Attorney Profiles

Ms. Bennett has practiced law in California for 30 years and has been a Certified Family Law Specialist for 20 years. She has a close familiarity with all family law issues, including complex issues, particularly as they affect LGBT individuals and families. She is an aggressive, experienced trial attorney and is widely known throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Ms. Bennett is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and frequently lectures at Continuing Legal Education courses, seminars, conferences, and symposia on a range of family law issues, particularly as they relate to domestic partners and the rights of LGBT parents and families. Ms. Bennett has published numerous papers, practice guide chapters, and articles for a variety of publications and publishers. Most recently, she co-authored two practice guide chapters with the managing partner of the firm, Jeffrey W. Erdman, on the advantages and disadvantages of formal registration with the State of California as domestic partners, and on the availability of and procedures for obtaining protective orders with regard to discovery and exchange of financial information in family law matters. She is also the author of a series of articles entitled "Separate Is Not Equal: Dissolution and Domestic Partners," for The Witness Chair, a quarterly publication of the Litigation Section of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.