Belinda Hanson, Jeff Makoff

It’s an increasingly common scenario—you engage in multiple rounds of settlement negotiations and mediations and finally, very late in the d...

James Schaefer

Have you ever noticed that forensic accountants seem to always disagree … and the magnitude of their differences is staggering? This gap req...

Greg Ellis

The right to appeal a California superior court decision is statutory.1 The principal statute governing civil appeals— including those arisi...

Robert Roth

This article reviews the key rules for stays pending appeal in family law cases. Understanding appellate stays, and the methods of posting s...

Charles Goldstein, Joseph Goldstein

Every owner of a law practice has two jobs. One is practicing law and the other is running a business. The first is our chosen career, and i...

Rick Cohen, CFLS

ACFLS’s Amicus Committee provides a major benefit to certified family law specialists by helping develop California case law with requests f...

Seth Kramer

Thirty years ago I became a certified family law specialist—a designation that was then less than a decade old. That same year, part of the...

Debra Frank

As the Specialist goes to press in early December for the first issue of 2017, I am writing my last “Editor’s Column.” It has been an honor...

Greg Herring, Cassandra Glanville

In 1996 the California Law Revision Commission (“LRC”) developed and proposed amendments to then-existing law, which eventually became the c...

Jeri Hamlin, Rebecca Wightman

[Part 2 of a two-part series] [The Bench] Editor’s Note: Due to its importance to all trials courts, the authors chose to write a two-part...

Christine Gille, Debra Frank, Lloyd Kaye

Introduction This log is by litigators and for litigators. There are many case analysis articles, including the best, “Hot Off the Press,”...

Sharon Bryan

This is not intended as a treatise on cross-examination, but rather a reduction sauce of tips that will help with the mastery of cross-exami...

Seth Kramer

Among family law attorneys, the Association of Certified Family Law Specialist is known by the acronym of ACFLS. It should also be known by...

Christine Gille

Grateful Thanks This is my first “Editor’s Column” since being elected as the editor of the Specialist. There are three other lawyers in ou...

John Chason

As family law practitioners, we regularly meet with clients and potential clients who need our advice on a wide range of issues. Is it okay...