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also known as Certified Family Law Specialist, Tamara Benefield Faulk
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Tamara Shari Benefield is a top-notch family law litigator with over 15 years of experience handling high asset divorces and contested custody proceedings, as well as providing aggressive and compassionate representation for all things family law from child support and spousal support hearings to international and interstate child abduction cases.
Ms. Benefield is a highly skilled cross-examiner and an exceptionally gifted trial attorney. She knows the rules and laws regarding evidence and knows how to successfully raise objections and keep out certain evidence. She is a former professor at West Los Angeles College of Law and taught Civil Procedure to prepare students to pass the State Bar Examination.
She graduated a Public Interest Scholar from Loyola Law School and has since been awarded the National Bar Association’s “Top 40 Attorneys Under 40” award in 2017 and is an “Elite Advocate” by the American Institute of Legal Advocates as one of the top 1% of family law attorneys in the State of California.
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24 years | 1,000 cases
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State: California
Acquired: 2003
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2021
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9454 Wilshire Boulevard Penthouse, Beverly Hills, CA, 90212
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52 Client Reviews
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Posted by anonymous | May 28, 2025 | Hired Attorney
Grateful
I don’t throw around the word "hero" lightly—but that’s exactly what Tamara Benefield, Esq. became for me. I was stuck in a nightmare trying to get child support from a deadbeat ex who had done nothing for our child. I had lost hope in the Compton court system until Tamara walked into my life. She...
Posted by Serenity Ember | March 30, 2024 | Hired Attorney
"Empowering Advocacy: The Tamara Benefield Experience"
* * Attorney Tamara Benefield strategizes and conducts the case like playing chess, advising me what to do and what not to do step by step. No other lawyer will handle your case like her. Attorney Tamara Benefield was with me every step of the way. She thinks fast and is very adept at contention and ...
Posted by Michelle King | February 22, 2024 | Hired Attorney
She is professional, a masterful negotiator, thorough, responsive, & fair financially.
Attorney Tamara Benefield strategizes and conducts the case like playing chess, advising me what to do and what not to do step by step. No other lawyer will handle your case like her. Attorney Tamara Benefield was with me every step of the way. She thinks fast and is very adept at contention and ext...
Posted by Manuel Little | August 29, 2023 | Hired Attorney
I highly recommend her to anyone!
Mrs. Tamara is well worth the money! I had a very complicated case to deal with and in a very short time. Mrs. Tamara and her team Went above and beyond to make it happen and we won! She dropped everything to take care of my case. I highly recommend her to anyone!
Posted by Harry | October 14, 2015 | Hired Attorney
"Encore"
Tamara, is in that elite circle with the Best of the Best in Family law, I believe. She is very surgical in her defense and attack towards the opposition. Tamara is very passionate about her profession and from my experience with her through my challenging, headache of a case; she has shown how she g...
"Ms. Benefield is an extremely competent, compassionate and knowledgeable family law attorney. She is a fighter who works very hard on behalf of her clients. Tamara is one of the first people I think of when clients or friends need a family law attorney. I know they are in good hands if she is their attorney. I endorse her without reservation!"
"I wholeheartedly endorse attorney Tamara Benefield. In all my years of Family Law practice, I have never experienced a lawyer that will stop at nothing to fight for her client's rights as Tamara does. She's simply the BEST !"
"Attorney Benefield is very thorough and attentive. Without hesitation, I have referred numerous clients to her and she has been patient, diligent, and knowledgeable in consulting them."
"Tamara has always been an outstanding and upstanding attorney in her family law practice. I am proud and confident when referring clients to engage her knowledgable and professional services."
"Tamara is personable, knowledgeable and reliable! She has the right temperament and skill set to be a formidable advocate for her client. She leads by example and is an inspiration to our field."
"I strongly endorse this lawyer. Ms. Benefield is a highly respected attorney in the legal community by fellow lawyers and former clients. She is experienced and knowledgeable about the law and truly cares about each of her clients. If you are searching for a lawyer that will fight for you but who is also compassionate, Ms. Benefield is the lawyer for you."
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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2021.
Discipline, Probation; no Actual Suspension issued in CA, 2021
updated on 09/10/2021This sanction means the attorney had a suspension placed on hold (and ultimately removed) by complying with certain requirements.
2017
Trailblazer Under 40 Award, National Bar Association
2016
Top 100 Family Law Attorneys, National Bar Association
2015
Advanced Cross Examination, National Family Law Trial Institute
2014
Certified Specialist - Family Law, State Bar of California
2010
Certificate of Completion, Family Law Trial Institute at South Texas College of Law
2013 - Present
Professor, University Of West Los Angeles School Of Law
2004 - Present
CEO, Law Offices of Tamara Benefield
2001 - 2002
Associate, Anderson, McPharlin & Conners
2016 - Present
Black Women Lawyers of Los AngelesFamily Law Liaison for Harriet Buhai Center
2016 - Present
National Bar AssociationMember
2016 - Present
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law Board of DirectorsLiason
2016 - Present
California Association of Black LawyersHistorian
2014 - Present
Association of Certified Family Law SpecialistsAttorney Member
2012 - Present
Beverly Hills Bar AssociationMember
2012 - Present
Order of Distinguished AttorneysMember
2009 - Present
Association of Family and Conciliation CourtsMember
2003 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2003 - Present
Black Women Lawyers of Los AngelesLifetime Member
2003 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaMember
2002 - Present
Los Angeles County Bar Association BarristersMember
2017 - 2017
California Association Black LawyersJudicial Evaluations Co-Chair
2016 - 2017
California Association of Black LawyersHistorian
Ex Parte Application granted to protect corpus of the community estate
$180,000 Judgment and $7500 per month wage garnishment
2002
JD - Juris Doctor
1999
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2019
2016
2014
Civil Procedure
2010
English
Spanish
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