Solvang Divorce Lawyers

I am a 30 year veteran of the United States Navy. I retired as a Captain. I went to law school to fulfill a lifelong passion and now I am working hard to protect the rights of those in need of legal help and navigating through our excellent, though complex legal system.

Contact my office for a consultation at (888) 200-6526. As a former prosecutor, I have handled an extensive and heavy caseload and spent countless hours negotiating with other attorneys and preparing for and taking cases to trial. As a prosecutor, I handled over 500 arraignments, 40 cases to resolution, and five jury trials, including a six-week special circumstance homicide trial, as a second chair attorney. It is this experience that I will bring to your case. You can be assured my office will communicate with you as your case develops and zealously represent you....

Ms. Patricia Mercedes Zerbini is a Bay Area native. She graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2005 with a double major in Politics and Legal Studies. She then earned her Juris Doctorate from Golden Gate University School of Law in 2009 with the intent of applying her legal knowledge to help those around her. Ms. Zerbini joined Hoover Krepelka, LLP in 2022, bringing her extensive and skilled experience in high conflict custody and complex financial cases. She has shown her aptitude for understanding complex international law and jurisdiction issues such as Applications and Trials under The Hague Convention...

Julia Schneider received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas, with a double major in Spanish and Latin American Studies. After graduation, Ms. Schneider moved to Barranquilla, Columbia where she taught fifth grade science and language arts at a bilingual school. After teaching in Columbia, Ms. Schneider entered California Western School of Law as a Trustee’s Scholar. Ms. Schneider joined Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP in January, 2014 as a certified legal intern through California Western School of Law’s clinical internship program. She later became a law clerk, and now is an associate attorney in the firm. She...

MICHAEL R. NORTON attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts with Highest Honors in 1975. He attended U.C./Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and was admitted to the bar in 1978. He has been a trial attorney since 1978, first with the San Joaquin County Office of the Public Defender, then as a member of Rishwain, Ellis and LeBeouf in Stockton. In 1988, Michael opened his own practice, which has been growing steadily ever since. His practice focuses exclusively on family law and related matters. Michael...

David J Hamilton has a busy practice in Santa Rosa, California. He has very competent staff, including three paralegals and a Law Clerk with his Juris Doctor Degree. The areas of practice include restraining order prosecution and defense, child custody, child support, divorce, as well as criminal defense of various types.