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Madigan & Lewis Attorneys Are 2022 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars
Madigan & Lewis, LLP is proud to announce that founding partners, Kimberly A. Madigan and Victoria K. Lewis have been named to 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers® for the fourth year in a row. In addition, partner Erin J. McCormick and associate Brooke N. Murphy were selected to 2022 Northern California Rising Stars for the fourth year in a row.
Super Lawyers® is a rating service for outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas. Only the top five percent of all attorneys in Northern California are named each year as Super Lawyers®. Attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement are nominated and evaluated based on independent research. The objective of the Super Lawyers® designation is to create a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Super Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
The selection of Rising Stars is based on peer nominations and evaluations along with third-party research. No more than 2.5 percent of all Northern California lawyers are named to the list of Rising Stars, who must be under the age of 40 or have been in practice for 10 or fewer years.
Kimberly A. Madigan is a Certified Family Law Specialist* and has been practicing law for 20 years.
She is a founding partner of Madigan & Lewis, LLP. Ms. Madigan litigates some of the most complex family law matters both in public court and with private judges at all stages of litigation, including trial. Her family law practice focuses on complex and high-asset divorce, property characterization and division, child and spousal support proceedings, high-conflict custody disputes, including relocation cases and resist-refuse cases, parentage (paternity) cases, domestic violence cases, and post-judgment proceedings. She also drafts prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. In addition, she is trained in both mediation and collaborative divorce and is highly skilled at negotiating settlements in or out of court. Ms. Madigan is the immediate past president of Collaborative Practice of California, the statewide organization of collaborative practice groups. She also drafts premarital and postnuptial agreements. *The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Victoria K. Lewis is a Certified Family Law Specialist*.
She is a founding partner of Madigan & Lewis, LLP. Ms. Lewis graduated from Wellesley College and UCLA School of Law and has been a member of the State Bar of California since December 1988. Ms. Lewis is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (“AAML”). The AAML was founded in 1962, and there are currently 1650 AAML Fellows across the 50 United States who are generally recognized by judges and attorneys as preeminent family law practitioners with a high level of knowledge, skill and integrity. Ms. Lewis also served as an attorney for the Family Division of the Santa Clara Superior Court. Prior to her work in family law, Ms. Lewis worked as a Deputy Legislative Counsel for the California State Legislature, where she focused on employment and contract law as well as health and safety matters. Prior to this, she worked as a civil litigator for Baker McKenzie. Ms. Lewis has successfully represented clients in all aspects of family law matters including complex property characterization and division, business valuations, child and spousal support proceedings, high-conflict custody disputes, including relocation cases and resist-refuse cases, parentage (paternity) cases, domestic violence cases, and post-judgment proceedings. *The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Erin J. McCormick has focused her entire legal career on family law matters.
Her family law practice focuses on complex and high-asset divorce, property characterization and division, child and spousal support proceedings, high-conflict custody and visitation disputes, including resist-refuse cases, and parentage, domestic violence, and post-judgment proceedings. Before joining Madigan & Lewis, LLP, she worked as an associate attorney for Flicker, Kerin, Kruger & Bissada in Menlo Park. While in law school, Ms. McCormick served as a law clerk for the Honorable Monica F. Wiley in the family law division of the San Francisco Superior Court. Before entering the legal field, she spent seven years as an Employee Relations Specialist at the University of California, San Diego handling complex employee performance and labor relations issues. Ms. McCormick’s diverse background in both the legal and business arenas provides a unique knowledge base.
Brooke N. Murphy focuses her practice on all aspects of family law, including dissolution of marriage, domestic violence matters, child and spousal support, property characterization and division, high conflict custody and visitation disputes, parentage, and reproductive issues.
In addition, she also helps clients seek name and gender changes by securing court orders and changing government identity documents. Prior to joining Madigan & Lewis, LLP, Ms. Murphy was a judicial extern for the Honorable Daniel A. Flores in the family law division of the San Francisco Superior Court. While working at Madigan & Lewis, LLP, Ms. Murphy returned to her alma mater (UC Hastings College of the Law) to work as an Adjunct Professor, where she taught legal research and writing. Ms. Murphy currently serves as Co-chair of the Family Law Section of the San Mateo County Bar Association and will be Chair of the Section in 2023. In her role as Chair, Ms. Murphy serves as a liaison between the Family Law Section’s 375 members and the Family Law Division of the San Mateo County Superior Court. She is also the 2022 President of the Barristers Section of the San Mateo County Bar Association. Ms. Murphy has been consistent in her dedication to helping families in transition, volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the foster care system and has worked in the field of law for over a decade.
Erin J. McCormick Named as a Partner at Madigan & Lewis, LLP
Madigan & Lewis, LLP is proud to announce that Erin J. McCormick has become the newest partner.
Since earning her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Ms. McCormick has dedicated her entire legal career to advocating for clients in complex family law matters including high-conflict child custody disputes and complex financial dissolutions.
“We are so excited to have Erin as a partner in our firm!” said Kimberly A. Madigan, “She has been a great asset to Madigan & Lewis, LLP and will be an even bigger asset as a partner.”
“Erin started with us in 2020 as an Associate Attorney. We have been consistently impressed by the quality of her work and her commitment to the firm and to its clients. We feel fortunate to have a lawyer of Erin’s caliber join us as our Partner.” said Victoria K. Lewis.
While Ms. McCormick strives to resolve cases in structured negotiated settlements, she has extensive experience in all phases of litigation and regularly appears before both private judges and public court judges.
Ms. McCormick’s special legal interests include domestic violence litigation and advocating for minor children to ensure their voices in the court process are heard.
Ms. McCormick Super Lawyer Northern California Rising Star, a select award given to the top 2.5% of attorneys under 40 or in practice for less than 10 years. She is also a member of Lawyers of Distinction.
“Madigan & Lewis, LLP is one of the most distinguished family law firms on the Peninsula. To become a partner in the firm is a great honor,” said McCormick. “I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to the future success of this firm.”
Madigan & Lewis, LLP Attorneys Selected as 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.
Madigan & Lewis, LLP is proud to announce that partners, Kimberly A. Madigan and Victoria K. Lewis, have been named to 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers for the third year in a row.
Also, the firm’s attorneys, Erin J. McCormick and Brooke N. Murphy, were selected to 2021 Northern California Rising Stars.
Super Lawyers is a rating service for outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas.
Only the top five percent of all attorneys in Northern California are selected each year. Attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement are nominated and evaluated based on independent research. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Super Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
Similar to the selection process for Super Lawyers, the selection of Rising Stars is based on peer nominations and evaluations along with third-party research.
No more than 2.5 percent of all Northern California lawyers are named to the list of Rising Stars. Rising Stars must be under the age of 40 and have been in practice for 10 or fewer years.
Kimberly A. Madigan is a Certified Family Law Specialist*. She is currently serving as the President of Collaborative Practice of California (“CP Cal”), a statewide organization of collaborative practice groups, including collaborative divorce lawyers, mental health practitioners, financial specialists, and other professionals. This is her 19th year of law practice. She has successfully represented clients in all aspects of family law and divorce matters including complex property characterization and division, high-conflict custody disputes, parentage (paternity), child support and spousal support, domestic violence, and post-judgment proceedings. *The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
Victoria K. Lewis is a Certified Family Law Specialist* and fellow of the American Association or Matrimonial Lawyers (“AAML”). She has been a member of the California Bar since December 1988. While she has focused exclusively on family law matters since 2009, she is experienced in a wide range of law practice areas. She has successfully represented clients in all aspects of family law matters including complex property characterization and division, high-conflict custody disputes, parentage (paternity), child support and spousal support, domestic violence, and post-judgment proceedings. *The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
Erin J. McCormick has focused her entire legal career on family law matters. She has a wealth of experience in legal separation, dissolution, and post-dissolution matters, as well as pre-marital and post-marital agreements. Her areas of expertise include child and spousal support, complex and high-conflict child custody and visitation issues, as well as property characterization and division.
Brooke N. Murphy focuses her practice on all aspects of family law, including dissolution of marriage, domestic violence matters, child and spousal support, property characterization and division, high-conflict custody and visitation disputes, and parentage. In addition, she also helps clients seek name and gender changes by securing court orders and changing government identity documents.
Madigan & Lewis, LLP is a woman-owned and operated family law firm serving clients throughout Silicon Valley.
The firm is committed to providing strategic, responsive, and solution-oriented advocacy for all of their clients. Contact the firm at (650) 482-8480 or https://madiganlewis.com/
Madigan & Lewis, LLP Welcomes Michelle Caylee Human, Esq.
The Bay Area family law firm, Madigan & Lewis, LLP, is pleased to welcome Michelle Caylee Human to their team.
Michelle recently completed a judicial clerkship with the Family Law Department of the Superior Court of San Mateo County. Prior to going to law school, she was a journalist and worked on challenging assignments in Mexico and the Middle East. What Michelle learned covering these heart wrenching stories was that she was much more interested in being involved and in helping to ease human suffering rather than simply covering it as an observer. What Michelle learned about herself and the people she covered inspired her to go to law school to make a tangible difference in people’s lives and counsel them through difficult times.
“Our firm has always been very selective about not only the skill of the attorneys that we ask to join our firm but they must also demonstrate that their hearts are in the game” said founder and partner, Kimberly Madigan. “Michelle’s passion for helping people made her a good fit for our firm. We are excited to have Michelle join us and to bring that passion to Madigan & Lewis, LLP.”
Michelle Caylee Human attended the University of California Hastings Law School because the program was public-interest focused.
UC Hastings was the only school at the time that allowed first-year law students to take elective courses which meant she could take domestic violence law. In her free time, Michelle volunteers for CASA, a court-appointed special advocate for children.
Michelle chose to join Madigan & Lewis, LLP based on her initial impression of Kimberly Madigan and Victoria Lewis, the founding partners of the firm. “When I first met Kim and Tori, I was immediately impressed by how kind they both were,” said Michelle. “I loved the fact that Madigan & Lewis, LLP is an all-women owned and operated firm and their style of practicing law was just what I was looking for.”
Madigan & Lewis, LLP is a family law firm serving clients in the Silicon Valley. The firm is committed to providing strategic, responsive, and solution-oriented advocacy for its clients. For more information, visit www.madiganlewis.com.
Victoria Lewis Named Fellow of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
The Bay Area law firm of Madigan & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that Victoria Lewis has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). Comprised of the top matrimonial attorneys throughout the nation, AAML members are recognized as preeminent family law practitioners with the highest levels of knowledge, skill, and integrity. In order to be elected, each Fellow must successfully complete a rigorous selection process that includes interviews, examinations, and professional and judicial evaluations.
“I am honored to be named a Fellow of the AAML,” said Victoria Lewis. “AAML Fellows are an esteemed group of professionals and it is a significant endorsement of the work that we do at Madigan & Lewis.”
Victoria Lewis is one of the founding partners of Madigan & Lewis LLP. She is a Certified Family Law Specialist by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and is a graduate of Wellesley College and the UCLA School of Law. Her practice has focused exclusively on family law since 2009. She is an active member of her community having served in volunteer and leadership roles in both the San Mateo and Santa Clara County Courts and Bar Associations.
Madigan & Lewis, LLP is dedicated to the practice of family law and serves clients living in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. The firm has a long-standing commitment to providing strategic, responsive, and solution-oriented advocacy for every client, with the goal of transitioning clients to the next phase of their lives without getting mired in costly, combative, and unnecessary legal battles.
The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) was established in 1962 and is the preeminent organization for family law practitioners. The AAML is comprised of 1,600 Fellows throughout the United States.