Leading Family Law Private Judges – California

David Fink

Vanessa Zecher

Thomas Lewis

Gretchen Taylor

The 2026 listing of leading California Family Law Private Judges details lawyers/attorneys/former judges adjudicating matters on a private and often expedited basis within the areas of family, divorce and matrimonial law matters across the California legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Preeminent

Hank Goldberg, Signature Resolution
Scott Gordon, Signature Resolution
Margo Lewis Hoy, Signature Resolution
Thomas Trent Lewis, Signature Resolution

Leading

Mitchell Beckloff, Signature Resolution
Reva Goetz, JAMS
Jackson Lucky, JAMS
Roy Paul, Signature Resolution
Amy Pellman, Signature Resolution
Patti C. Ratekin, Signature Resolution
Gretchen Taylor, Signature Resolution
Vanessa Zecher, JAMS

Recommended

Lorna Alksne, JAMS
Michele Bissada, Signature Resolution
David Fink, ADR Services Inc.
Patricia Garcia, Signature Resolution
Diana Gould-Saltman, Signature Resolution
Ina Gyemant, ADR Services Inc
Melinda Johnson, JAMS
Susan Lopez-Giss, ADR Services Inc
Jeanne Lowe, JAMS
Patrick Mahoney, JAMS
Anne-Christine Massullo, Signature Resolution
Louis Meisinger, Signature Resolution
Harry Powazek, Signature Resolution
Claudia Silbar, Judicate West
B. Scott Silverman, Signature Resolution
David Weinberg, Private Dispute Resolution Services
Charlotte Walter Woolard, ADR Services Inc

The 2026 rankings of leading Family & Divorce Law Private Judges in California, identified by fellow Californian Family Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.