Michele Bernadette Brown

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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

Experience: 29 years

Divorce and Family Law

Michael Shea Award for Mentorship in family law, Outstanding Service to Family Law and 7 others

Awards 9

Experience 29y

Online & Web 4

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Michele B. Brown is an attorney licensed in the State of California and the United States District Court for the Southern District. She is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and the head of the Procopio Family Law Group. Ms. Brown has been practicing family law for approximately 25 years. She handles complex family law matters, including dissolution of marriage actions with business valuations, income analysis and financial litigation, custody, move-away and psychological evaluations, as well as pre-marital agreements, post-marital agreements, post judgment matters and enforcement actions. Ms. Brown cares deeply about the law and her clients. It is for this reason Ms. Brown is actively involved in family law advocacy across the state. Michele Brown has consistently been selected as a Southern California and San Diego Super Lawyer; she is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has received a myriad of accolades for her achievement, including the Outstanding Service to Family Law Award from the CLA. Ms. Brown obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a Minor in Spanish, from the University of California, Riverside in 1989. As a Rotary International Scholar, she studied Politics and French at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Brown is the Family Law Representative and a Board Member of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and was a part of the founding committee to establish the CLA. She is the Co-Chair for Governmental Affairs for the CLA and is an Advisor for the Family Law Executive Committee of the CLA and formerly of State Bar of California (FLEXCOM). Ms. Brown is the Vice-President for the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists and the Immediate Past President for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts-CA Chapter (AFCC), where she works with family law judges, attorneys and mental health professionals to assist children.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California

Since 1994

Professional Experience

2014 - Current

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

Head of the Family Law Group; Attorney/ Certified Family Law Specialist

Ms. Brown is a Certified Family Law Specialist practicing exclusively in family law

2000 - 2014

Law Office of Beatrice Snider

Supervising and Trial Attorney

Family Law Attorney

1996 - 2000

Law Office of Michael Finen

Attorney at Law

Education

1991 - 1994

University of San Diego School of Law

J.D.

Honors: Bishop Buddy Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy; Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity

1984 - 1989

University of California - Riverside

B.A. (1989) | Political Science; Spanish

1988 - 1988