Practice Areas

Divorce, Including High-Asset and Complex Financial Matters

Laura represents spouses and domestic partners at every stage of divorce and legal separation, including property division, child and spousal support, and post-judgment modifications.

Divorces involving substantial assets also require close attention to financial detail, property characterization, valuation, and the long-term consequences of settlement or litigation.

Laura handles dissolutions involving significant community and separate property interests, business ownership, real estate holdings, retirement assets, and contested financial issues.

Her approach focuses on understanding the complete financial picture, identifying the issues that matter most, and developing a strategy designed to protect her clients’ financial interests and future stability.

Child Custody and Move-Away Disputes

Few legal matters are more consequential than decisions affecting children.

Laura represents parents in custody matters ranging from negotiated parenting plans to highly contested hearings, including move-away (relocation) requests, matters involving domestic violence allegations, parental misconduct, and disputes over legal and physical custody.

She approaches these cases with close attention to the evidence, the governing legal standards, and the importance of protecting children’s safety, stability, and well-being.

Her goal is to help clients secure appropriate parenting arrangements while avoiding unnecessary conflict whenever possible.

Parentage and Child Support

Not every family law case begins with a marriage. Laura represents parents in parentage actions, including establishing legal parentage and resolving custody, parenting time, and child support for children of unmarried parents.

She also handles requests to establish or modify child support, whether a parent’s income has changed, the parenting schedule has shifted, or a child’s needs have grown. Her goal is a support order that is accurate, fair, and based on complete financial information.

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

Domestic violence proceedings often involve difficult factual circumstances, competing allegations, and serious consequences for parental rights, personal safety, and family relationships.

Drawing on her experience as a criminal prosecutor and family law trial attorney, Laura represents survivors seeking protection from domestic abuse. She also represents people who have been falsely accused, because a restraining order based on untrue allegations can cost a parent time with their children, their home, and their reputation.

She has particular experience in cases involving competing or mutual requests for domestic violence restraining orders, including situations in which an alleged abuser responds to a victim’s request for protection by filing allegations against the victim.

These matters demand close evaluation of the evidence, an understanding of coercive and controlling behavior, and the ability to distinguish defensive conduct from acts of abuse.

Laura approaches these sensitive cases with rigorous preparation, attention to credibility, and a commitment to ensuring that her clients’ circumstances are fully and fairly presented to the court.