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Preeminent California Divorce Attorneys, Accomplished California Divorce Lawyers: Los Angeles
Free consultations: Child Custody, Child Support, Spousal Support, District Attorney Actions, Move-Away, Alimony, Palimony, Paternity. Important: Be sure to fill-out the Client Questionnaire.
12 Family Law Attorneys and 22 Staff. One of California's Oldest and Largest Divorce Firms.
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Phone (310) 393-0236 - Fax (310) 393-4221 Free Seminar
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J. Michael Kelly, Esq. Resume:
Martindale Hubbell A.V. (VERACITY, Highest Possible Lawyer Rating by Judges and Peers, Preeminent National Lawyer Directory Listing):
California Divorce Attorney Child Custody Expert, Accomplished Victorious Lawyer:
I. Professional Leadership (34 Years Family Law Experience):
- Chairman of American Bar Custody Committee 2003
- Chairman of CA State Bar Custody & Visitation Comm., two terms
- Chairman of CA Trial Lawyers - Family Law Section Mem. Comm.
- Chairman of American Bar Association - Family Law, Law Practice Economics Committee
- Chairman of American Bar Interstate Custody Task Force Committee. UCCJEA (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act)
- Chairman of American Bar Association - Family Law, Practical Use of Computers Committee
- Chairman of California Family Law Institute
- Chairman of California Custody Commission
- Chairman of Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce - Legal Committee
- Chairman of Santa Monica Bar Association - Family Law Committe, three terms
- Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles County Superior Family Law Courts 20-years
- Family Law Mediator in Santa Monica, Torrance & LA Central District Superior Courts, 24-years.
- Executive Member of the American Bar Association - Continuing Education Committee
- Executive Member of the American Bar Association - Economics of Practice Committee
- Secretary of California State Bar - Custody & Visitation Committee, two terms
- Produced and Moderated a Course on Negotiations - 1988 Joint Meeting of California State Bar, Child Custody, Support and Division of Property Committee's
II. Legal Achievements:
- First CA attorney to try a Grandparents' rights suit (January 1970) (Petrikin)
- First CA attorney appointed by children to represent them as individuals (June 1984) (Ryan)
- First CA attorney to file suit against an abducting parent under Penal Code 278.5, for $2.5 Million (1985)
- Largest child abduction award litigated in the United States, $12.4 Million (July 1993) (Wang)
- Rewrote and expanded CA Civil Code 4606, "Children's right to an attorney" (1985), expanding childrens rights to an attorney (Ryan)
III. Teacher:
USC Law School, Advanced Family Law & Divorce Litigation classes. All courses have been certified and accredited by the California State Bar Family Law Specialization Committee for attorney certification as family law specialist since 1986 to present.
a. Advanced Family Law
b. The Business of Family Law, (12-week course)
c. Lecturer of Law Schools:
- University of Michigan
- USC
- UCLA
- Notre Dame University
- American Bar National Conference
- Orange County Bar
- San Diego Bar
- Hawaii Bar
- California State Bar Conference (Monterey, San Diego, Los Angeles)
- Ithaca, New York State Bar
- American Bar
- Palm Springs Bar
VI. Legal Memberships: California
- California Bar, admitted 1969
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Santa Monica Bar Association, Family Law - Chairman, 3-terms
- Irish American Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 28-years
Florida
- Florida Bar, admitted 1968
- Florida Bar, Family Law Section
Washington, DC
- Washington, DC Bar, admitted 1977
- Washington Bar, Family Law Section
VII. Founder:
- Positive Divorce Institute
- California Family Law Institute
- Positive Divorce Process
VIII. Marital Status:
IX. Military Status:
- US Marine Corps Reserve 1959-64, Honorable Discharge
- Officer Training Class 1959, Quantico, VA
X. Education:
- Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, VA (1955-57)
- Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, BA (1963)
- University of Miami Law School, Miami, Florida, JD (1968)
- University of Penn. Law School, Reginald H. Smith
(Post Graduate Fellowship) 1968-69
XI. National Awards:
- Univ. of Penn. Law School, Reginald Smith Scholarship
- Irish American Citizen of the Year
- United Fathers, Custody Litigator of the Year
- Who's Who in American Law
XII. Author:
- "The Unwritten Laws of Divorce"
- "Divorce is War"
- "Divorce Dictionary"
- "Great White Chronicles"
- "The Success Dictionary"
- "Super Order"
- "Warriors Path"
- "Best Interests of the Child"
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Preeminant Divorce Lawyer serving the following cities for over 35 years with 10 family law divorce attorneys and 20 support staff:
Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles, Brentwood, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, South Bay, Bel Air, Santa Monica, Palos Verdes, Pacific Palisades, Marina Del Rey, Malibu, Hawthorne, Torrance, Long Beach, Westchester, Pasadena, El Segundo, Burbank, GLendale, Encino, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County
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