our firm is very different in many

different ways and i’ll just highlight

for you some of those major differences

number one we are an all-female operated

and owned firm so when i started this

firm back

about 20 years or so ago

there were no

female divorce attorneys that

had large family law firms so my

objective was to establish a firm where

women felt

empowered comfortable

and assertive and i think that’s what we

have accomplished here

at meyer olsen lowy and myers so that’s

a major difference i think we work as a

team with the attorneys at our firm

in addition to that we work with clients

and other consultants and experts on our

cases in a very collaborative way and i

think that’s unique

to our firm and most firms don’t

have that kind of team collaborative

approach so i think those are two major

areas and because of the many years that

i have practiced in la in family law

i’ve established many many professional

relationships so in each case if you

need a custody consultant if you need a

forensic accountant if you need a tax

attorney or a criminal attorney we have

a wealth of professionals that we have

very solid

professional relationships with that we

can contact that can provide

information and details that you may

need in connection with your case so i

think those are three major areas how we

are unique from other firms

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we generally handle

uh complex

and high conflict family law matters so

that includes divorce actions where

there are complex issues related to

support cash flow

valuation of a business or other entity

the characterization of

any asset and then the division we also

deal with high conflict custody cases

where they’re fighting over the

custodial timeshare whether there are

mental health issues involved with

children or one of the parents and there

is a reason to have a custody evaluation

or there is a deeper look into the

litigation of custody and then we handle

domestic violence so we handle both

uh the people being accused of the

violence and also

those who are the victim

and have gone through the domestic

violence and i would just add that we

are a firm that is going to walk you

through

all of those process so if you are a

victim of domestic violence we’re going

to hold your hand we’re going to walk

you through what to expect from court

what the burden of proof is that the

court’s going to look for you to present

what’s needed in your declarations how

your declaration’s going to be presented

how you need to testify in court to

present your evidence and make sure that

you’re comfortable with what you’re

doing and how you’re going forward and

what is happening around you

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well i think our firm

as opposed to a lot of other firms we

provide the highest level of service to

them

and we are available to them not only uh

during business hours but we are

available at night we make ourselves

available

on weekends we are available to text we

we give out our

personal cell phones to most of our

clients and i don’t think that many

firms out there provide that sort of

service but also commitment to our

clients 24 hours a day

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i believe when someone is

looking for a family law attorney

there’s a few things that they should be

looking for um number one

i think compatibility is the

strongest

area that i would recommend that

somebody look are you compatible with

the person do you feel that you have a

rapport with the individual because

you’re going to be getting so much

advice

and information that if you don’t have

that level of confidence in terms of

your relationship with the individual

you’re probably going to be less likely

to listen to the advice that you’re

probably paying quite handsomely for

so that would be my number one

recommendation is compatibility and

rapport

number two is experience i would look

for somebody

that has experience

solely in family law family law is very

different from

all the other various practices of law

i would be very wary of an individual

who claim that they practice family law

but also if you look at their bio

they’re also running a criminal law

practice a

you know estates and trust a taxation

division because of the nuance of family

law i think it’s very

important that it’s a day in and day out

practice you’re familiar with the lingo

you’re familiar with the family law

judges the bench

and it’s a very tight-knit community so

you really need to

be very familiar with your opposing

counsel and the community at large that

you’re dealing with in terms of family

law

and lastly i would recommend that

somebody have a similar philosophy

in terms of what you’re looking for in

terms of how you approach your

custody issue your divorce

all the issues that are involved in that

and by philosophy i mean

do you want to go in with the scorched

earth type of a you know hell hath no uh

fury

um type of an approach do you want to go

in you know trying to work things out

and resolve things from the get-go

so depending on on your approach you’re

going to find lawyers who either

advocate that approach or don’t advocate

so i think you have to be on the same

page so those would be my top three

suggestions or recommendations for one

to look for when researching a family

law attorney