Diana Pamela Zitser

Zitser Family Law Group, APC, is a highly regarded and well-known firm in the family law arena. Diana, the founder, is a Certified Family Law Specialist with over 20 years of experience. She has successfully represented clients with matters ranging from high-net-worth divorces to later-in-life divorces, legal separations, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, determination of spousal support, paternity actions, and domestic partnerships.

Diana received her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern School of Law in 1997. She is licensed to practice before all of the Courts of the State of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before practicing law, Diana earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Finance and was a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, handling complex multimillion-dollar realty valuation projects. She credits her unique finance and real estate background with helping to make her the top rated divorce attorney and offers a distinct advantage in litigating and negotiating complex, high asset divorces, structuring, drafting and implementing marital property settlement agreements, and prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Diana also represents clients in child custody and visitations, child support, and move-away cases.

She is a recognized "Super Lawyer," (an honor awarded to only the top 5% of the lawyers in the country). For three consecutive years, from 2017 to 2019, Diana was named as one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Southern California and in 2019 she was selected to the Top 100 Super Lawyers list by Super Lawyers. She has a perfect “10” rating from AVVO for “peer recognition & client satisfaction"; was awarded by Avvo with their Clients' Choice Award and with "People Like Us on Yelp" award by Yelp. Martindale-Hubbell awarded her their prestigious “AV Preeminent” rating, which is the “highest possible in both legal ability and ethical standards”. She's honored to have been named as one of the Top 25 Lawyers in the San Fernando Valley by the SFV Business Journal, named in Forbes magazine as one of the Ten Most Dependable Family Law Attorneys of the West. The firm was chosen as one of The 25 Best Divorce Lawyers in Los Angeles for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019. She was also the winner of the LiveWire’s 2016 Global Award. Diana serves on the Board of Directors of a Non-Profit organization Miracles for Kids (www.miraclesforkids.org) offering support to families with critically-ill children.

Going through a divorce or dealing with family law issues may be one of the most challenging times in one's life, and while it may be hard to think about the future, failure to do so can have significant repercussions. The unifying goal of this firm is to provide their clients with wise, trustworthy counsel, effective representation while prioritizing their and their family’s well-being. To that end, the firm prides on employing a team of top-notch legal talent and experts, assuring the best possible outcome for each of their client's specific circumstances.

Diana's team is also zealous in their effort to minimize cost, stress, and waste of time and not to use the legal system to fuel drama and expense that has become the unfortunate standard in so many divorce cases. Using their vast experience, insight, compassion, and resolve, the firm provides proactive, efficient, resourceful, and compelling legal representation to their clients, looking out for their and their family’s best interests.

Diana speaks English and Russian.