Practice Areas: Family Law
Licensed in California since: 1997
Education: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2018, 2024 
Free Consultation Law Offices of Jenny Wald
60 29th St#236
San Francisco, CA 94110 Phone: 415-3104194 Email: Jenny Wald
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Jenny Wald is an attorney providing legal services covering Family Law.
Jenny Wald, who practices law in San Francisco, California, was selected to Super Lawyers for 2010 - 2018, 2024. This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Super Lawyers selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other cogent factors.
Prior to becoming an attorney, she studied at University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. She graduated in 1997. After passing the bar exam, she was admitted to legal practice in 1997.
First Admitted: 1997, California
- CA Lawyers, Family Law Section, 2020
- California State Bar Association, 2020
- Faidi v. Faidi, Filed 2/21/14, (1st App. Dist., Div. 5) Case No. A136346. Trial and appellate counsel. Authored trial and appellate briefs to the California Court of Appeal. Unpublished decision holding the presumption of undue influence under Fam. Code §721(b) is only triggered by a factual showing that post-marital agreement gives one spouse an unfair advantage over the other and the burden of making that factual showing is on the spouse who claims the agreement is unfair. , 2014
- K.M. vs. E.G.(2005) 37 Cal.4th 130, 2005
- In re Marriage of de Guigne (2002) 97 Cal.App. 4th 1353, 2002
- In re Guardianship of Olivia J. (2000) 84 Cal.App. 4th 1146, 2000
- Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 2008
- Awarded for pro bono legal work , Honors Volunteer Award, AIDS Legal Referral Panel, 2000
- American Jurisprudence Award: Family Law, UC Hastings College of the Law, 1996
- American Jurisprudence: Contracts, UC Hastings College of the Law, 1994
- Bowdoin College, B.A., History, Magna Cum Laude , 1989
- Legitimate Parents: Construing California’s Uniform Parentage Act to Protect Children Born Into Nontraditional Families, Journal of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, vol. 6; Article discussing California Supreme Court same sex parentage decisions in context of history of UPA., Author, “Legitimate Parents: Construing California’s Uniform Parentage Act to Protect Children Born Into Nontraditional Families.”, Journal of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, vol. 6, 2005, 2005
- "Emerging Issues in California Family and Marriage Law: The Changing Landscape for LGBT Families," The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center Lecture Series, Speaker, 2006
- "The Legal Implications and Psychological Dynamics of Nontraditional Families," The Family Dispute Resolution Statewide Educational Institute, Speaker, 2004
- "Paternity Update and Discussion of In re Nicholas H.," presented by the Northern California Association of Counsel for Children, Center for Families, Children & Courts, and the Youth Law Center, Speaker, 2002
- "Crossover Issues in Estate Planning and Family Law": California Continuing Education of the Bar (C.E.B.), Author, 2011
Office location for Jenny Wald
60 29th St
#236
San Francisco, CA 94110
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2018, 2024