Douglas Hatherley
Certified Family Law Specialist at The Hatherley Firm, Inc.
Douglas A. Hatherley is a Certified Family Law Specialist. Mr. Hatherley’s Orange County Divorce Attorney practice is focused on the issues of family law litigation, including child custody and visitation, spousal support, child support, domestic violence, paternity, and division of assets. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.
Mr. Hatherley has practiced family law exclusively since being admitted to the bar and has worked at prominent family law firms in Orange County, the Inland Empire, and Los Angeles. He is a former partner of one of the most prestigious family law firms in Orange County. During law school, Mr. Hatherley served as a judicial extern in the Family Law Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court for a highly respected family law judge. He was also Senior Production Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review.
Mr. Hatherley has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Super Lawyers Southern California and Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars lists, The Best Lawyers in America®, and published in the Daily Journal, a leading legal newspaper. He has also attained the coveted AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell. AV Preeminent® is Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for his legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
Mr. Hatherley is also a member of the Executive Committee Board for the Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section.
Mr. Hatherley is a graduate of the National Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute (NFLTI) in Houston, Texas. NFLTI is the preeminent litigation skills course dedicated exclusively to family law. During this intensive eight day program, attendees develop skills training in
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
- Certified Family Law Specialist
- The Hatherley Firm, Inc.
- - Current
- Family Law Attorney
- Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente, LLP
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- Family Law Attorney
- Holstrom, Block & Parke, APLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Dishon & Block, APC
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- Associate Attorney
- Law Offices of Korol and Velen
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- Associate Attorney/Law Clerk
- Law & Mediation Offices of Pauline Rosen
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- Judicial Extern
- Los Angeles Superior Court
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- Judicial Extern in the Family Law Division for the Honorable Harvey A. Silberman in the Central District.
- Law Clerk
- Law Offices of Diana P. Zitser, APC
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A. | Political Science
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- J.D.
- AV Preeminent®
- Martindale-Hubbell
- AV Preeminent® is Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for his legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
- AV Preeminent®
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Southern California Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- AV Preeminent®
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Southern California Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Support Payments and that Big Year-End Bonus
- Daily Journal
- Unrealized Expectations May Justify Spousal Support Modification
- Daily Journal
- Certified Family Law Specialist
- California Board of Legal Specialization
- Website
- Orange County Family Law Attorney