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The Law Offices of Barton Pokras serves clients throughout Ventura County and Southern California, including Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Newbury Park, Ojai, Fillmore, Santa Paula, Moorpark, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Encino and Malibu.
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Welcome Ventura County Divorce Attorney, Mediator & Collaborative Divorce Lawyer
Offices in Ventura and Thousand Oaks / Westlake Village
With over 20 years Family Law experience, I use a wide range of conflict resolution strategies to help resolve sensitive family law matters. My goal is to maintain healthy relationships and to protect the interests of children.
I have always counseled my family law clients to pursue their goals amicably and with dignity. I have considerable experience in helping people reach solutions that both conform to their highest ideals and safeguard their most important interests.
I will show you the various methods that are available for solving the problems facing you, and help you chose the option that best suits your situation. While litigation (going to court) is sometimes necessary, my many years of experience in representing clients in court has shown me that it is almost always better to resolve family law disputes outside the court system.
The basic options for obaining a divorce are:
I am a Family Law Attorney & Mediator as well as a Professor of Law, teaching California Community Property Law at the Southern California Institute of Law. My practice is devoted to Family Law matters, and I help people with the following issues:
I also have considerable experience in the areas of taxation, business law, contracts and real property so that I am particularly able to assist divorcing families who own businesses, have sophisticated estate plans, real property holdings and retirement plans that need to be dealt with in the division of community assets and liabilities.
Some divorces are known as "high conflict divorces." These are the cases that usually end up going to trial in court. These cases are generally not suitable for mediation or collaborative practice, because at least one of the parties is not interested in reaching a settlement. In many of these cases one of the spouses has a clinical personality disorder (e.g. borderline personality disorder). I don't have the expertise, of course, to make such a diagnosis, but I work with mental health professionals who are familiar with these types of individuals, and I have experience in this area of family law. My approach in these cases is to proactively "defend" my clients, devise strategies to keep the costs down, and to associate with experienced mental health professionals to protect the client and any children who may be involved.
My law degree is from the University of California, Hastings College of Law (1972, Honors), and I have a Master of Laws in Taxation from Golden Gate University Law School in San Francisco (1981).
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