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Serving our community since 1979

Facing and overcoming a serious legal problem is not always easy. Anxiety, financial worries and fear of the unknown can cast a dark cloud over your future. In this situation, a person needs sound advice from an experienced attorney.

Cooper-Gordon LLP has been helping clients in the Greater Los Angeles area make sound family law and estate planning decisions since 1979. We want to help you move forward to the next stage of your life with confidence and peace of mind.

Our Mission

At Cooper-Gordon LLP, our mission is to help our clients make sound decisions in matters involving family law, divorce, estate planning and estate administration. Our attorneys are knowledgeable, experienced and compassionate.

Our desire and practice is to resolve legal matters in a way that is most appropriate for your situation, using litigation, collaboration or mediation, or a combination of methodologies.  We look at each situation pragmatically, but with sensitivity to the emotional component and try to find a solution that is equitable, while being mindful of the costs, both financially and emotionally.  We employ members of the firm with the skills necessary to bring to each client the most positive outcome, both personally for themselves as well as their loved ones.  We handle each client individually with concern for their well-being in addition bringing to the relationship the highest level of skill and expertise.

We are counselors and advocates, trusted advisors and defenders of your rights.

We care about you, your family and your future.

Our Practice

Cooper-Gordon LLP practices exclusively in the areas of family law, divorce law and estate law. Focusing on these areas enables us to provide legal solutions of the highest quality, in the most cost-efficient manner possible.

In every matter we handle, our attorneys carefully explain the client's legal options, the likely outcomes of those options and other factors that could affect the outcome of the case. With this information, our clients can make the right decision about their legal representation.

Our Philosophy

In the practice of divorce law, sometimes there are no easy answers. You have rights, but so does your spouse. Cooper-Gordon LLP seeks to resolve divorce and related problems in a way that protects our client's rights, provides a healthy environment for the children and enables the client to move forward in a positive way.

Usually, this means a cost-effective, negotiated settlement that achieves an acceptable and workable resolution of outstanding legal issues. If we can not reach a settlement on those terms, however, we will seek a resolution through assertive litigation. We are experienced litigators and have handled hundreds of contested cases which cover the spectrum of contested family law issues, including disputes concerning custody, property division and support.

When dealing with trusts and estates issues, we recommend the simplest and most efficient way of protecting your estate from taxes and needless legal expenses, whenever possible. As is the case with our family law practice, our focus is on you, the client, and attempting to see to it that your estate is administered in the best way possible. Again, if need be, we are experienced in court proceedings including probates, will contests, and other trust and estate related court proceedings.

Our highest priority is the protection of your rights and the betterment of your future.

For a consultation with a lawyer at Cooper-Gordon LLP in Santa Monica, California, call 310-829-9918 or 310-829-7220, or contact us online. We offer initial consultations at a reduced rate.