|   | | Law Firm in Los Angeles, California | | A limited liability partnership. |
| | Address | | One California Plaza, 300 South Grand Avenue, 14th Floor | | Los Angeles, California 90071 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Phillips Jessner LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Family Law; Child Custody, Spousal and Child Support, Asset Identification, Valuation, Division, Domestic Partnerships, Representing Witnesses in White-Collar Criminal Cases. | Firm Profile:
Phillips Jessner LLP represents clients in all aspects of Family Law litigation. The firm also represents witnesses in white-collar criminal investigations. All of the firm's attorneys have outstanding academic and professional backgrounds and have worked at the highest levels of the legal profession. Our goal is to provide the caliber of representation associated with the nation's largest and most prominent law firms in combination with a level of personal service characteristic of smaller firms. | | Firm Size: 4 | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Patricia Phillips (Partner) born 1934; admitted to bar, 1968, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1956); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1967). Recipient: Shattuck Price Award for Excellence as an attorney from the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1991; Distinguished Alumni Award, University of California, Santa Barbara; Distinguished Service Award, Loyola Law School Alumni Association, 1988; Outstanding Community Service Award, Leviitt & Quinn Family Law Center, 2004; Dragon Slayer Award, California Women Lawyers, 1988; Ernestine Stahlhut Award, Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, 1986. Named One of 50 Most Powerful Women Lawyers by Los Angeles Business Journal, 1998. Co-Author: "Divorce, a Woman's Guide to Getting a Fair Share." Mediator, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Family Law. Expert witness in numerous family law and civil cases. Senior Counsel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 1995-2005. Partner, Beardsley Hufstedler & Kemble (later Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley), 1972-1995. First Woman President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1984-1985. Member and Vice President, Board of Governors, State Bar of California, 1986-1989. Member and Chair: Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California, 1978-1982; Lawyers Disciplinary Committee, United States District Court, Central District of California, 2001-2004. Member, Executive Committee, California Judicial Council, 1991-1994. Chair, Board of Overseers, Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, 1988-1990. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; California Women Lawyers Association (Founding Member); Women Lawyers of Los Angeles; Chancery Club (First Woman President); Professional Association of Judicial Mediators & Arbitrators. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Mediation; Domestic Partnerships; Family Mediation; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Premarital Agreements; Spousal Support. Email: Patricia Phillips | | Gregory W. Jessner (Partner) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1982); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1985). Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, 1989-2005. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, 1985-1989. Associate Editor, California Law Review. Recipient, Moot Court Award, Best Brief. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Mediation; Domestic Partnerships; Family Mediation; Marital Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Spousal Support; Representing witnesses in white-collar criminal investigations. Email: Gregory W. Jessner | | OF COUNSEL | | Kerry Wallis (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, San Diego Law Review, 1998-1999. Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Robert J. Kelleher, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1999-2000. Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2000-2006. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Community Property Law; Divorce; Domestic Partnerships; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Premarital Agreements; Spousal Support. Email: Kerry Wallis | | Adam N. King (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 2001, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1998); Duke University School of Law (LL.M., Comparative and International Law, 2001; J.D., cum laude, 2001). Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2001-2006. Staff Editor, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, 1999-2000. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Mediation; Domestic Partnerships; Family Mediation; Marital Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Spousal Support. Email: Adam N. King | | Kristin M. Kellet (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); University of California Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2002-2007. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law. Email: Kristin M. Kellet | | Cynthia L. Todd (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1998, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1994); Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Order of Coif. Notes Editor, Loyola Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert J. Kelleher, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Certified Mediator and Collaborative Family Law Attorney. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association. Practice Areas: Dissolution Proceedings; Domestic Violence; Child Custody; Child Support; Spousal Support; Modification of Support; Division of Community Property; Confirmation of Separate Property; Negotiation of Family Law Disputes. Email: Cynthia L. Todd |
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