Magdalena Chattopadhya

Magdalena Chattopadhya is the founder of Magdalena Law Group and a skilled negotiator, tough litigator, and a certified mediator. Ms. Chattopadhya is the only attorney located in Santa Clara County, and one of a handful of attorneys in California, to be Board Certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and a Board Certified Family Law Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.  

Magdalena Law Group located in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, focuses its practice on family law and criminal law.  Passionate about providing excellent legal representation and customer service to her clients, Ms. Chattopadhya continuously strives to find innovative ways of assisting her clients with their family law needs.  Ms. Chattopadhya's legal services are focused on divorce, legal separation, annulment, property division, child custody and visitation (including interstate and international), child support, spousal support, parentage, and domestic violence restraining orders.

Ms. Chattopadhya is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Bar Association and Santa Clara County Bar Association. Highly regarded by her fellow professionals and clients alike, Ms. Chattopadhya has received a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating and a 2014-2019 Clients' Choice Awards through Avvo,  the Nation's Top One Percent recognition by The National Association of Distinguished Counsel in 2020, the Expert Network's Distinguished Lawyer recognition, and was selected for the 2015-2020 Super Lawyers Rising Star award.

Ms. Chattopadhya takes great pride in promoting diversity in the legal profession.  Magdalena Law Group attorneys and staff assist clients in English, Polish, Vietnamese, and Hindi.  A substantial part of Ms. Chattopadhya's legal practice focuses on assisting victims of domestic violence and international child custody issues.