The 2026 listing of leading San Francisco Family, Matrimonial & Divorce Lawyers details lawyers/attorneys practising within the areas of family, divorce and matrimonial law matters in the Greater San Francisco & Bay Area legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Brandon Blevans, Blevans Itzkowitz & Cantrell
Samantha Bley, Bley & Bley
Belinda Hanson, Hanson Crawford Crum
Jill Hersh, Hersh Family Law Practice
Monica Mazzei, Buchalter
Lorie Nachlis, Nachlis Cohade Lopez-Whitaker
Gretchen Rubel, Hersh Family Law Practice
Kelly Shindell DeLacey, Delacey Riebel Shindell
Leading
Cecila Chung, Lakin Spears
Jennifer Crum, Hanson Crawford Crum
Erin Dominguez, Taubman Dias Dominguez
Nancy Encarnacion Mass, Lakin Spears
David Erb, Flicker Kerin LLP
Rod Firoozye, Law Offices of Rod Firoozye
Natasha Parrett, Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Jeff Riebel, DeLacey Riebel Shindell
Genevive Ruskus, Lakin Spears
Marisa San Filippo, Flicker Kerin LLP
Romy Taubman, Taubman Dias Dominguez
Gretchen Wallacker, Wallacker Mediation & Consulting
Recommended
David Blacker, Blacker Family Law
Lydia Crandall, Lakin Spears
Joe Crawford, Hanson Crawford Crum
Charles DeLacey, DeLacey Riebel & Shindell
Shane Ford, Ford Family Law
Amanda Gordon, Gordon Family Law
Alison Grcevich, DeLacy Riebell Shindell
Fiona Huang, Winter & Ross
Michelene Insalaca, Sucherman Insalaco
David Lederman, Law Offices of David M Lederman
Victoria Lewis, Madigan & Lewis
Kimberly Madigan, Madigan & Lewis
Gregory Maple, Maple Family Law & Mediation Offices
Steve Montalvo, Montalvo Family Law
Amanda Mussallem, Mussallem Palash
Andrea Palash, Mussallem Palash
Rita Patterson, Lakin Spears
Miles Pedersen, Flicker Kerin LLP
Gina Policastri, Lonich Patton Erlich Policastri
Tanya Prioste, Lakin Spears
Mindy Ross, Winter & Ross
Matthew Rudy, The Law Office of Matthew J Rudy
Debra Schoenberg, Schoenberg Family Law Group
Ellen Stross, Stross Wess Cutcher & Levin
Emily Vance, Vance & Wills
Deborah Wald, The Wald Law Firm
Vanessa Wills, Vance & Wills
Charles Young, Cardwell Steigerwald Young
David Youngsmith, Hersh Family Law Practice
The 2026 rankings of leading Family & Divorce Lawyers in the Greater San Francisco Metropolitan Area, identified by fellow Californian Family Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.
Previous editions
2025 edition published May 2025
Preeminent
Brandon Blevans, Blevans Itzkowitz & Cantrell
Samantha Bley, Bley & Bley
Rod Firoozye, Law Offices of Rod Firoozye
Belinda Hanson, Hanson Crawford Crum
Jill Hersh, Hersh Family Law Practice
Monica Mazzei, Buchalter
Lorie Nachlis, Nachlis Cohade Lopez-Whitaker
Leading
Michelle Bissada, Flicker Kerin Kruger & Bissada
Jennifer Crum, Hanson Crawford Crum
David Erb, Flicker Kerin Kruger & Bissada
Victoria Lewis, Madigan & Lewis
Natasha Parrett, Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Gina Policastri, Lonich Patton Erlich Policastri
Mindy Ross, Winter & Ross
Gretchen Rubel, Hersh Family Law Practice
Kelly Shindell DeLacey, Delacey Riebel & Shindell
Recommended
Brigeda Bank, Fox & Bank
David Blacker, Blacker Family Law
Robert Cashen, Morgan Tidalgo Sukhodrev & Azzolino
Joe Crawford, Hanson Crawford Crum
Charles DeLacey, DeLacey Riebel & Schindell
Don Emley, Emley Law
Nancy Encarnacion, Lakin Spears
Shane Ford, Ford Family Law
Rebekah Frye, Law Offices of Rebekah Frye
Amanda Gordon, Gordon Family Law
Kimberly Lewellen, Lewellen Family Law Group
Arthur Lin, The Law Offices of Arthur Lin
Gregory Maple, Maple Family Law & Mediation Offices
Deborah Marx, Law Offices of Deborah J Marx
Amanda Mussallem, Mussallem Palash
Andrea Palash, Mussallem Palash
Miles Pedersen, Flicker Kerin Kruger & Bissada
Tanya Prioste, Lakin Spears
Jeff Riebel, DeLacey Riebel & Schindell
Kelly Robbin, Robbins Family Law
Genevive Ruskus, Lakin Spears
Carol Salvagione, Leland Parachini Steinberg Matzger Melnick
Marisa San Filippo, Flicker Kerin Kruger & Bissada
Christopher Sawyer, Sawyer Mediation
Debra Schoenberg, Schoenberg Family Law Group
Romy Taubman, Taubman Dias Dominguez
Gabrielle Thorpe, Thorpe Family Law
2024 edition published October 2024
Preeminent
Michelle Bissada, Flicker Kerin Kruger & Bissada
Brandon Blevans, Blevans Itzkowitz & Cantrell
Belinda Hanson, Hanson Crawford Crum
Jill Hersh, Hersh Family Law Practice
Victoria Lewis, Madigan & Lewis
Lorie Nachlis, Nachlis Cohade Lopez-Whitaker
Leading
Samantha Bley, Bley & Bley
Joe Crawford, Hanson Crawford Crum
Charles DeLacey, DeLacy Riebel & Schindel
Rod Firoozye, Law Offices of Rod Firoozye
Yau Lee, Nachlis Cohade Lopez-Whitaker
Arthur Lin, The Law Offices of Arthur Lin
Andrea Palash, Coats Palash
Natasha Parrett, Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Jeff Riebel, DeLacy Riebel & Schindel
Mindy Ross, Winter & Ross
Christopher Sawyer, Sawyer Mediation
Romy Taubman, Taubman Dias Dominguez
Gretchen Wallacker, Wallacker Family Law
Recommended
Tulin Acikalin, ADZ Law
Jennifer Crum, Hanson Crawford Crum
Rodrigo Dias, Taubman Dias Dominguez
Don Emley, Emley Law
Farmiah Erlandson, Viola Law Firm
Amanda Gordon, Gordon Family Law
Ron Granberg, Granberg Law Office
Michelene Insalaco, Sucherman Insalaco
Monica Mazzei, Buchalter
Gretchen Rubel, Hersh Family Law Practice
Kelly Schindel DeLacy, Delacy Riebel & Shindel
Ariel Sosna, Van Voorhis & Sosna
Emily Vance, Vance & Wills
Vanessa Wills, Vance & Wills