Lynn Soodik, Member

 
    
  Practice Areas: Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Separation Agreements; Child Custody; Visitation Rights; Child Support; Paternity; Marital Property Distribution; Premarital Agreements.  
        
  Admitted: 1982, California  
        
  Law School: Hastings College of the Law, University of California, J.D., 1982  
        
  College: Pennsylvania State University, B.S., with distinction, 1978; Durham University, Durham, England.  
        
  Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, 1982—; Secretary, 1995-1996; Vice-Chair, 1996-1997; Chair Elect, 1997-1998; Chair, 1998-1999, Family Law Section; Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1999).  
        
  Biography

Member:
1980-1982 Associates Articles Editor,  COMM/ENT, A Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law.  

1988, Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

1999, 2000, Planning Committee: California CPA Education Foundation, and Family Law Conference

Author:
"Common Agreement: Prenuptial Contracts Are Not Just For the Rich and Famous," Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 30, 1999.  

"Family Law Discovery," Family Law Symposium Reference Book, Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1996;

"Specialized Litigation and Transaction Deadlines," Action Guide, Family Law Section, Continuing Education of the Bar, California, Summer 1991;

"Communications Behind Bars: Are we Finally Applying the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Test to Custodial Conversations?" 4 COMM/ENT Law Journal 327, 1982. 

Consultant to "Approaching a Marital Dissolution, Mentor Access Pak," Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 1992. 

Lecturer:
"Business Management From the Eyes of a Family Law Attorney," Entertainment Industry Conference, California CPA Education Foundation, 2001;

"Everything You Wanted to Know About Family Law But Were Afraid to Ask," Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, March 2001;

"9th Family Law Walk-Thru Program," Los Angeles County Superior Court Continuing Legal Education, Los Angeles County Bar Association, April 1999;

"Available Income Beyond Salaries," Family Law Conference, California CPA Education Foundation, 1999;

"The Ethics of Settlement," Family Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, October 1998;

"Apportionment and Other Accounting Issues," 26th Annual Family Law Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, May 1994;

"Tax Fraud in Marital Dissolution-Avoiding Malpractice Lawsuits," Family Law Workshop, Family Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association, June 1994;

"The Ethical Limits of Advocacy: Drugs, Attorneys and Children," Family Law Institute, University of Southern California Law Center, June 1993;

"Negotiating and Drafting Marital Settlement, Prenuptial and Cohabitation Agreements," Continuing Education of the Bar, California, April 1993.

Instructor & Mentor:

1990-1993, Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law. 

 
        
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