Attorneys
Partner, Flicker Kerin Kruger & Bissada LLP
Marisa C. San Filippo is a Certified Family Law Specialist (certified by the CA State Bar Board of Legal Specialization) and a partner in the firm's Family Law Department. Ms. San Filippo has dedicated her entire career to family law, and handles a wide variety of cases, including high conflict custody cases and complex high-asset financial matters. Ms. San Filippo brings her tenacity and compassion to each matter, handling cases involving dissolution, legal separation, property characterization and division, child custody and visitation, pre-marital agreements, child and spousal support (initial orders and post-judgment modifications), and paternity matters.
Gina Azzolino
Partner, Morgan Tidalgo Sukhodrev & Azzolino LLP
Ms. Azzolino has significant experience in all areas of family law, including child custody and visitation, child support (including high-earner disputes), spousal support, domestic violence and restraining orders, date of separation disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, set-aside of premarital agreements, property division, reimbursement claims, business valuations and other complex financial issues. Ms. Azzolino has experience in courts throughout the Bay Area, including the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and San Francisco.
Ms. Azzolino has been named as an outstanding lawyer on the Northern California Rising Stars List (2018) and a Super Lawyer in Northern California (2019).
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Lauren Cirlin
Partner, Viola Law Firm
Lauren D. Cirlin is a partner at Viola Law Firm in San Mateo. Lauren has practiced Family Law exclusively throughout her legal career, working on highly contested cases including those involving complex marital property issues and related business litigation.
She has successfully helped clients resolve their child custody disputes in the courtroom through private judging, mediation, and settlement. Past clients have also sought Lauren’s counsel in child and spousal support issues, domestic violence prevention, and the establishment of paternity as well as grandparent visitation.
Lauren is a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.
I have practiced family law for almost three decades. In that time, I have helped countless families transition out of their marriages, settling a full spectrum of complex family law matters that involve child custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, and property division, including division of high net worth estates.
I focus my practice on Alternative Dispute Resolution processes that include mediation, consulting and coaching, and Collaborative Divorce. Whether as a mediator, settlement judge, collaborative counsel, or consulting attorney, I strive to minimize the emotional and financial cost to you and your family. I believe that resolving your matter outside of court allows you both to retain more control of the divorce process and reach a resolution that is specifically tailored to your lives and situation.
Nancy Encarnacion-Mass
Family Law Attorney
Ms. Mass is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Ms. Mass handles all aspects of high-asset dissolutions, including those involving complex financial issues, property characterization, business valuation, child custody, child support, and spousal support, from the inception of a case through settlement or trial. Ms. Mass also prepares prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and works with clients as a consulting attorney, as needed. She represents clients in domestic violence actions, as well.
Ms. Mass is fluent in Spanish and French
