Michele Bernadette Brown
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLPMichele B. Brown is an attorney licensed in the State of California and the United States District Court for the Southern District. She is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and the head of the Procopio Family Law Group. Ms. Brown has been practicing family law for approximately 25 years. She handles complex family law matters, including dissolution of marriage actions with business valuations, income analysis and financial litigation, custody, move-away and psychological evaluations, as well as pre-marital agreements, post-marital agreements, post judgment matters and enforcement actions. Ms. Brown cares deeply about the law and her clients. It is for this reason Ms. Brown is actively involved in family law advocacy across the state. Michele Brown has consistently been selected as a Southern California and San Diego Super Lawyer; she is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has received a myriad of accolades for her achievement, including the Outstanding Service to Family Law Award from the CLA. Ms. Brown obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a Minor in Spanish, from the University of California, Riverside in 1989. As a Rotary International Scholar, she studied Politics and French at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Brown is the Family Law Representative and a Board Member of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and was a part of the founding committee to establish the CLA. She is the Co-Chair for Governmental Affairs for the CLA and is an Advisor for the Family Law Executive Committee of the CLA and formerly of State Bar of California (FLEXCOM). Ms. Brown is the Vice-President for the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists and the Immediate Past President for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts-CA Chapter (AFCC), where she works with family law judges, attorneys and mental health professionals to assist children.
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
- French: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Head of the Family Law Group; Attorney/ Certified Family Law Specialist
- Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
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- Ms. Brown is a Certified Family Law Specialist practicing exclusively in family law
- Supervising and Trial Attorney
- Law Office of Beatrice Snider
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- Family Law Attorney
- Attorney at Law
- Law Office of Michael Finen
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- University of San Diego School of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: Bishop Buddy Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy; Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity
- University of California - Riverside
- B.A. (1989) | Political Science; Spanish
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- Macquarie University
- French and Politics
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- Michael Shea Award for Mentorship in family law
- San Diego Family Law Bar Association
- Outstanding Service to Family Law
- California Lawyers Association, Family Law Section
- Legend in Legislatoin
- State Bar of California, Family Law Section
- Superb Rating of 10 out of 10
- Avvo
- Every year since
- Southern California Super Lawyer for Family Law
- Super Lawyer
- Consistently awarded as Super Lawyer
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- California Lawyers Association
- Board of Representatives, Family Law Representative
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- California Lawyers Association, Family Law Section
- Advisor
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- California Lawyrs Association
- Co-Chair Governmental Affairs Committee
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- Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
- Vice-President, Chair of Legislation
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- A Legislative Overview
- Divorce Magazine
- AB 459: Flexcom at Work
- State Bar of California, Family Law News
- Electronic Reporting in Family Law
- State Bar of California, Family Law News
- Solving the Puzzle Together: An Interview with Drew Liebert
- State Bar of California, Family Law News
- Transmutations: An Overview
- State Bar of California, Family Law News
- Family Law in San Diego
- California State Bar
- Certified Specialist--Family Law
- State Bar of California
- Website
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