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Sarah Van Voorhis

Sarah Van Voorhis

Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP
369 Pine Street, Suite 810
San Francisco, CA 94104

San Francisco

California (CA)

T: 415-274-2530
F: 415-500-2358

Practice Areas

Family Law

Selected To

• Northern California Super Lawyers 2011
• Northern California Rising Stars 2010
• Northern California Rising Stars 2009

Profile

Sarah Van Voorhis is a founding partner of Van Voorhis & Sosna, LLP, a San Francisco law firm dedicated exclusively to resolving family law matters for clients throughout the Bay Area. Ms. Van Voorhis’ practice focuses on complex marital and domestic partner dissolutions, including property allocation and division, child custody issues, parentage or paternity, child support, spousal support, and the legal aspects of custodial and non-custodial parent relocation. She regularly drafts prenuptial and postnuptial agreements as well and also serves as the reviewing attorney for such agreements.

Ms. Van Voorhis received her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her B.A. from the University of Utah, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. While in law school, she served as an intern with the U.S. Attorney and the San Jose District Attorney. Ms. Van Voorhis is also one of only a small percentage of California attorneys who have been certified as specialists in family law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Lastly, Ms. Van Voorhis remains an actively involved member of several professional and bar association groups and currently serves as a settlement master (settlement judge) in the San Francisco County Family Law Superior Court.

About Sarah Van Voorhis

Law School: Stanford Law School

Admitted: 2001, California

Professional Webpage: www.vsfamlaw.com/lawyer-attorney-1493705.html

Special Licenses/Certifications:

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

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Board Member, Stanford Club of San Francisco, 2009 - 2010
  • Member, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)
  • State Bar of California, Family Law Section
  • Co-Chair/Chairperson, Barristers Club, San Francisco Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2007 - 2009
  • California State, 2001
  • Vice-Chair, San Francisco Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2007
  • Board Member, Solo/Small Firm Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2010

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • VLSP volunteer attorney, 2004

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Co-Author, "Family Law Corner" in The Bar Association of San Francisco Bulletin
  • Co-Author, "Barrister Club Involvement Leads to Founding of a Firm", The Bar Association of San Francisco Bulletin, Volume 4, Number 12
  • Article Forum Shopping in Family Law Cases, Spurred Romance: Forum Shopping , BASF Bulletin, 1
  • Presumptive fathers under the family code, BASF Bulletin, 3
  • International Parental Abduction Cases, BASF Bulletin, 4
  • Step-parents' custodial rights, BASF Bulletin, 5
  • Post-nuptial agreements, BASF Bulletin, 6
  • Ground-breaking private letter ruling for gay couples, BASF Bulletin, 8
  • Marital settlement agreements and intent--Michael Douglas case, BASF Bulletin, 9
  • Custody cases and secretly recorded phone calls, BASF Bulletin, 10
  • Child support obligation for the high earner, BASF Bulletin, 11

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1993

Educational Background:

  • University of Utah, B.A.
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