Brian McDonald, a Certified Family Law Specialist, provides individuals and families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area with skilled mediation services in cases of divorce, premarital agreements, personal injury matters, probate, trust and business disputes.
Brian McDonald brings legal and practical experience to each case. He has been certified as a Specialist in Family Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization since 1981 (32 years). For his efforts in this area of law, Brian has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s prestigious “AV” rating, and has been named to Northern California Super Lawyers since inception in 2002. In addition to his own practice, Brian has taught in law school and has trained hundred of mediators, both at the trial and appellate court levels.
Brian has the expertise and knowledge to guide you and your family through difficult negotiations and legal disputes with a focus on a flexible and positive outcome for everyone involved.
Mediation is more than just an alternative to litigation. A quicker, more cost-effective method of resolving disputes, mediation helps parties find common ground peacefully and amicably so that they can achieve closure. Brian has assisted over 1,000 successful mediations. This divorce mediation experience extends to premarital agreements.
While the traditional divorce process meets the needs of some clients, other approaches to divorce-such as mediation and collaborative divorce are appealing to other couples because the approaches of mediation and collaborative divorce tend to save time, money and conflict.