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Karen Alicia Davis
Richmond, CA Divorce Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Divorce, Bankruptcy and Immigration
Georgetown University Law Center
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Maxwell Charles Livingston
Albany, CA Divorce Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Business, Elder and Entertainment & Sports
Marquette University Law School and Marquette University Law School
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Angela N Bryant
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 13 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of California - Davis
My approach to each family law case is specifically tailored to the needs of each client. Some cases require aggressive litigation, while other times, settlement is the best (and cheapest) choice for all involved. As your attorney, you can expect me to give you guidance based on the law, and to be transparent with you about your options. My role is to advise you, but not to make decisions for you. I enjoy partnering with my clients to get them their desired outcome. I am also very responsive to client communication. I pride myself on keeping you...
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Brit Benjamin
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law
![Trevor Caldwell Thorpe]( "Trevor Caldwell Thorpe")
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Trevor Caldwell Thorpe
Berkeley, CA Divorce Attorney with 26 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
![Alex Verbeck]( "Alex Verbeck")
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Alex Verbeck
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer
Divorce, Criminal, Family and Landlord Tenant
Lewis & Clark Law School
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Martin James Elmer
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
![Brittany Hendrix-Smith]( "Brittany Hendrix-Smith")
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Brittany Hendrix-Smith
Martinez, CA Divorce Lawyer
Free ConsultationDivorce, DUI, Domestic Violence and Family
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Veronica Natalya Panella
El Cerrito, CA Divorce Attorney with 23 years of experience
Divorce, Elder and Family
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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Teresa Anne Ray
Vallejo, CA Divorce Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence, Employment and Family
John F Kennedy Univ School of Law
![Sharon Alkire]( "Sharon Alkire")
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Sharon Alkire
Berkeley, CA Divorce Lawyer
(510) 761-5792
Law Office of Sharon Alkire
1604 Solano Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
Divorce and Family
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Ali Shahrestani,
Oakland, CA Divorce Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Divorce, Business, Education and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
With a progressive law practice since 2007, Mr. Ali Shahrestani is a bi-coastal litigation attorney representing international and domestic clients in state and federal legal matters in CA, NY, and MA. He has been featured in print and TV news for his legal expertise, is a recipient of multiple awards and a graduate of top rated universities with honors, and has donated much effort and time to public education, legal journalism, and social justice activism.
1) Education Law - K-12, College, Graduate, Students, Teachers, Schools
2) Divorce & Child Custody - High Conflict, LGBTQ, Father's Rights
3) Business, Contracts, & Real Estate Law...
![Debra Schoenberg]( "Debra Schoenberg")
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Debra Schoenberg
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 37 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of New Hampshire School of Law
DEBRA R. SCHOENBERG, ESQ., HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER.
More than thirty years ago, she established her own firm, which has vast experience and expertise in the highly sensitive and complex practice of family law. Ms. Schoenberg has established a professional reputation for thoroughness, strategic thinking, keen attention to detail, loyalty, and dedication to client service.
Today Ms. Schoenberg handles cases that range from complex financial issues and extensive marital estates, to high-conflict custody matters. Adept at negotiating resolutions as well as aggressively pursuing litigated outcomes, she also handles straightforward family law cases, pre- and post-marital agreements, and marital settlements. Ms....
![Ethan M. Weisinger]( "Ethan M. Weisinger")
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Ethan M. Weisinger
10.0 
(1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfWalnut Creek, CA Divorce Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Ethan M. Weisinger is a California State Certified Family Law Specialist working in all of the Bay Area Counties. He represents clients in all aspects of conventional family law matters, (divorce/separation, child custody, spousal/child support, etc.) as well as dissolution of same-sex marriages, including Registered Domestic Partnerships.
Ethan graduated with honors from California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo with a degree in English and Political Science. Ethan then went on to study law at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and graduated with honors, with an emphasis in Trial Litigation in 2010.
From 2010...
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David Marc Lederman
Moraga, CA Divorce Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce, Family and International
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
Mr. Lederman is a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Contra Costa County Bar Association's Family Law Section and served as Section President in 2008. He is also a past State Bar Family Law Section Legislation Chair and is the 2017 Family Law Section Chair. He frequently speaks and writes on family law issues.
![Ariel Sosna]( "Ariel Sosna")
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Ariel Sosna
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Ariel Sosna is a founding partner of Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP. She is certified as a specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Sosna has been exclusively practicing family law in California (San Francisco Bay Area) since 2007.
Ms. Sosna received her J.D., with a concentration in Family Law, from U.C. Hastings School of the Law and her B.A. in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley.
Before starting her own practice, Ms. Sosna was an associate at a well-known San Francisco law firm. She was co-chairperson of the Family Law Section of the San Francisco...
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Valerie Fenchel
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 12 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce and Family
University of California, Davis, School of Law and University of California - Santa Barbara
Valerie Fenchel is the CEO and founder of Fenchel Family Law. Her legal services empower men and women to navigate marriage and divorce toward more vibrant futures. She advises clients, devises strategies, and works with therapists, actuaries, and forensic accountants to settle or litigate cases. As a witness to the damage caused by divorce over the course of her career as a family law attorney and educator, Valerie has gained extensive experience in helping families in crisis.
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Valerie is actively involved in the legal community. She is the lead attorney of Shalom Bayit’s Pro Bono Legal Panel, Secretary of...
![Emily M De Falla]( "Emily M De Falla")
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Emily M De Falla
Walnut Creek, CA Divorce Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(925) 444-7378
1990 N. California Blvd.
Suite 800
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Divorce doesn’t have to be a costly and painful battle. Mediator and Collaborative Divorce attorney Emily M. De Falla guides couples toward a cooperative, respectful divorce. By honoring both parties’ priorities, she can help you get around roadblocks and craft sensible solutions. The results are lower costs, equitable results, and healthier, happier kids.
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Indy Colbath
Walnut Creek, CA Divorce Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
California Western School of Law and University of California - Davis
Indy Colbath is a licensed California attorney who has focused the entirety of her legal career on family law issues, including: divorce, annulment, child custody, child support, spousal support, property division, and domestic violence restraining orders. Indy has a breadth of courtroom experience she relies upon when assessing her clients’ family law matters, as well as strong relationships with the local legal community and bench. Indy has effectively represented her clients in an array of complex family law litigation, many of which involving high net worth individuals. Even though Indy has a passion for courtroom advocacy, she understands that every...
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Stacey Poole
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
I am an accomplished Divorce, Family, and Arbitration & Mediation attorney. I compassionately represent clients throughout the Bay Area with a broad range of family law matters.
As a Certified Family Law Specialist, I provide the experience, knowledge and skill needed to advocate for the best possible outcomes. I am dedicated to exceptional counsel to meet your family's legal needs and goals.
![Maya K. Grey]( "Maya K. Grey")
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Maya K. Grey
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Martinez, CA Divorce Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of San Francisco School of Law
I have been certified by the California State Bar as a specialist in family law. I excel in helping individuals navigate some of the most difficult and painful experiences of their lives. I handle all issues related to divorce, legal separation, and parentage actions, including matters related to child custody, child support, spousal support, and complex property division. I also help clients wanting assistance with pre-marital and post-marital agreements. Additionally, I serve as a consulting attorney for clients in mediation and those seeking a second opinion.
I am also a divorce mediator who specializes in educating parties about the law while...
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Wayne Kenneth David McIntosh
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San Rafael, CA Divorce Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation, Domestic Violence and Family
Foreign Law School
Business and International Experience
Wayne started in Auckland New Zealand, graduating after completing a challenging combined Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws in just 4 years, achieving top marks at his law school at Auckland University made up of 11,000 students where he was elected Student President in a landslide victory in his last year. Then recruited by a leading Merchant Bank, MARAC Corporation, Wayne moved to Citibank before becoming the founding Company Secretary for New Zealand's first publicly listed Investment Bank, founding Company Secretary for NZ’s first publicly listed Venture Capital company and a Director of a...
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Yuli Jacobson
Oakland, CA Divorce Attorney with 9 years of experience
Oakland, CA 94612
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
University of San Francisco School of Law
Yuli Jacobson has been practicing law for nearly ten years, seven of which were exclusively in family law and in domestic violence. A lifelong advocate at heart, Yuli takes pride in her thorough and solution-oriented approach, aiming to make the inherently emotional process of dissolution accessible, efficient, and collaborative. Before starting her family law journey, Yuli represented lower-income clients in domestic violence and housing preservation matters. Yuli is dedicated to finding and implementing the best approach for your unique circumstances, using all available resources both traditionally and creatively. She is thrilled to serve you.
Yuli received her J.D. from University of...
![Kiana Moradi]( "Kiana Moradi")
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Kiana Moradi
Oakland, CA Divorce Attorney with 22 years of experience
1901 Harrison St. Suite 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Harvard Law School and Cornell University
Known for her expert representation of California’s senior executives and their spouses, Kiana protects her clients in high asset divorces and contested custody cases.
In her twenty years of legal practice, Kiana has negotiated and litigated the full spectrum of disputes that occur in financially sophisticated divorces and contested custody cases.
Kiana graduated Cornell Law School with a concentration in business law.
Prior to finding her passion in family law, she was a business litigator at Reed Smith LLP one of the nation’s 20 largest global law firms.
She has a B.A in psychology from UC Berkeley and has taken countless negotiation trainings at...
![Esther R. Lerner]( "Esther R. Lerner")
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Esther R. Lerner
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
![Sarah Van Voorhis]( "Sarah Van Voorhis")
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Sarah Van Voorhis
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
Stanford Law School
![Sarah Arnott]( "Sarah Arnott")
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Sarah Arnott
San Francisco, CA Divorce Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law
Sarah Arnott is an Attorney at Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP. Ms. Arnott was certified as a specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in 2015, and served as the chairperson of the family law section of the San Francisco Bar Association's Barristers Club in 2013.
A native of New York and North Carolina, Ms. Arnott moved to California to attend Santa Clara University School of Law, from which she received her J.D. Ms. Arnott has exclusively practiced family law since 2008. She is well-versed in all areas of family law, including dissolutions, custody,...
![Dominic Hutchinson Porrino]( "Dominic Hutchinson Porrino")
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Dominic Hutchinson Porrino
Pleasant Hill, CA Divorce Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Domestic Violence, Estate Planning and Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Porrino Law PC operates under the guidance of principal Dominic H. Porrino, who entered law practice with the intention of protecting the assets and safety of citizens by helping them negotiate the complexities of the California legal system. The competitive spirit that prompted him to play lacrosse and rugby in his youth now drives development of strategies to protect the best interests of his clients.
Mr. Porrino, an attorney whose practice encompasses legal separation, divorce, child custody and support, estate planning and other civil matters, obtained his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law and was admitted to the...
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Maria Elena Crabtree
Walnut Creek, CA Divorce Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of California, Davis, School of Law and University of California - Davis
Crabtree Law PC is a full service, bi-lingual (SPANISH), family law firm dedicated to delivering personal, practical, and effective representation at an affordable cost. We are conveniently located in Walnut Creek, California. Attorney Maria Crabtree received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Communications from the University of California at Davis. She later returned to the University of California, Davis and earned her J.D. degree. As a sole practitioner, Ms. Crabtree is dedicated to helping families navigate through the complexities of the laws and policies that rule family law issues. Dissolution of marriage (divorce), child custody...
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Vanessa Candelaria
Walnut Creek, CA Divorce Lawyer with 15 years of experience
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Golden Gate University School of Law
Throughout her legal career, Vanessa has practiced exclusively in family law. With her legal training and knowledge, she provides compassion and advocacy for her clients. Vanessa’s experience working on a broad spectrum of family law matters include divorce, pre-divorce counseling and planning, premarital agreements, complex marital property issues, high conflict child custody disputes, child and spousal support issues and domestic violence prevention and defense. Vanessa protects her clients’ assets and the best interests of her clients and their children. She represents clients in public court and before private judicial officers. In addition, she serves as a consulting attorney for clients...
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Paul W. Thorndal
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 29 years of experience
Divorce, Appeals and Family
UC Hastings COL
Paul W. Thorndal is a partner at Wald & Thorndal. He specializes in divorces of all kinds with an emphasis on gay divorce. Mr. Thorndal is a Certified Family Law Specialist (The State Bar of California Legal Specialization).
Wald & Thorndal's practice areas include:
Divorce, Dissolution & Contested Parentage Actions for all families; Custody Disputes; Mediation; Marvin Actions. Legal services provided at both the TRIAL and APPELLATE level.
Assisted Reproduction; Adoptions of All Kinds; Family Contracts; Parenting Law including Surrogacy; Donor Contracts for Egg and/or Sperm Donations; Pre-Nupital Agreements; Co-Parenting Agreements; Domestic Partnership Agreements; Name Changes.
![Ernest Baello]( "Ernest Baello")
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Ernest Baello
San Francisco, CA, CA Divorce Attorney with 15 years of experience
(415) 872-1080
50 California Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA, CA 94111
Divorce and Family
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
For over 14 years, Mr. Baello has litigated high stakes family law actions in three of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States - the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York City. Through this diversity of experience, he has the expertise and adaptability to obtain favorable results through trial or settlement in varied situations and tribunals.
Ernest is a Certified Family Law Specialist (“CFLS”) per the California Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a graduate of the renowned National Family Law Trial Institute. Mr. Baello provides comprehensive and strategic representation in complicated and high conflict cases.
Prior to becoming...
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Donald E Glass
Corte Madera, CA Divorce Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce
So Calif College of Law
$695 to $995 Flat Lawyer Fee for a complete divorce.
The Revolutionary Simplicity Of Lawyer Flat-Fees In Family Law -You Get The Total Cost Of Your Divorce Up Front, Rather Than Waiting To The End To Find Out Just How Much You Owe.
When you know what you owe from the start, you can turn your attention to the matter at hand and save yourself the extra fear and worry. Otherwise, you end up spending the entire process terrified of any potential impasse or bump in the road, a common preoccupation that I have found is itself detrimental to the quick and...
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Kristine Stewart
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 14 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
Kristine is an experienced litigator with extensive training in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Kristine returned to school in 2005 as a single parent following her own divorce, and her commitment to her clients is grounded in having personally experienced the stress and uncertainty that often goes hand in hand with even the most amicable of divorces.
Kristine strongly believes in the importance of reducing the level of conflict whenever possible, regardless of which process option is utilized. This is particularly true when there are children
Kristine can assist with premarital agreements, parentage actions, post-marital agreements, dissolution and legal separation, and with...
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Yena Kim
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney
Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
![Christine Harney]( "Christine Harney")
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Christine Harney
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney
(415) 872-1080
50 California Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Divorce and Family
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Christine M. Harney has extensive family law experience, including litigating the division of multi-million dollar estates, representing business owners or their spouses with complex forensic accounting and business valuation issues, and navigating a multitude of child-related issues involving mental health experts and attorneys for children.
Christine formerly practiced family law as a partner in a Chicago, Illinois law firm before deciding to relocate with her family to California. Christine received numerous accolades during her practice in Illinois, including being selected as one of “40 under Forty” by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in 2016; as Illinois Leading Lawyer “Emerging Lawyer”...
![Shelley M. Kennedy]( "Shelley M. Kennedy")
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Shelley M. Kennedy
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 14 years of experience
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Shelley M. Kennedy is a family law attorney and private mediator with Lawhon Law & Mediation, P.C.
Shelley's mediation practice includes high-asset dissolution of marriage matters including division of property, preparation of complex financial models, calculations for various settlement options, as well as determination of support. In addition to Shelley’s experience in financially complex matters, her practice also includes mediation for couples with smaller estates.
Shelley serves as a Settlement Conference Master for the San Francisco Unified Family Law Courts and as a volunteer attorney for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Pro Bono Family Law Project.
Shelley has participated in over 200...
![Nathaniel Dowds]( "Nathaniel Dowds")
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Nathaniel Dowds
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney
Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
We are a small law office offering family law and divorce related services to the people of the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide individuals and families with the help they need to resolve family law issues surrounding dissolution of marriages or domestic partnerships (divorce), adoption and surrogacy, prenuptial agreements, child custody, spousal support (alimony), and offer counsel and legal services to couples contemplating marriage or domestic partnership.
We pride ourselves in being able to offer resposive and personalized service at affordable rates. By eliminating the crippling overhead and high management salaries that are common among larger Bay Area law firms,...
![Katherine Harris Reder]( "Katherine Harris Reder")
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Katherine Harris Reder
San Franicsoc, CA Divorce Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Divorce, Appeals and Family
University of North Carolina School of Law
Kate Reder is an associate attorney at Wald & Thorndal. She specializes in family formation, divorce, and dissolution for both traditional and non-traditional families.
Firm practice areas include:
Divorce, Dissolution & Contested Parentage Actions for all families; Custody Disputes; Mediation; Marvin Actions. Legal services provided at both the TRIAL and APPELLATE level.
Assisted Reproduction; Adoptions of All Kinds; Family Contracts; Parenting Law including Surrogacy; Donor Contracts for Egg and/or Sperm Donations; Pre-Nupital Agreements; Co-Parenting Agreements; Domestic Partnership Agreements; Name Changes.
![Margaret F. Dellegrotti]( "Margaret F. Dellegrotti")
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Margaret F. Dellegrotti
San Francisco, CA Divorce Attorney with 13 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law
