We Offer a Range of Services Covering the Arc from Family Formation to Family Transition Through Dissolution.
Jill Hersh recently joined Dan Bemel and Lauren Youngman of Direct Examination for an in-depth discussion on the practice of law, professional judgment, and the interpersonal dynamics that influence legal outcomes. Drawing upon extensive practical experience, the conversation examines how attorneys manage client expectations, approach strategic decision-making, and address the practical realities of legal practice that extend beyond formal legal education.
We commit ourselves to providing thorough and creative representation in the forum most suited to our clients’ needs and providing each client with professional support suited to their individual needs.
HFLP provides transactional services to assist in the formation of families. This area covers drafting parenting agreements, prenuptial agreements, and postnuptial agreements.
HFLP provides services to families to transition or dissolve relationships. This includes representing and supporting clients during divorces, legal separations, and dissolutions of domestic partnerships through litigation and mediation.
HFLP does appellate work. Our family law attorneys have appeared before the Appellate Courts of California, the Supreme Court of California, and the Supreme Court of Vermont.
HFLP provides consulting services. The attorneys at HFLP are consulted by clients who would like a “second opinion” and by other family law attorneys seeking strategic, procedural, substantive, or appellate advice.
In re Marriage of Veronica and Curtis Priem,
A130791 (2013)
In re Marriage of Christian De Guigne and Vaughn De Guigne.
(2002) 97 Cal.App. 4th 1353, LEXIS 403
Lead trial and appellate counsel. Approving off-guideline, above-guideline child support based on assets. (10 pages / 62K)
In re Guardianship of Olivia J.
(2000) 84 Cal.App. 4th 1146
Lead trial and appellate counsel. Permitting de facto parents access to judicial review through guardianship proceedings. (12 pages / 75K)