Patricia Van Haren
Profession: Attorney
Phone: (415) 872-1080
Email: patricia@caflg.com
Website: https://californiafamilylawgroup.com
Practice: Moradi Neufer LLP
Location:
620 Newport Center Drive #1100
Newport Beach, California 92660
Areas of Practice:
Collaborative, Mediation, Limited Scope Consulting, Limited Scope Representation for Participants in Mediation, Collaborative Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
Professional Activities:
- Partner at Moradi Neufer LLP. Attorney with experience in Trial, Litigation, Complex, High Conflict, Multiple Parents Families (more than 2), Negotiations & Settlement, Collaborative Divorce and Custody, Mediation and Minors Counsel cases. Attorney Scope: Mediator, Collaborator, Facilitator, Consultant, Negotiator, Full-Scope, Limited-Scope, Collaborative Premarital and Postmarital Agreements
- 2023 Eureka Award for Significant Contributions to Collaborative Practice in California
- 2015 - 2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star
- 2015 Los Angeles Magazine - Top Attorney
- 2014 VIP Woman of the Year – National Association of Professional Women”
Biography:
Patricia is a Partner at Moradi Neufer Family Law Lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange County and handles cases throughout California. Her practice is focused on alternative dispute resolutions. She is a Collaborative Divorce attorney and mediator and a consulting attorney to clients in mediation. She has wide ranging experience on all areas of family law, including prenuptial agreements, paternity actions, divorces, child custody & visitation, child and spousal support and property division.
Patricia is the President Elect of Collaborative Practice California and President of Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County. She is also a member of various bar associations and collaborative practice groups throughout Southern California. In 2023, she won the Eureka Award for her significant contribution to collaborative law. She was also named to the list of Top Attorney by Los Angeles Magazine and VIP Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women.
Patricia believes in educating the public and providing her clients and the public the ability to be fully informed in the Divorce Process. She regularly publishes articles, creates educational videos, hosts workshops, and has written a book intended to educate people who have questions about Family Law.
Education:
- 2010, Juris Doctorate, Abraham Lincoln University School of Law
- 2006, B.S. Criminal Justice, American Intercontinental University
- 1993, A.A. Liberal Arts, Marymount College
Licenses & Memberships:
- State Bar of California
- Minor’s Counsel Certification
- Mediation Certification & IACP Basic Collaborative Training
- Better Apart Method for Mediation and Collaborative Practice & One Family Two Homes – Attorney Product Licensing
- OC United BNI
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County
- Vesta Redefining Divorce
- Orange County Bar Association
- Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association
- ABA, ADR Section, Family Law Section
- Collaborative Practice California
- Southern California Mediation Association
- My Collaborative Team
- Academy of Professional Family Mediators