$ 400-400 per hour
Vivian Lynn Goetzel Holley
About Vivian
Biography
Ms. Holley is a California State Bar Certified Family Law Specialist and licensed therapist who serves the San Francisco Bay Area.
With over 35 years helping her clients achieve peaceful and just settlements in family law matters - including separation and divorce - Vivian Holley is one of the most experienced, accomplished and resourceful practitioners in the field of family law, offering the widest array of legal options and solutions to achieve the right balance of outcome, cost, harmony, and justice in divorces and family matters. Her clients come from the San Francisco Bay Area and from across the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
A leader in the field of Mediation in the United States since 1977, Ms. Holley has offered family and divorce mediation solutions in her San Francisco practice well before most practitioners heard of the concept, and she is regarded as an expert practitioner by her colleagues. She has mediated cases involving complex community property i
With over 35 years helping her clients achieve peaceful and just settlements in family law matters - including separation and divorce - Vivian Holley is one of the most experienced, accomplished and resourceful practitioners in the field of family law, offering the widest array of legal options and solutions to achieve the right balance of outcome, cost, harmony, and justice in divorces and family matters. Her clients come from the San Francisco Bay Area and from across the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
A leader in the field of Mediation in the United States since 1977, Ms. Holley has offered family and divorce mediation solutions in her San Francisco practice well before most practitioners heard of the concept, and she is regarded as an expert practitioner by her colleagues. She has mediated cases involving complex community property i
History
Established in 1978. State Bar of California State Bar Certified Specialist -Family Law; Admitted to Practice before the United States Supreme Court.; Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist. Named by peers as one of the top 5% of Northern California Super Lawyers in 2006 and 2007. Serves as Judge Pro Tempore, S.F. Superior Court.
Mediator since 1977. Mediated over 1500 family cases involving divorce, custody, property, support, and prenuptial agreements. Family Law Attorney since 1978. Expertise and litigation experience in domestic relations, dissolutions of marriage, custody, visitation and adoptions, property division; child and spousal support; tax aspects of support and property division; premarital and post marital and domestic partner agreements; elder abuse, conservatorships and guardianships; juvenile law; probate; estate planning; will drafting. Serves as an expert witness in family law matters
Mediator since 1977. Mediated over 1500 family cases involving divorce, custody, property, support, and prenuptial agreements. Family Law Attorney since 1978. Expertise and litigation experience in domestic relations, dissolutions of marriage, custody, visitation and adoptions, property division; child and spousal support; tax aspects of support and property division; premarital and post marital and domestic partner agreements; elder abuse, conservatorships and guardianships; juvenile law; probate; estate planning; will drafting. Serves as an expert witness in family law matters
Practice Areas
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Practice Areas
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
Payment Methods
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- Credit Card
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Licensed in California for 47 years
State: California
Acquired: 1978
No misconduct found
Location
Law & Mediation Offices of Vivian L. Holley
2135 Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94123
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Posted by Alex Lyuber | September 27, 2011 | Family
Great lawyer, great person.
If you or your friends are in search for highly qualified family law attorney with 34 years of experiences in divorce and mediation, I feel I got a perfect match for you. Vivian Holley has great professional experience in doing the job as a divorce attorney with the major tasks and responsibilities ...
Vivian Lynn Goetzel Holley's Lawyer Endorsements
"I have known Vivian as a colleague and fellow officer of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists since the early 1990's. I am impressed with her insight, skills, and dedication to helping people find wise solutions to family law disputes. I'm pleased to endorse her as a mediator and as a family lawyer."
"I endorse this lawyer. I have had the good fortune to work with Ms. Holley on several legal cases. And there is nothing more reassuring than to know you are in the hands of top-flight professional. I have had a chance to observe her professional demeanor, her skill, her articulateness, and the depth of her legal knowledge. I have further benefited from her creativity and proficiency in attacking a legal issue and help preparing for a case. I, as one professional to another, can wholeheartedly endorse her without hesitation."
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Experience
Honors
2018
BV, Martindale-Hubbell
2011
Hall of Fame Award For Lifetime Achievment, Association of Family Law Specialists
2006
Super Lawyer, Northern California Super Lawyers
Work Experience
1984 - Present
Judge Pro Tempore, San Francisco Superior Court
1978 - Present
Principal, Mediation & Law Offices of Vivian L. Holley
Associations
1983 - Present
San Francisco Bar Association (BAS F) Family Law SectionChairperson 1983, Executive Committee
1994 - 1997
American Arbitration Association (AM)Co-Founder
1989 - 2011
Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS)Board Member, President in 2000
Sample of Legal Cases
Marriage of Chan
won
Woods v Superior Court (Jones)
won
Education
1978
University of San Francisco School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1969
Stanford University
JD - Juris Doctor
Speaking Engagements
N/A
University of San Francisco School of Law American Inn of Court
Ethics In Collaborative Practice and Mediation
Publications
2009
Association of Certified Family Law Specialists Newsletter
"Men Are Victims Of Domestic Violence, Too"
Languages
German
English
Activity
Legal Answers