My expertise is resolving financially and emotionally complex divorces without litigation.
My mission is to support every client in resolving their dissolution efficiently and with dignity so they can begin their post-divorce life with an authentic readiness for forward momentum. I help clients find strategic, positive-sum, civilized means through every matter I am involved with so that they can work through the enormous life transition of divorce gracefully, well-informed, and with confidence.
We have the resources to co-architect a path forward out of your divorce that enables you to arrive at the end of the process with the fundamentals of your life in good order. Over my years of exclusive focus in divorce and family matters, I have developed a trusted network of exceptional professionals - financial experts, therapists, and other specialists - whose expertise can be brought in when a matter calls for it.
There is a dignified way through divorce and my clients have my commitment to it.
Who I Am
and how I work
Before scheduling a consultation, I want potential clients to understand the perspective that I bring to divorce mediation and advising or coaching.
I take a limited number of clients and believe the relationship between advisor and client should be grounded in mutual respect, candor, and quality rapport. Divorce is a profound transition, and the mediation or coaching relationship works best when there is a strong professional-client fit.
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I am a divorcée and mother. I approach my clients’ matters with the same sensitivity and diligence I applied to my own dissolution because I understand the fragility and fear that often accompanies the end of a marriage. Clients need an honest, kind, and sharp guide to navigate the process and establish their lives moving forward.
A divorce is painful, terrifying, and sometimes overwhelming - but it can also be an opportunity for growth and healing. You may know the metaphor: a caterpillar becomes terrified, unrecognizable mush inside the chrysalis before reorganizing itself to emerge as a butterfly.
It might feel like your world is ending right now but it is a privilege for me to help you land solidly on the other side of this enormous change ready to thrive.
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I have been a dedicated family law practitioner my entire career. Before law school, I worked as a paralegal for a divorce litigation firm based in Berkeley, CA. During law school, I served as a judicial clerk in family court for the Honorable Roberta S. Hayashi in Santa Clara County and served as President of Santa Clara Law’s Family Law Society and Student Bar Association. After graduation, I returned to my prior firm as a divorce litigation attorney where I stayed until I set out to build my own practice.
I founded my practice because I wanted to guide clients through divorce in a more sophisticated and nuanced way than the standard, adversarial litigation process allows. And every client I have had since establishing my practice has only affirmed I made the right decision.
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I bring a high degree of financial literacy to my work in divorce mediation and coaching. This is particularly valuable in Silicon Valley divorces, where complex financial instruments and unconventional compensation structures are often involved.
The features of a divorcing family’s financial landscape are familiar terrain for me. Whether the discussion involves equity compensation, venture investments, or novel/emerging financial structures, I am comfortable engaging with the details and working closely with accountants and other financial experts.
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In recognition of the enormous trust placed in me as a mediator or advisor, I do not beat around the bush with my clients. Many clients complain that other divorce professionals weren’t willing to be direct with them and tried to “manage them” and their expectations, rather than being an honest, straightforward teammate through the transition.
I will actually answer your questions, including naming unknowns, identifying potential risks, and then working with you to optimize your strategy for your specific circumstances.
In mediation, I bring couples that same forthrightness in service of helping them reach an authentic, mutually-beneficial agreement.
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J.D., Santa Clara School University School of Law (2017)
President, Student Bar Association
President, Family Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Family Law
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Assisted Reproduction, Cloning, and Genetic Engineering
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Economic Analysis of Law
Finalist, American Bar Association Negotiation Competition
Semi-Finalist, Galloway Criminal Law Moot Court Competition
Dean’s List
B.A., University of California, Berkeley (2010)
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice: California
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After graduating law school in 2017, I joined the Santa Clara Law faculty and taught Appellate Advocacy, Advanced Legal Writing, and co-taught Civil Procedure. My legal scholarship and publications focus on reproductive and life-extension biotechnologies, competitive governance, and economic analysis of law.
I have also coached ABA Negotiation Competition teams for Santa Clara’s Honors Moot Court program.
My work has been featured in The Recorder, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, and MSNBC, among others.
People often speculate that, as a divorce professional, I must be cynical about marriage and family. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We live in a society that makes co-creating an enduring marriage very difficult and many of us were not raised or acculturated with the skills to find and identify the right partner or to maintain a lifelong marriage. That doesn’t change the fact that creating a family is among the most noble things we will ever do.
Ending a marriage and altering the shape of a family system must be handled with the same sanctity of purpose as starting one. My mediation and advising practice was built for that purpose.