Flatiron Legal Advisors represents clients across San Diego County in family law, estate planning, criminal defense, personal injury, civil litigation, real estate, immigration, and debt defense. One firm, the whole list, attorneys who know the local courts.
We meet clients across San Diego County by appointment. To schedule, use the location link below or contact our California team.
We’re built for the full range of legal challenges Californians face. Each of our practice areas is led by attorneys who know California law, California courts, and the quirks that come with practicing here — from San Diego family courts to North County real estate disputes to South Bay criminal matters.
California is a community property state, which means almost everything you and your spouse acquired during the marriage starts out as belonging to both of you. The spouse claiming something is separate has to prove it. Our California divorce attorneys handle contested and uncontested cases, including high-net-worth divorces, business-owner divorces, and divorces involving complex assets, stock options, or real estate that has appreciated faster than the rest of the marriage.
Custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, modifications, domestic partnerships, and legal separations. California courts decide custody matters based on the best interest of the child, and we help you build the case that protects your relationship with your kids — through litigation when needed, through negotiation when possible.
Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, and HIPAA releases. California probate is among the slowest and most expensive in the country, which is why most California estate plans run through a revocable living trust rather than relying on a will alone. Our California estate planning attorneys build plans that keep your family out of probate court and give them clear instructions when they need them most.
When a California estate goes through probate, the process is long, public, and expensive. We guide personal representatives through it, file the petitions, handle the creditor claims, and litigate when an estate is contested. When a trust is involved, we handle trust administration and trust litigation.
DUI, drug charges, domestic violence, assault, theft, and white-collar matters. After a California DUI arrest, you have ten days to request a DMV hearing or your license is automatically suspended. The criminal case and the DMV case run on separate tracks. When your freedom is on the line, our California criminal defense lawyers mount the kind of defense that gets results.
Contract disputes, business disagreements, partnership splits, real estate litigation, construction defects, and commercial cases. We litigate California matters in front of California judges and juries, and we’ll tell you up front whether a case belongs in court or at the negotiating table.
California real estate brings issues that don’t come up most places. Some of the strictest tenant protection laws in the country, Prop 13 tax basis questions, coastal commission overlays, HOA enforcement that has gotten more aggressive, and a market where million-dollar disagreements happen over property lines. Our team handles transactions, title disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and real estate litigation across San Diego County.
The personal-side practice areas where individual clients need a firm in their corner. Personal injury claims from car accidents to wrongful death (California follows pure comparative fault, which means you can still recover even if you were largely at fault, though the recovery is reduced). Immigration counsel for families and employers. Debt defense and collections work that protects what you’ve built.
We won’t sell you a packaged service or hand your case to an associate. We tell you what we think, what we recommend, and what it will cost — up front.
Many legal problems don’t fit neatly into one box. A divorce can touch estate planning. A business dispute can have real-estate angles. A criminal charge can affect a custody case. Our team works across practice areas so your strategy is coherent, not siloed.
Court deadlines don’t wait. Neither does the call you get from your business partner at 9 p.m. We staff our practice so clients get answers, not voicemail.
Most of our California practice areas start with a complimentary case review. Tell us what’s happening, and we’ll tell you — straight — what your options are, what we’d recommend, and how we’d approach it.
Schedule your free consultation or call our California office directly. We’ll get you on the path that makes the most sense for you.
