About

Tisha Lene Harman is a senior accomplice at A Center for Children & Family Law in Orange, California. She is an authorized lawyer with a strong heritage in infant and circle of relatives regulation, specializing in minor illustration, adoption litigation, and child custody. Tisha Lene Harman, a senior accomplice at A Center for Children & Family Law, is a certified lawyer in California and earlier than america Supreme Court. She acquired her Bachelor of Science diploma from California State University at Long Beach and her Juris Doctorate diploma from Western State University, graduating with honors. Tisha dedicates her practice to minor representation, adoption litigation, step-determine adoption, foster child adoption, adoption, guardianship, dependency (infant abuse), Infertility/Reproductive law, and child custody. Tisha's expert infant and family law enjoy predates her turning into an attorney. While attending regulation college, Tisha started out an active profession as a regulation clerk, later a infant advise and lawyer even as operating for the Orange County regulation workplace of Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley, a company totally practising inside the vicinity of adoption and circle of relatives law issues. Tisha high-quality-tuned her already exquisite writing abilities, from writing Law Review articles, at the same time as she served as an extern for presiding Justice Edward Wallin of the Fourth Appellate District. In December of 1995, Tisha, at the side of her law partner, Sheryl Edgar, left Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley to begin their own law office, A Center for Children & Family Law, with the purpose of supporting families through the exercise of "kids's regulation". Although many law offices in Southern California practiced in circle of relatives law, in general as divorce attorneys, there existed no law office that centered on the families, representing the "voice of the children". Tisha and Sheryl knew that with this forum, they might exercise what they loved the maximum about regulation, advocating for youngsters and families. Tisha's memberships encompass American Bar Association, California State Bar, Orange County Bar, Los Angeles County Bar, National Association of Counsel for Children, The National Infertility Association ("RESOLVE") and American Society for Reproductive Medicine ("ASRM"). In 2000, Tisha became a member of the Academy of California Adoption Lawyers ("ACAL") which requires very excessive requirements of moral behavior and realistic experience. ACAL accepts only a few attorneys into their prominent employer. Tisha's dedication, revel in and ability to work with kids has fostered recognition from many Superior Court Judges and Commissioners. For nearly ten years, the Courts have trusted her information and understanding, appointing her to represent minor kids in pretty contentious subjects. To date, Tisha has represented over 700 kids in Court appointed instances in regard to parental conflict contested adoptions, adoption set-asides, home violence, sexual/bodily/emotional abuse, ritual abuse, paternity, foster baby adoptions, contested abandonments, contested guardianships, restraining orders and contempt instances. Tisha is an experienced trial legal professional not only at the Superior Court degree however additionally at the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal levels. Some of her high profile Appellate cases consist of In re Michael H., In re Sarah S. and In re Ariel H. As a law clerk with Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley, Tisha labored immediately on the drafting and instruction of the appellate brief for Johnson v. Calvert, a high profile surrogacy case. While representing youngsters in Court appointed instances is a first-rate cognizance in Tisha's practice, she also represents many families in non-public subjects in search of her help related to their children and grandchildren. In addition to supporting create households through adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology, she is one of the very few lawyers in California devoted to Infertility and Reproductive Law, representing many infertile couples with achieving the dream of having a child thru ovum donation or surrogacy. This field could be very near Tisha's coronary heart, as she herself, has suffered with infertility. Tisha resides in North Orange County along with her husband, Judge Nick Thompson also JAG (Judge Advocate General Corps) for the United States Army. She enjoys own family outings, dancing, and touring with husband, kids and her dog. Tisha grew up in Southern California together with her parents and 3 sisters. She attributes her desire of helping others to her near family upbringing and her mother and father instilling the cost and significance of own family.

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Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

• Adoption
• Infertility Law
• Minors Counsel
• Surrogacy

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