Los Angeles Divorce Attorneys Who Are Always In Your Corner
Navigate your divorce with confidence. Move forward with a new sense of clarity.
Fierce advocacy
100% focus on family law
Unrivaled personalized attention
Most people hire average divorce attorneys and end up with undesirable results.
The problem is that average divorce lawyers:
Use one-size-fits-all litigation and negotiation strategies
Employ a reactive, defensive approach
Lack the emotional intelligence necessary to de-escalate tension
Create more problems than solutions
Produce unjust, suboptimal and inequitable results
When the stakes are high, you can’t afford mediocre. You need exceptional on your side.
Our Services
Get top-tier counsel to resolve all the issues of your divorce.
Four main issues must be addressed and resolved to finalize a divorce. It is critical to have an experienced divorce attorney guide you through the issues with clarity, confidence, and care.
Divorce Counsel
We focus on resolving divorces promptly, equitably, and with unrivaled personalized attention.
You're looking for a Los Angeles divorce attorney to resolve disagreements you already have, not to pick more fights. You need someone who can solve your problems, not create more.
With first-class litigation and negotiation skills, along with emotional intelligence that many other attorneys lack, we settle even the most contentious divorces. We’ll help de-escalate tension and guide you through rational decision-making so you can move through the process with dignity and peace.
That said, we know that sometimes you must fight in court for a just divorce result. We create custom litigation strategies to present the strongest case possible before the court.
Asset Division
Our goal is to protect your family, assets, and personal finances with sensitivity and compassion.
In a Los Angeles divorce, assets acquired during a marriage are considered community property. This means that marital assets are split evenly between spouses in a divorce.
Assets subject to division include real estate, businesses, intellectual property, retirement accounts, investments, vehicles, and personal property.
3 Steps to Dividing Marital Property
1. Determining if the asset is separate or community property.
2. Determining the value of the asset.
3. Determining the division of the asset.
Our Los Angeles divorce attorneys focus on high-asset divorces to achieve favorable outcomes for our clients. We work with appraisers, forensic accountants, and other financial experts to identify, characterize, and protect assets and income.
Spousal Support
Spousal support can be one of the most contentious parts of a divorce, but we have the knowledge and experience to handle.
When a couple divorces in Los Angeles, the court may order one spouse to pay the other a certain amount of support money each month. This is called “spousal support" but is often also called “alimony.”
Spousal support is based on a series of factors, including the length of the marriage, marital standard of living, incomes of both parties, whether one spouse forwent a career to support the family, age and health of the parties, history of domestic violence, and more.
You should know that California law is gender-neutral regarding spousal support. A woman can be ordered to pay a man and vice versa. Likewise, spousal support can be payable in same-sex divorces.
If you need spousal support, time is of the essence. California courts have no authority to order spousal support until the proper documents have been filed.
Child Custody & Child Support
When children are involved in a divorce, their best interest is our top priority. We empower our clients to make the right decisions for their families.
Here to guide you through it all.
Contested Divorce
Uncontested Divorce
Same-Sex Divorce/LGBT Divorce
Child Custody, Visitation, and Child Support
High-Conflict Child Custody
Spousal Support/Alimony
Domestic Violence
Divorce Litigation
Marital Property Characterization, Valuation, and Division
High-Asset Divorce
Hidden Assets
Business Valuation
Retirement/Pension
Divorce Settlement Negotiation
Divorce Mediation Counsel
Our Process
You want the divorce attorneys who are always 3 steps ahead.
Going through the steps of divorce is rarely simple. We’re here to guide, support, and advocate for you from beginning to end.
Schedule a Consultation
Book an initial consultation with our intake concierge or a one-on-one with one of our lead attorneys.
Tell Us Your Story
In the initial consultation, we will gather information and learn about your goals.
Move Forward, One Step at a Time
If you become a client, we’ll create a custom strategy and guide you exactly how we would want to be – with compassion, strength, and emotional intelligence.
The caliber of attorney you hire matters in a divorce.
You hope never to need a divorce or family law attorney , but when you do, you need the best one you can afford.
Great Los Angeles divorce attorneys, like our team at ERL, will:
Help you make smart decisions through the cloud of emotional discomfort
Provide personal attention and a non-judgmental ear
Give you straight answers to complex family law and divorce questions
Unleash a proactive approach to stay ahead of the other party
Negotiate from a position of leverage to secure optimal results
Always fight to protect you, your family, and your assets
With a specific balance of empathy, sensitivity, and, at times, tough love, Emily Rubenstein and team are fierce advocates while also providing a calming spirit through the storm of a divorce.
Get Answers to Your Divorce Questions
FAQs
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The strongest negotiating position is one with leverage. By being prepared to win in court and unleashing a proactive strategy, we negotiate from the most powerful position possible and utilize leverage. The most significant difference between top-tier divorce representation and mediocre divorce representation is preparation.
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We get that divorce can feel overwhelming, and it takes a precise balance of empathy, sensitivity, and, at times, tough love. Clients need personal attention and a nonjudgmental ear. They also need plain answers to complex family law and divorce questions. Because divorce is emotional, our job is to help clients make smart decisions through the cloud of emotional discomfort.
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We often work with private judges (i.e., judges who have retired from the bench or are qualified, neutral attorneys). Private judges can serve as mediators and are very effective as neutrals. We also work with appraisers, forensic accountants, and other financial experts. Regarding child custody issues, we work with private custody evaluators, private co-parenting counselors, parenting plan assessors, social workers, therapists, and professionally supervised visitation monitors.
