Judith R. Forman Los Angeles, California
| Managing Partner | |
| phone | (310) 444-8840 |
| fax | (310) 444-8841 |
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Ms. Forman heads the West Los Angeles-based Law Offices of Judith R. Forman, P.C., a three-lawyer firm specializing in family law. The firm's practice focuses on marital dissolutions involving complex multi-asset estates and other family law matters, including custody disputes and the negotiation of premarital agreements. Ms. Forman has represented high-profile and high net worth members of the business, entertainment, and professional athlete communities in Southern California.
Ms. Forman has been a Certified Specialist in Family Law as governed by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization since 1986. She is listed annually in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and was named by Best Lawyers in America as one of Southern California's Best Lawyers practicing family law. Ms. Forman has also been elected annually since 2004 as a Southern California Super Lawyer; was named in 2006 and 2007 by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Southern California and for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 was named in Los Angeles Magazine as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Southern California. She was selected by Sky Radio Network in 2005 to be interviewed for its airline radio show America's Most Influential Women, sponsored by Forbes Magazine, and in January 2008 was interviewed for the broadcast America's Premier Lawyers.
From October 1987 through June 1998 Ms. Forman chaired the Family Law Department of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a national law firm based in Los Angeles.
- Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1975
- California, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- Education:
- Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania,
1975
J.D.
Honors: First Place Reimel Moot Court Competition, 1974
Honors: Recipient, Special Achievement Award For Advancement of Women In The Law - University of Pennsylvania,
1966
M.A.
Major: Russian Language and Literature - University of Pennsylvania,
1963
B.A.
Honors: With Distinction - Universite de Paris, Sorbonne, 1961
- Published Works:
- "Custody and Support of Children", (Co-Author), California Transaction Forms: Family Law, 1998
- "Identifying and Dividing Intellectual Property: Practical Considerations at Marital Dissolution", (Co-Author), 1999 Aspen Family Law Update (Aspen Law & Business, NYC), 1998
- "Copyright Custody -- Determining Spouses' Rights to Intellectual Property Assets Upon Dissolution of a Marriage", (Co-Author), Los Angeles Daily Journal, November, 1995
- "Force of Habit -- How Parental Use of Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco May Affect Child Custody", Los Angeles Daily Journal, July, 1995
- "The Impact of Parental Alcoholism and Related Substance Abuse Issues in Custody Determinations", Los Angeles County Bar Family Law Symposium Book, May, 1993
- "The Effect of Parental Alcoholism in Custody Disputes", Los Angeles County Bar Family Law Symposium Book, May, 1992
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Panelist, "The Master Trial Series: A Courtroom Workshop on Financial Issues, Custody Issues and OSCs", Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association, December 1, 2007
- Presenter, "Before and After: Re-Modeling Family Law in the Twenty-First Century AA€A Mock Trial: Setting aside Prenuptial Agreements", Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court, May 11, 2002
- Presenter, "Advanced Advocacy Issues -- Mock Trial: Goodwill", Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court, May 12, 2001
- Panelist, "Prenuptial Agreements -- Hot Button Issues for the New Millennium", Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court
- Panelist, "Evidence Proofs at Trial", Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court, May 16, 1998
- Faculty and Co-Author, "The Impact of Bankruptcy on Dissolution of Marriage in California", Family Law Symposium, National Business Institute, 1998
- Panelist, "Preparing for and Presenting Orders to Show Cause Re Pendente Lite Support, Fees, Etc.", Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court
- Panelist, Family Law Symposium, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1992
- Faculty and Author, "Family Law: The Good Times and the Bad", Fourth Beverly Hills Bar Association Citizen's Law School, 1991
- Panelist, Child Custody Colloquium, Family Law Section, Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles Superior Court
- Honors and Awards:
- Century City Chamber of Commerce Woman of Achievement Award, 1986
- Mayor's Certificate of Appreciation, City of Los Angeles
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Los Angeles County Bar Associations
- Member, Family Law Section
- Beverly Hills and American Bar Association
- Member
- Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
- Member
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
- Member
- California Women Lawyers
- Member
- Los Angeles Chapter
- Vice President
- National Board of Governors
- Member, American Jewish Committee
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Chair, Advisory Council, Harriet Buhai Center
