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Steven
A. Mindel, CFLS*
Managing Partner, Head of our Business Transactions Department
Business Transactions & Family Law
smindel@fmbklaw.com Ext. 220
Steven A. Mindel, a Certified Family Law
Specialist* since 1998, is the Managing Partner of FMBK and heads our firm's Business
Transactions Department. Mr. Mindel graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA in 1981 and from
the USC Law Center in 1985.
Mr. Mindel currently serves as the Past
President of the Board of Trustees of University
Synagogue and previously served on the Governing Board of Directors of Los
Angeles Free Clinic where he received two special recognition
awards for his volunteerism. He was appointed and served a two year term on the California
State Bar Family Law Section Executive Committee ("FLEXCOM".) He also served
as an Advisor to FLEXCOM for four additional years. Mr. Mindel was named as a Super Lawyer
by Los Angeles Magazine, 2004 through 2011, and was
named one of Southern California's Top 100 lawyers, 2007
through 2011. In addition to being featured on the cover of the
Super Lawyers insert in the 2009 issue of Los
Angeles Magazine, he was featured in an article titled, "The
Man Who Would De-Fang Divorce," in the 2009 Super Lawyers Magazine. Mr. Mindel
was selected by his peers for inclusion in The
Best Lawyers® 2010 and 2011. He has an AV rating with Martindale Hubbell.
Mr. Mindel is a frequent guest lecturer.
Some recent presentations include: "Premarital Agreements" and "How
to Keep Your Law Firm From Becoming a Not For Profit Organization" for White,
Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, Wolf & Hunt; "The Intersection of Post Marital
Agreements and Estate Planning" for the Legal Education Institute; "Marketing
101 for Attorneys" for the Beverly Bills Bar Association Barristers; and "Preparing
for Child Custody Evaluations" for Divorce Magazine.
In addition, he is on the Levitt
& Quinn Family Law Center Advisory Council. He is a lifetime member of the UCLA
Alumni Association. Mr. Mindel is the author of "
Cooking For Our Friends," a cookbook that includes step-by-step instructions on
cooking meals for parties of more than 40 people. He is on the board of Pacific
Coast Soccer Club (PCSC). In addition, he is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and an Eagle
Boy Scout. Mr. Mindel resides in Pacific Palisades with his wife, Nancy and their
children.
View Mr. Mindel's recent television
appearances:
Early Show - Schwarzenegger-Shriver split
Good Day LA - McCourt-LA Dodgers
Good Morning America - Michael Douglas' legal
situation
Entertainment Tonight - Sandra
Bullock's legal situation, Charlie
Sheen's situation, Schwarzenegger-Shriver
split, Lopez-Anthony split, Moore-Kutcher split
The Insider – Halle Berry's legal situation
Today Show - Schwarzenegger-Shriver
split
AP Television - Tiger Woods' situation, Schwarzenegger-Shriver split
CBS 2 News - McCourt-LA Dodgers, Larry King's legal situation, Schwarzenegger-Shriver split
KCAL 9 News - McCourt-LA Dodgers, Larry King's legal situation, Mel Gibson's legal situation, Tiger Woods' situation, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's legal situation,
Moore-Kutcher split
NBC 4 News - Dennis Hopper's legal situation
KTLA 5 News - General divorce advice Part 1, General divorce advice Part 2, McCourt-LA Dodgers, Schwarzenegger-Shriver split
E! News - Sandra Bullock's legal
situation, Sandra Bullock's
legal situation
CNN Prime News - Sandra Bullock's situation
ABC 7 News - Charlie Sheen's situation December
2009, April 2011, Tiger Woods situation, McCourt-LA Dodgers
Divorce October 2009, March 2010, May
2010, December 2010, June 2011, Schwarzenegger-Shriver split, Kobe-Vanessa Bryant split
Listen to Mr. Mindel on NPR and The Michael Eric Dyson
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Matthew
K. Skarin
Associate
Business Transactions & Family Law
mskarin@fmbklaw.com Ext. 213
Matthew Skarin is both an attorney and a CPA. He earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School
Los Angeles, and his B.A. in Business Economics with an emphasis in Accounting from the
University of California at Santa Barbara.
Prior to law school, Matthew worked for the accounting firms of Deloitte & Touche and
Miller and Co., doing both tax and compliance work. During law school, Mr. Skarin clerked
for Judge Bluebond in the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles and was an extern in the
Clinical Honors Program with the California Attorney General's Office in the Business and
Tax division. Additionally, Matthew was a staff member of the Loyola Law School
Entertainment Law Review. In his free time, Mr. Skarin enjoys surfing, playing golf, and
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