Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Pleasanton, CA

Focusing her practice exclusively on family law matters, Sherry J. Peterson is the founder of her eponymous law firm in Pleasanton. Representing clients throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties, she has been certified as a specialist in family law by the Board of Legal Specialization of The State Bar of California. Ms. Peterson has been admitted to practice before all California state courts since 1995.

The primary portion of Ms. Peterson's family law practice involves her furnishing assistance to people whose marriages are coming to an end and who are thus having to deal with such related legal issues as the division of complex assets and debts, child custody and visitation, and spousal and child support. A forceful courtroom advocate for her clients when negotiations have broken down and litigation becomes necessary, she has an extensive background in mediation, and this often allows her to help some of her clients come to an accord on these matters through the use of that method of alternative dispute resolution. In addition to her divorce practice, Ms. Peterson represents clients whose marriages have already been dissolved and who are now seeking modifications to or the enforcement of existing parenting and support orders. Her successful track record in all of these endeavors has earned her a Distinguished* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

Ms. Peterson is a former chair of and now an adviser to the executive committee of the Family Section of the California Lawyers Association, and she has also occupied several executive positions with the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she pursued her legal education at John F. Kennedy University College of Law and was awarded her Juris Doctor.

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