joining Bauer Gravel Farnham, Megan practiced civil litigation in the areas of family law, commercial law, and environmental and land use law.  She spent her first few years of private practice in South Florida and, a Connecticut native, returned to New England in 2015.. Megan received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she completed the Concentration of Environmental Law, acted as Torts Law Scholar, and was awarded the Sigma Alpha Omicron Award for her role as President of the Environmental Law Society.  Attracted to the Visiting Program at Vermont Law School, Megan spent her third year of law school in Vermont after interning with the Conservation Law Foundation.. Megan received her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was a member of the Women’s Division I Volleyball Team and Copyeditor for The Retriever Weekly.  Megan also interned with the Honorable Judge Wanda Keyes Heard of the Baltimore City Circuit Court and with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.. Megan enjoys volunteerism in her personal and professional life.  She was a proud Board Member of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, an active member of the Junior League of Boca Raton, a tutor with the Learning Bank of Baltimore, and now enjoys membership to the Vermont Bar Association.  Although Ms. Hodson’s family spans the East Coast, she now lives in Montpelier and finds great adventure and peace in the mountains of Vermont.