Current Employment Position(s)

General Partner

Lawyer Overview

Frieda Gordon has presented with some of her colleagues several two-day seminars for certified family law specialists from all over the State of California. She has spoken on the topic of "Valuing Minority Business Interests for Purposes of Divorce" and on the issue of "Joint Legal Custody-When is it Not a Good Idea" at Annual Spring Seminars for the ACFLS (of which organization she served as President in 2003) in Monterey, California. To find out more about ACFLS go to www.acfls.org.

Frieda Gordon was quoted on the front page of the May 22, 2000 issue of the L.A. Times in an article about an appellate court case in which she represented the minor child who was the subject of a dispute between her mother and paternal grandparents over the right to visit with her and recently was featured in the reported case of Butler v. Harris, 2004 DJ DAR 10465 (Aug. 23, 2004) as the drafter of the Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, supporting the position of the grandparents who asked the Supreme Court to consider the rights of the minor child along with the competing interests of the custodial parents and paternal grandparents.

Frieda Gordon spoke at the Annual International Conference of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts in New Orleans, LA on the subject of grandparents' visitation rights. Frieda also spoke in Seattle, Washington at an AFCC Conference in the Spring of 2005 to therapists, evaluators, mediators, lawyers and judges on the subject of International Abductions to Non-Hague Countries - Risks and Remedies. In January of 2006, Frieda spoke on the same topic to another national audience of lawyers at the National Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Aspen, CO. In April, 2006, Frieda spoke before the statewide Association of Certified Family Law Specialists on the cutting edge topic of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Families' Rights and Remedies. To find out more go to www.afccnet.org.

Frieda Gordon has also spoken on the topic of Minor's Counsel in Vail, Colorado in January, 2001 for the National Law Education Institute. To find out more, go to www.lawedinstitute.com.

Frieda Gordon was in charge of an all day interdisciplinary seminar, sponsored by the L.A. County Bar Association, involving judicial officers, psychological experts and family law specialists on the hot and controversial topic of "Minor's Counsel in Family Law."

Areas of Practice

• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Living Wills
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Trusts
• Wills
• Alimony & Spousal Support
• Child Support
• Childrens' Rights
• Collaborative Law
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Paternity
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Estate Administration

Representative Cases

• Brief of Amicus Curiae, Butler v. Harris, Appellate Case No. D 036 144 (Fourth Appellate District, Division One)

West Practice Categories

Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Childrens' Rights, Collaborative Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• California, 1984
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1985

Certification/Specialties

• Certified as a Specialist in Family Law, California State Board of Legal Specialization, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (Member, 1990 - Present; Past President)
• California Bar Association, 1984 (Member)
• California Bar Association (Past Member of Editorial Board, California State Bar Custody Committee)
• Los Angeles Bar Association, Family Law Section
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Past Member of Family Law Executive Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Past Chair of Minor's Counsel Sub-Committee)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) (Member)
• Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association (LACFLA) (Member)
• Beverly Hills Bar Assoc., Family Law and Probate and Estate Planning Sections (Member)
• American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Publication Development (Past Member, Custody Committee)
• Santa Monica Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)
• Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles, Family Law Section (Past Board Member)
• Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles, Family Law Section (Past Co-Chair)
• Women's Legal Clinic of Los Angeles (Past Member of Board of Directors)

Honors and Awards

• "AV" Rated, Martindale Hubbell Directory of Lawyers
• "AV" Highest Preeminent Lawyers Rating

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Santa Monica Bar Association Family Law Section
• Speaker, "Valuing Minority Business Interests for Purposes of Divorce"
• Speaker, "Joint Legal Custody-When is it Not a Good Idea", ACFLS
• Speaker, Grandparents' Visitation Rights, Annual International Conference, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts in New Orleans, LA
• Speaker, Minor's Counsel Vail, Colorado, National Law Education Institute, 2001
• Speaker, International Abductions to Non-Hague Countries - Risks and Remedies, AFCC Conference - Seattle, Washington, 2005
• Speaker, International Abductions to Non-Hague Countries - Risks and Remedies, National Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Aspen, CO., 2006
• Speaker, Assisted Reproductive Technologies Families' Rights and Remedies, Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, 2006

Past Employment Positions

• Principal, Gordon Law Offices, 1987 - 1996

Education

• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1984
  J.D.

Published Works

• A Comparative Analysis of the Use and Abuse of Minor's Counsel in the United States of America
• The Survival of Grandparents' Visitation Rights Upon Termination of A Parent's Parental Rights: Whose Right is it Anyway?
• A Walk on the Wild Side: Little Known Intellectual Property Rights can make for a Malpractice Minefield
• Creative Ways to Designate Beneficiaries of Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans
• Minor's Counsel Part III the Conversion of Our Plans Into Action
• Minor's Counsel Workshop: A Day of Sharing the First Step from Diversity to Unity in Application
• The Future of Spousal Support: We've Come a Long Way, Baby

Address

2530 Wilshire Boulevard
Third Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90403-4642

Phones

310-829-9918
310-829-7220

Faxes

310-828-6371
310-829-2490

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Websites

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