Constantin Zhukovsky

Constantine is a force to be reckoned with. He is passionate about doing the right thing and representing his clients' best interests. Despite the difficult nature of divorce, when you work with Constantine, you have peace of mind that the matter is being handled in a professional, efficient, and eff...ective manner. Constantine is well-regarded by all who have encountered him, both clients and peers. I cannot recommend him highly enough.

I had the great pleasure and good fortune to meet Mr. Zhukovsky with the onset of my divorce. My story was a particularly harsh one consisting of an ambush and subsequent hostage-taking of my beautiful children. Constantine proved himself to be a bulwark against the dirty tricks played by the other ...side and rose above the morass to exhibit a strength of character and profound moral understanding I have never seen elsewhere in the legal profession. Upon entering the courtroom for our first hearing I could not help but notice the respect and deference paid to Constantine by clerks, deputies, and the judge himself. It was that easy, I knew then and there I was working with a winner. As his business card states, Constantine thrives in the struggle against adversity. Constantine Zhukovsky has forever earned my highest regard and praise for his professionalism and tenacity. He is simply a good man in a profession bereft of the same.

Despite having the simplest case one can possibly imagine (no minors, no real estate, no businesses, only earned incomes, and liquid assets), it turned into 3.5 year ordeal costing both sides over 200K of legal fees. Such is life when one side acts irrationally (and cycles through three attorneys, ne...xt more vicious and unscrupulous than a previous one) and takes you hostage in the process. Extremely upset and frustrated with my first inept and indifferent attorney, I asked my social network connections to send me references to family attorneys which they had been happy with. To my surprise I got almost universal response along the lines: “I can not honestly recommend my attorney” with degree of dissatisfaction varying from “mediocre” to “mindless screw-up”. But then, I got a fateful breakthrough : I met Constantine Zhukovsky ! After the first 15 minutes, my desperation was transformed into a hope and awe. That initial impression did not disappoint: the next 6 months of working with him on driving my case to a swift and satisfying closure only reinforced my observation that Mr. Zhukovsky is both a professional and a human being in a class of his own. Not only he has superb knowledge of the Family Code, precedents, and procedural intricacies, not only he is very proactive with choosing and executing optimal legal strategies, but most of all he CARES about his clients, and he strives to leverage awkward, clumsy and morally inept family court system in order to solve problems and conflicts created by a painful relationship break in just and fair manner, not only in legal, but also in moral way. For my specific situation Mr. Zhukovsky found a tradeoff which maximized long-term peace of mind for me, and managed to convince the opposing side that it is satisfactory solution for them as well. (using sound (not only logically but also psychologically) reasoning and smart procedural tactics) He also managed to accomplish that in as little time and legal fees as was practical, by avoiding an impending trial and driving the case to a settlement. As opposed to huge amount of legal fees generated by my previous attorney and all the experts that the opposing side forced us to employ, I felt that every dollar spent on Mr. Zhukovsky’s services. Given that my marriage was of “long duration” (over 10 years), if my case was decided via a court trial I would have ended up having to pay life-long spousal support and, even more troublesome, being vulnerable to a possibility of ongoing future legal harassment by my ex- and her monstrous attorney (because the court would have had “indefinite jurisdiction” over my case). Mr. Zhukovsky explained to me all the dangers and legal pitfalls which might haunt me for the rest of my life, and suggested a strategy which would protect me from these risks. He then brilliantly executed on this strategy leaving me 100% satisfied with both the process and the result. The bottom line is: if (G-d forbid) anyone approaches me asking for a family attorney recommendation, I can wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Zhukovsky as their best bet.

Your partners and spouses come and go, but your children are Forever, stay with your children no matter what! God gives each child one Father and one Mother, nobody has a right to take away and deprive the child of Either Parent! Our parent lived their lives, we have our lives to live. Our p...arents wish us well, but they cannot live our lives instead of us; and the parents should not impose their phylosophy and perception of life values on their children... the children have to live their lives themselves Constantine is neither "pro-mother" nor "pro-father", he is "PRO-CHILDREN", who entitled to have BOTH parents in their lives!

Before I met Constantine I was represented by different attorney, who basically ruined my divorce case by submitting to every demand of the opposite side and not doing his homework on my case. My daughter was taken hostage by my Ex. Suddenly, after years of bond and good "father-daughter" relat...ionship, my daughter "decided" not to have any contacts with me and my side of the family...Reason is very simple, less time Father spends with his children MORE in child support he has to pay to "the custodial parent"- Mother, just holds the child "hostage" and using her to EXTORT more money from "the non-custodial" parent - Father. I was paying almost $4,500 per month in child and spousal support to my ex-spouse which was literally ruining me financially, and meantime my Ex was purposely unemployed or underemployed during separation process as well as held our daughter hostage, severing our bond and preventing all contacts between me and my child. I became desperate: I was NOT able to comply with the Support order I was given by the Court, I was falling further and further behind in my support payments. I came to consult Constantine in his office one evening, he listened to me, he explained to me Family Law principles; he stressed how important to restore and keep contact between Father and child for the sake of my child. Very unfortunately my employment was ended by employer (downsizing). I needed to modify the amount of support I was ordered to pay when I had my employment. My Ex opposed any changes. I consulted Constantine again he explained me what needs to be done to modify support in my situation and gave me "homework" to get prepared for our next court hearing. During our hearing on 10/15/2014 in Martinez Family Court on issue of my request for support modification Constantine undertook to represent me. He showed brilliant skills as a family law attorney and as a public speaker. To make long story short, as result of Constantine's work my payments in both child and spousal support were reduced by almost 85%. I highly recommend Constantine Zhukovsky - he is honest, skillful and he will fight for you and your Children to the end! Keep relationship with your children! Do not let them to be held hostages by vindictive Ex; it will ruin the lives of your children for good...