Diana Pamela Zitser
Certified Family Law Specialist
Zitser Family Law Group is a highly respected and well-known firm in the family law arena. Diana, the founder, is a Certified Family Law Specialist with over 20 years of experience. She has successfully represented clients with matters ranging from high-net-worth divorces to later-in-life divorces, legal separations, pre-postnuptial agreements, determination of spousal support, paternity actions, move-away cases and domestic partnerships.
Prior to practicing law, Diana earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Finance and was a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, handling complex multimillion-dollar realty valuation projects. Diana credits her unique finance and real estate background with helping to make her the top rated divorce attorney. She offers a distinct advantage in litigating and negotiating complex, high asset divorces, structuring, drafting and implementing marital property settlement agreements, and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She also represents clients in child custody and visitations, child support and move away cases.
A recognized "Super Lawyer" (an honor awarded to only the top 5% of the lawyers in the country) ten years in a row, from 2015-2024, Diana P. Zitser also received a perfect “10” rating from AVVO for “peer recognition & client satisfaction" and Martindale-Hubbell awarded her their prestigious “AV Preeminent” rating, which is the “highest possible in both legal ability and ethical standards”. She's honored to have been named as one of the Top 25 Lawyers in the San Fernando Valley by the SFV Business Journal, named in Forbes magazine as one of the Ten Most Dependable Family Law Attorneys of the West, chosen as one of The 25 Best Divorce Lawyers in 2016 and Best Family Lawyers in LA 2016-2024 by Expertise.com and is the winner of the LiveWire’s 2016 Global Award. Ms. Zitser ranked as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Southern California from 2017-2024.
Diana speaks English and Russian.
- 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
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Russian: Spoken, Written
- Judge Pro Tem
- Los Angeles County Superior Court
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- California St Univ Northridge
- Undergraduate Degree
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- Southwestern Univ School of Law
- Law Degree
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- Top 50: 2022 Women Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Selected as a Super Lawyer, Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Los Angeles; an honor awarded to only the top 5% of the lawyers in the country
- Top 50: 2021 Women Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Best Divorce Lawyer in Los Angeles
- expertise.com
- Selected as one of the 25 Family Law Attorneys in Los Angeles
- Top 50: 2020 Women Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to the Top 50: 2020 Women Southern California Super Lawyers List
- Top 100: 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers List
- Super Lawyers
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association
- Member
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- Los Angeles County Bar
- Member
- Current
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- California State Bar # 193125
- Member
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- 'Til death, we divorce
- Daily Journal
- Family Secrets: Filial Support and California Law
- Valley Lawyer Magazine
- Costly Divorces: Third Party Liability For Attorney Fees And Costs
- Valley Lawyer Magazine
- When Divorces Go Grey
- Valley Lawyer magazine
- Certified Family Law Specialist
- California State Bar
