Family Law
Family Law News Issue 4, 2019, Volume 41, No. 4
Content
- Evolution of Self Defense
- Was the Premarital Agreement Executed Voluntarily? a Look at the Evolution of the Infamous "7-Day Rule"
- Message from the Chair
- Family Law Section Executive Committee
- The Importance of Knowing Who Is, and Who Is Not, My Client
- Table of Contents
- Court Staff Awards by the Family Law Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association
- Message from the Editor
- Family Law News Editorial Team
- Legislative Liaisons and Designated Recipients of Legislation
- Dismissed Juvenile Dependency Cases in Family Court
- Disqualification of Judges
Court Staff Awards by the Family Law Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association
Robin Birnbaum, CFLS and Alexandra O’Neill
Robin M. Birnbaum is a Certified Family Law Specialist, having been certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization in July 2016. Ms. Birnbaum currently serves as a Member of the Executive Committee ofthe California Lawyers Association, Family Law Section (FLEXCOM) and is the owner of Birnbaum Family Law, located in Benicia, California.
Alexandra O’Neill Mullerisa founding partner of Glover & O’Neill LLP in La Jolla, California. She practices exclusively in the area of family law, throughout San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. She is currently a member of the California Lawyers Association’s Family Law Executive Committee where she serves as Chair of Standing Committee Chairs, and is a past member of the State Bar of California’s Family Law Executive Committee where she was Chair of Legislative Liaisons.
The California Lawyers Association (CLA) Court Staff Award is meant to honor and recognize sustained superior performance or extraordinary efforts in the recipient’s performance of his or her work with the Family Law courts. In 2019, the CLA awarded two outstanding individuals: Nicholle Clark of the Contra Costa County Superior Court and Sara Armstead of the San Diego County Superior Court.