Divorce

Mr. Hill is first and foremost a trial attorney that limits his practice to divorce and other domestic relations cases. Mr. Hill holds a peer review rating of AV-Preeminent from Martindale-Hubbell and an AVVO rating of 10/10 – Superb. While Mr. Hill plans a strategy for each case individually, his basic approach is to prepare for war and use the power that provides to settle the case wherever possible. If settlement becomes impossible, Mr. Hill has ample experience in both bench trials and jury trials. He also has experience in appealing divorce cases to the Supreme Court. Mr. Hill brings a strong background in business, accounting and cost analysis (both educational and practical experience) to the practice of domestic relations law. His business skills combine effectively to allow him to achieve excellent results in cases involving high asset and complex marital estates especially those that include on-going businesses. Mr. Hill has published papers in technical trial techniques and areas of applicability to the family law practitioner. He is a Guardian Ad Litem for the Superior Court of Cobb County and he is a Registered Neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Mr. Hill is a member of the State Bar of Georgia; the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia; the Cobb County Bar Association; the Family Law Section of the Cobb County Bar Association; and Phi Delta Phi. Mr. Hill is also a member of First United Methodist Church of Marietta, the Marietta Kiwanis, and the Kennesaw Business Association.

Stange Law Firm, PC was founded in 2007 by Kirk Stange. The firm only practices family law and has multiple offices throughout the United States. Stange Law Firm, PC offers attorneys at different levels to help fit the needs that each client may have. Clients of the firm also receive their attorney's personal cell phone number and 24/7 access to their case documents through the firm's online tracker. Numerous attorneys at the firm have received awards from organizations such as, Super Lawyers, Lead Counsel, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys and many more. To learn more or to contact Stange Law Firm, PC, visit www.stangelawfirm.com or call 855-805-0595. Note: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements. Kirk Stange is responsible for the content. Principal place of business 120 South Central Ave, Suite 450, Clayton, MO 63105. Kirk Stange is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas.

I am a divorce attorney who is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialists, and a managing attorney of the Family Department at the Plano Office of Bailey & Galyen Attorneys at Law. Not only am I a dedicated lawyer but I am also a dedicated family’s man and member of the community. I understand the stress, time and responsibilities of raising a family in my North Dallas community. I have been married for 25 years, I am raising two children who are attending Brentfield Elementary and J.J. Pearce High School. Bailey & Galyen practices in many areas of law and can provide our clients with expertise in many areas. I have been practicing law for 27 years, I am licensed in Texas, California, and Pennsylvania, and I am Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. I have vast experience in custody litigation, property division litigation, divorce, mediation, examination of complex financial documents, valuing and dividing business entities and interests, real estate division, mineral rights, partition agreements, along with the myriad of issues that surface in family law. There simply is no case too complex that myself and Bailey & Galyen cannot handle. The dedication and hands on approach of all of the lawyers, provides the highest quality of legal representation to our clients. The recognition of our peers and clients indicates That we are certainly doing something right.

Heather M. Cullen, CFLS – Certified Family Law Specialist and Managing Attorney at Cullen Family Law Group Heather M. Cullen, CFLS, is the founding and managing attorney of the Cullen Family Law Group and a distinguished Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. This elite certification—held by fewer than 5% of family law attorneys in California—recognizes her advanced legal expertise, extensive courtroom experience, and dedication to excellence in family law. Since founding the firm in 1998, Attorney Cullen has devoted her career exclusively to family law. For more than 25 years, she has represented clients in complex divorce, custody, spousal support, and domestic violence matters throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Her practice also includes high-asset property division, business valuation, and post-judgment modification cases. Attorney Cullen earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall), and graduated cum laude from the University of California, Riverside, with dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Philosophy and Law & Society. She is licensed to practice in all California state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Heather’s legal practice is built on compassion, strategy, and results. Known for her ability to guide clients through emotionally charged disputes with professionalism and clarity, she provides honest counsel and effective advocacy. She leads a team of experienced family law attorneys who share her commitment to personalized service and ethical representation. Under her leadership, the Cullen Family Law Group has earned repeated recognition for excellence, including features in Super Lawyers®, Inland Empire Magazine, Lawyers of Distinction, Martindale-Hubbell®, and Expertise.com’s “Best Divorce Lawyers” list. She has been honored multiple times as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys in California and recognized for both client satisfaction and peer-review excellence. Attorney Cullen remains an active member of the California State Bar, the Riverside County Bar Association, and the San Bernardino County Bar Association. Her focus on delivering effective, results-driven legal solutions has helped countless families navigate the most difficult moments of their lives with confidence and dignity. If you are considering divorce or facing a family law issue, contact Heather M. Cullen and the Cullen Family Law Group for trusted guidance and skilled legal representation.

Attorney Melissa Needle is a lifetime Connecticut resident. She was born in New Haven, raised in Fairfield, and now resides in Westport with her family. Attorney Needle is a third generation attorney with deep family roots in Connecticut. Her father, Attorney Charles Needle, was a founder of the Connecticut firm Zeldes, Needle & Cooper in 1971. Since her admission to the Connecticut Bar in 1990, Melissa has exclusively practiced divorce and family law. Melissa started Needle | Cuda: Divorce and Family Law in 2010. The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys named Needle | Cuda a Connecticut Top 10 Best Firm in Client Satisfaction in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Attorney Needle is an active litigator with an impressive track record. Many of the cases in which Melissa appears involve high net worth divorce property division, complex business valuations, highly contested custody, and petitions for child relocation. She is well-known in Connecticut courts as a forceful, but fair fighter; an attorney with great integrity; and as a worthy adversary who does not shy away from litigation if that path is the best opportunity for her client to reach an equitable solution. Melissa understands that divorce is not just about the dissolution of marriage or stop-gap solutions but helping clients develop and negotiate a comprehensive plan for the rest of their lives.

Lauren Pruett is a Partner and shareholder of Gale, Angelo, Johnson & Patrick P.C.. Lauren oversees our Family Law Department. She focuses exclusively on family law issues including: divorce, custody, spousal support, child support, domestic violence, guardianships, adoptions, grandparent visitation. Lauren dedicated her focus to family law from the start of her legal studies, taking courses dedicated to the field such as family law, community property, family law trial skills and juvenile law. Additionally, she clerked for the Honorable Thadd Blizzard for one year at the William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse and worked as a certified law student for a local family law firm while pursuing her legal studies. Lauren graduated cum laude from California State University Sacramento, receiving her bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Lauren went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law obtaining honors in her clerkship positions and her practical and persuasive legal writing courses. Notable facts: Lauren is a dog mom, spin fanatic, wine lover and avid certified scuba diver. In her spare time she enjoys traveling adventures with her husband.

My focus is family law, and my approach is focused on helping clients navigate the complex and emotional experience of family law issues including divorce, determining parenting time, child custody and support, dividing property, and deciding alimony. My goal is always the best possible outcome given my client’s objectives. I also seek to minimize the negative emotional and economic impact of the divorce process on children within the family system. (Studies have shown that children in high conflict divorces do not do as well later in life, as the children in low conflict divorces.) While I am a fierce advocate for my clients, I never deliberately fan the flames of conflict and anger that may hinder the process of resolving the case or that eventually have a harmful effect on the children. I guide my clients through every step of the divorce process, from filing the initial petition, preparing for and attending mediation, participating in settlement conferences, and if necessary, preparing and appearing for trial. While most of my cases settle out of court, I have the experience to manage your case through a full-blown divorce trial. My trial experience in divorce, includes the establishment of child custody and parenting time, child support, spousal maintenance/alimony, and the division of marital property. I have also litigated modification of child custody and parenting time for marital and non-marital children, modification of child support, enforcement of orders for spousal maintenance and child support, third party and grandparent custody and visitation, orders for protection, and harassment restraining orders. Prior to becoming an attorney, I owned a small business, and I draw on that experience to negotiate fair and equitable property settlements, parenting plans, and even prenuptial agreements that help protect the rights and assets of soon to become newlyweds.

Stange Law Firm, PC was founded in 2007 by attorneys and husband/wife duo, Kirk and Paola Stange. The firm only practices family law and has multiple offices throughout the United States. Stange Law Firm, PC offers attorneys at different levels to help fit the needs that each client may have. Clients of the firm also receive their attorney's personal cell phone number and 24/7 access to their case documents through the firm's online tracker. Numerous attorneys at the firm have received awards from organizations such as, Super Lawyers, Lead Counsel, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys and many more. To learn more or to contact Stange Law Firm, PC, visit www.stangelawfirm.com or call 855-805-0595. Note: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements. Kirk Stange is responsible for the content. Principal place of business 120 South Central Ave, Suite 450, Clayton, MO 63105. Please note: Kirk Stange is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas.

Ms. Anastasia J Mahone, Esq. built and manages the Premiere Divorce, Paternity and Family Law Division at K/S Attorneys at Law in matters, including but not limited to: - Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage; - Child support establishment/modification; - Parenting Plans / Time-sharing / Visitation (also known as child custody) establishment/modification; - Paternity establishment/disestablishment; - Restraining Orders; - Step-parent Adoption; - Parental Relocation with Minor Children; - Post final judgment matters. Anastasia also practices various other civil litigation actions, Department of Business and Professional Regulations (DBPR), as well as, personal injury. Anastasia graduated from high school at the age of sixteen and proceeded to obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology along with a minor in Sociology from Florida Atlantic University in 2009 with. In 2014, Anastasia, after attending law school at night and maintaining full-time employment throughout, received her Juris Doctorate Degree from Nova Southeastern Shephard Broad Law School and, upon admittance to the Florida Bar, joined K/S Attorneys at Law providing legal service to firm clients demonstrating a resilient and unbridled passion and dedication to the law and the needs of the firm’s clients. Anastasia has professional experience in the fields of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Her employment experience affords Anastasia a unique and uncanny ability to identify and empathize with the tribulation of firm clients while understanding and being compassionate knowing the extent of emotional hardship and trauma life or business can lead to that ultimately requires legal advocacy or assistance. Anastasia's work experience, coupled with her education, offer her the ability to meet client expectations, particularly in handling the sensitive matters associated with family law efficiently, aggressively and decisively. Anastasia's education, experience, dedication, and compassion have her on track to becoming one of South Florida’s top quality legal practitioners in the litigation and family law fields. Anastasia, a native to South Florida, is interested in reading novels, painting acrylic paintings which decorate the offices of K/S Attorneys at Law, enjoys the beaches of sunny South Florida and loves spending time with her family and her dog.

Bill Van Horn has been serving the people of Colorado for decades. He was raised on a farm in Iowa, before coming to Colorado to enter the Air Force Academy as a young cadet at age 17. After graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1974, he then flew as an electronic warfare officer on the B-52 nuclear bomber in Guam and the RC-135S Cobra Ball spy plane in Alaska. He was awarded the Airman’s Medal, the highest award given by the Air Force for peacetime heroism, for rescuing fellow flyers from their aircraft when it crashed and burned. He has flown missions that took him up close and personal to the borders of North Korea and the Soviet Empire. Bill returned to Colorado after years in active duty for the Air Force to earn a law degree from The University of Denver Law School, while he continued to serve our country by joining the Air Force Reserve, and flew for 20 years on the C-130 Lockheed Hercules with combat flying time in three United States conflicts. Bill graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a B.S. in International Affairs in 1974 and from the Air War College in 1998. After serving in the Air Force, Bill returned to the University of Denver and graduated in 1987 with a J.D. While in law school, Bill served as the Managing Editor of the Transportation Law Journal for 1986-1987. During Bill’s early law career he clerked for a Federal Judge and was a former Senior Litigation Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Bill moved into the area of family law and is recognized as a prominent and highly respected professional in his field. Bill and his wife Penni have five adult children, four daughters-in-love, and five grandchildren. Bill has attended a Tuesday Sunrise Bible Study for several decades, loves to hike with his lab, Coal, stay informed about the community and national issues, and play with the “Grands.” Bill and Penni attend Red Rocks Church.