Arlene Dorothy Kock

I was referred to Ms Kock from divorce.net and had an initial consultation that made me feel comfortable hiring her to represent me in a divorce. Not only did she and her team fail to acknowledge my request to have an RFO immediately due to the STBX's actions, but due to extensive vacation time my RF...O was pushed months out, then due to COVID indefinitely. I had to fight my battle with the STBX to get money, no dissomaster provided, no guidance except constant billing during SIP after repeatedly requesting to HOLD on the case. Finally the RFO hearing occurred and had terrible representation and should have provided dissomaster to get higher CS/SS, instead opposing counsel used a new dissomaster to get lower CS/SS - win for the other team. Kock didn't even bother to get a transcript for the RFO to prepare the orders as required by the judge, and never filed the orders with the court as she was supposed to. I fired her and filed a complaint with the BAR! DON'T use this person - waste of $13k and still not divorced! She should retire as she is rarely in the office or contacts you directly, and has her paralegals running the show. Terrible experience and if I wasn't still in divorce mode I would take her to court to get my money back for the worst representation!

Life including dissolution sometimes happens. We find ourselves in need of legal counsel in order to move forward in matters of family law and common sense, equitable solutions. Dissolutions are filled with angst, uncertainty, uncomfortable situations with changes that always have a direct, lasting... impact on families. Researching family attorneys is typically not an enjoyable process. We speak with friends, perform online comparisons, read comments and hopefully identify an attorney that fits our needs. My introduction to Arlene Kock was through a friend who had worked with Arlene on his own dissolution and was completely satisfied with Arlene’s family law legal practice, her knowledge, integrity and honesty. A consultation with Arlene followed, she was friendly, open and articulate while determining if our client attorney collaboration would be an effective match. My needs while few were complicated. Those needs were based on my core tenets of integrity, fairness and honesty in splitting marital assets, common retirements and equity while doing the least amount of dissolution damage possible. Arlene matched my needs perfectly. She described the dissolution process, California family law, communication paths, the role of her legal staff and realistic likely timelines. Arlene’s legal staff weaves all of the multiple details, clients needs and various schedules into a seamless practical tapestry of exceptional legal skills and personable, caring thoughtfulness tuned to each client. Maria was my primary contact. To me her demonstrated skills, knowledge and abilities are at the Superstar level. Her efforts and kind, patient words helped enormously. Arlene Kock will always be in my heart. I appreciate and respect all that she is and has been. She made a terribly difficult process understandable and survivable. I would readily work with her again. Loè

I originally worked with Arlene in 2012 and came back on several occasions to asks questions. the case I was going to purpose in the first place was a divorce but after my initial interaction with Arlene, it actually became more of mediation and the need for divorce was mitigated. When you call a div...orce attorney you never expect marriage counseling but to a degree that's what happened. Arlene informed me about the ins and outs of what divorce entails and offered some personal advice which I took and am still married as the result. I did use her from time to time in her capacity as a family lawyer afterwards but as I said this was more of a consultation - quick phone call or email here and there where she explained the law to me and offered advice. Very nice and professional - I'm most pleased about the fact that she took the stress part out of a very stressful situation for which I'm grateful.

hired Arlene to fight to maintain my joint legal custody. Even when the Family court Services recommending counselor suggested I have my legal custody stripped and visitation slashed to a couple hours a month, Arlene didn't panic and reassured me that a Judge has the final say in these matters. She... rocked against a younger attorney and maintained my joint legal custody, got the ex's therapist booted by the judge and got me on a path to get back to the time share we once had. The judge even mentioned that the mom was the cause of the problems and said I get to jointly pick the next therapist asap. Realize that Arlene is unavailable from Friday to Sundays so plan your dealings earlier in the week. Her paralegal, Denise, is a wealth or support & is very helpful in the details of your case.