Practice Areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in California since: 1994
Education: Golden Gate University School of Law
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Attorney Shane R. Ford is a shareholder with Ford Family Law in Oakland, California. Serving clients throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties and the surrounding areas of Northern California, Mr. Ford is certified as a family law specialist by The State Bar of California, and he devotes his practice to helping families through the difficult and emotional divorce process as smoothly and painlessly as possible.
He provides effective mediation services to help his clients resolve their conflicts and reach agreements without the need for expensive and time-consuming court battles.
In all cases, Mr. Ford endeavors to deliver compassionate, personalized counsel to his clients with their matters involving any of the following:
- Child custody and support
- Spousal and domestic partner support
- Complex property division, including pensions and retirement accounts, stock options and other complex financial matters
- Business valuations
- Paternity
- Stepparent adoptions
- Premarital agreements
Highly active in his legal community, Mr. Ford has served on the board of directors of a number of professional legal organizations, including the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists and the Alameda County Family Law Association and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Northern California.
A fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, he holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell, and he has earned recognition as one of the Top 100 attorneys in Northern California.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 1994, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.fordfamilylaw.com/team/shane-r-ford/
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), Fellow
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, California
- Eastern Alameda County Family Law Association (EACBA)
- Alameda County Family Law Association
- State Bar of California, 1994
- Earl Warren American Inn of Court, Associate Member
- Certified Family Law Specialists, State Bar of California
- Recognized as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” by San Francisco magazine and Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, 2006
- Holds Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV ranking for legal ability and ethics, representing a “very high to preeminent” reputation in the field of family law
- One of Northern California’s “Top 100 attorneys”, 2009, 2010 and 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017
- Illinois State University, cum laude, 1990
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“He is a superb mediator as well as litigator. He has the reputation as "the guy who can get tough cases settled."”
“Shane is an extraordinarily skilled litigator and mediator in complex family law cases.”
“Mr. Ford is a very skilled family law mediator.”
“Mr. Ford is intelligent, fair-minded, dedicated to the pression, and a relentless advocate for his clients. He is a frequent speaker at forums on family law issues and his presentations are excellent. He is genuinely a nice person, too, which in this professions is rare. It's a pleasure working with him.”
“Shane is a brilliant family law attorney. I've opposed him on cases and I've also had clients use him as a mediator. He is highly knowledgeable about family law and I've seen him settle some of the toughest cases. As judge pro tem, he is fair and even-tempered and makes excellent orders.”
“Mr. Ford is a superb client advocate and, at the same time, a fair and respected colleague. He is excellent as a client lawyer and as a part-time settlement judge. The Alameda County judges often ask him to help settle cases that seemingly can't be settled; yet, Mr. Ford gets the job done. He is an all around good guy and an excellent attorney.”
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2024
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