Schoenberg Family Law Group is a divorce and family law firm in San Francisco, CA, with nearly 40 years of experience. Founder Debra R. Schoenberg is a State Bar of California Certified Family Law Specialist and leads a team of more than 20 attorneys and staff.
The firm handles divorce, custody and visitation, child support, property division, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Their attorneys also take on post-divorce disputes and appellate matters when prior rulings need to be challenged.
Schoenberg aims to keep cases out of court when possible, but the team is ready to litigate against bad-faith offers. The firm serves clients across the Bay Area from offices in San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Palo Alto, Marin County, Napa, and Sonoma.
Fenchel Family Law PC handles divorce cases throughout San Francisco and the broader Bay Area. The firm focuses on complex property division, including start-up equity, stock options, and other non-standard compensation common in Northern California marriages.
Beyond dissolution, the team takes on child custody, child and spousal support, domestic violence restraining orders, fathers' rights, LGBTQ family matters, and pre- and postnuptial agreements. Mediation is offered for couples who want to settle outside of court.
The firm covers Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Mateo counties, with location pages for Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Mill Valley, Burlingame, and Palo Alto, among others. Lead attorney Mark Ressa Fenchel holds a 10.0 Avvo rating.
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Moradi Neufer is a California family law firm with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Orange County. The team has been recognized by Super Lawyers and handles divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, and complex property matters.
Their San Francisco office focuses on high-net-worth divorces where businesses, stock awards, and real estate require careful valuation. The firm has been practicing since 2009 and brings a multi-office bench to cases that touch more than one part of the state.
Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP was named SFGATE's Best Family Law and Divorce Attorney in the Bay Area for 2025 and has been nominated again for 2026. The firm brings more than 100 years of combined experience to divorce and family matters.
Their San Francisco family attorneys handle contested and uncontested divorces, divorce mediation, military divorce, same-sex divorce, and high-net-worth cases. Other services include child custody and support, spousal support, property division, premarital agreements, modifications, and grandparents' and parental rights matters. Free consultations are available.
The Wald Law Group serves all kinds of families in the San Francisco Bay Area, including LGBTQ+ parents and couples building families through assisted reproduction. Founder Deborah Wald is a recognized voice on California parentage law.
Practice areas cover divorce and dissolution, child custody, parentage disputes, adoption, assisted reproduction, guardianships, parenting coordination, and appeals. The firm has published guides on surrogacy, sperm and egg donation, and the post-Dobbs landscape for California families.
Barry Schneider is a Certified Family Law Specialist with more than 35 years of practice in San Francisco and the Bay Area. He was certified in the first class of Family Law Specialists by the State Bar of California and has been selected for the Northern California Super Lawyers list.
His work covers divorce, complex property division involving real estate and businesses, child custody and visitation, prenuptial agreements, and domestic partnership dissolution. He also handles international family law matters, including relocation cases with children. A free initial phone consultation is offered.
Kevin A. Duffy is a California Certified Family Law Specialist with nearly 40 years of practice dedicated solely to family law. Since 1983, he has handled divorce, child custody and support, property division, paternity, and post-judgment modification cases in San Francisco.
A substantial portion of his work involves drafting and negotiating prenuptial, postnuptial, and marital settlement agreements. He holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating.
The Law Offices of Michael E. Finein is an Oakland family law firm serving the East Bay and San Francisco. Michael Finein brings over 20 years of family law experience and a prior 15-year career in sales and marketing.
The firm handles divorce, high-asset and complex property cases, child custody and visitation, move-away disputes, child and spousal support, and same-sex family law. Mediation and uncontested dissolution services are also available for clients who want to avoid litigation.
Bley and Bley is a San Francisco family law firm founded in the late 19th century. Three attorneys on staff hold Certified Family Law Specialist designations from the State Bar of California, and the firm carries more than 100 years of combined legal experience.
The team represents executives, CEOs, business owners, and celebrities in high-asset, high-conflict divorces. Samantha Bley DeJean, a fourth-generation member of the firm, was named to the 2024 Forbes Top 200 Lawyers list and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for more than a decade. Principal attorneys hold Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent ratings.
Parks Law Group is a San Francisco firm that handles divorce and custody matters exclusively. Founded in 2007, the practice is led by William Parks, Jr., who takes a hands-on approach to each case.
Services cover divorce, annulments, legal separation, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, domestic partnership law, paternity disputes, and judgment modifications. A free 30-minute initial consultation is available.
Anne Fokstuen is a Certified Family Law Specialist serving the Bay Area in divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, and prenuptial agreement matters. Her criminal law background is useful in cases involving domestic violence allegations and restraining orders.
Fokstuen holds an MBA in finance, worked on Wall Street before law school, and speaks five languages, which helps her handle international divorces and complex financial cases.
Schapiro Thorn Inc. is a San Francisco family law firm where founder Suzie S. Thorn has practiced for more than 40 years. Three of the firm's attorneys hold State Bar of California Certified Specialist designations.
The team handles complex property division, interstate child custody, and international jurisdiction issues, including Hague Convention cases. They have built relationships with family law firms worldwide.
Benjamin Family Law focuses on resolving financially and emotionally complex divorces without litigation. Founder Brit Benjamin offers mediation, advising, and divorce coaching, and brings prior experience as a Bay Area divorce litigator.
Nancy P. DiCenzo has been a Certified Family Law Specialist since 1994 and licensed in California since 1982. Her San Francisco and Sacramento offices handle divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, and complex property litigation.
Karl Siganporia is a Certified Family Law Specialist with experience in over 1,000 divorce and custody cases. He offers a 15-minute diagnostic call with a written roadmap, then bills only for time used, with no retainer deposits.