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Emily Doskow
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berkeley ca united states

languages
english 

law school
uc berkeley sol boalt hall

attorney license
type, state, number: attorney, ca, 145463
issuer: state bar of california
current status: active
district: district 3
county: alameda
license history
12/11/1989 admitted to the state bar of california




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Emily Doskow has been serving the LGBT community for 17 years and is a fierce advocate for the legal rights of lesbian and gay couples. Doskow, a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School, has been practicing family law in Berkeley for the past 20 years. She specializes in family mediation, personal injury, civil rights and devotes 50% of her practice to adoptions. During the past 20 years she has handled 250 adoption cases, many of those for LGBT singles and couples. She write in her blog on 12/19/08, “…we also don’t like it when the state ‘allows’ us to take care of it’s at-risk children when they are in greatest need, and then disqualifies us from becoming full legal parents to those children…” Doskow also has extensive experience with prenuptial agreements and domestic partner agreements.Doskow is an expert concerning divorce law - having written the book on it (See Nolo’s Guide to Divorce, 2008 ). 25% of her practice has been devoted to uncontested divorces. In addition to being a lawyer and a mediator, Doskow is a prolific author and blogger. Her Nolo’s Divorce, Custody and Family Law Blog and Queer Justice: Nolo’s LGBT Law Blog offer information and news from Doskow’s areas of expertise. She is particularly interested in news happening throughout the country that affects the LGBT community making her blog an enjoyable venue by which to keep up to date on LGBT issues.Doskow is known for her professional experience and her faultless professional and ethical standards. During her career, Ms Doskow has never been cited for any type of professional misconduct. She is rated as “superb” by avvo.com and noted for her high visibility on martindale.com   

Jenna M McAdam comment

The ever-evolving world of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender law is quickly becoming more varied, more tangental, and more inscrutable for the common folk. Lucky for us, there's Emily Doskow to the rescue.  An attorney serving the San Francisco Bay Area LGBT community for over 16 years (and practicing law for close to 20), Emily Doskow can help with domestic partnership rights consultation, custody, adoption services, dissolutions of domestic partnerships and heterosexual marriages, and more. Seriously, is there anything this woman can't do? Confused about divorce? She's written the handbook. Literally. It's called "Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce". And that's not it. If you check out her Law Office's website at emilydoskow.com, you'll see that Ms. Doskow is a publishing fool. What's even better than the articles and handbooks, though, in my mind, is her totally readable, relatable blog. No legal jargon here, just plain old professional advice in the form of various anecdotes that feels like it's coming from a friend who really loves her job and can't help but spread her infectious enthusiasm for family law of all kinds.  It's clear that she lives and loves her work on the cutting edge of parenting law.    

Lauren Shubert comment

Emily Doskow has been practicing family law, civil rights, mediation, and related issues for almost 20 years.  In particular, she touts herself as serving the LGBT community. Not only that, she has edited and published on the subjects for Nolo (the do-it-yourself law book series), which I think shows that she isn’t into nickel-and-diming her clients. Plus, she has a blog for Nolo (http://www.divorceandfamilylawblog.com/). It’s informative and entertaining.  It could just be me, but I get a good feeling knowing that my potential lawyer has a sense of humor (not to mention knows a thing or two about the law). She may not be a well-known, big name in the industry, but it appears she’ll be fair, competent and will work hard for her clients, and in the end, isn’t that what everyone is looking for?

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