Ventura County has a new law firm, “Ventura Coast Law,” located in Newbury Park. My former law partners, Doug Goldwater and Jesse Cahill, are two of its principals. We met in the 2000’s, working for Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP. As a partner at FCOP struggling to deal with a burgeoning family law practice, I […]
Over the past twenty or so years, the Legislature has enacted a “hodgepodge” of confusing and sometimes contradictory provisions, as California Family Law guru, Garrett Dailey, has put it, in its rush to enact one domestic violence (“DV”) statute after another. As of January 1, 2021, coercive control is a newly codified form of DV. Family Code […]
Sadly, the past week saw two of our accomplished family law friends pass.Ventura County Superior Court Commissioner Judith Dahlman Rhodes was an amazing woman of tremendous and meaningful professional accomplishment. I met her when she was an associate of AAML Fellow, Bobette Fleischman. Under Bobette’s tutelage, Judy gained her Legal Specialization in Family Law from […]
Herring Law Group is pleased to welcome Clark Lammers to our team. Clark is a Santa Barbara native and second-generation local attorney, following in the footsteps of his father, Terrence L. “Terry” Lammers. Clark received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He gained his Juris […]