Attorney, Family Law
| Address: | Lakin Spears, LLP 2479 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 170 Palo Alto, CA 94303 |
| Phone: | (650) 289-6441 |
| Email: | tprioste@lakinspears.com |
| Web: | www.lakinspears.com |
| Bio: | Tanya E. Prioste is a partner in the Family Law Group at Lakin Spears, LLP in Palo Alto, CA and a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice is devoted exclusively to family law. Tanya is a Collaborative Divorce attorney, a mediator, and a consulting attorney to clients in mediation. She also prepares and negotiates premarital, marital, and living-together agreements. Tanya is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale Hubbell. She has been selected by her peers as among the top family lawyers in Northern California every year since 2004 and was named one of the top 100 lawyers across all practice areas in 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2015 (as surveyed by Super Lawyers Magazine and published in the Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine). In addition, Tanya was named one of Northern California’s “Top 50 Women Lawyers” across all practice areas in 2009, 2010, 2012 – 2016. Tanya is on the Board of Directors for Collaborative Practice California. Tanya has co-authored several articles on topics including international custody move-aways, child support, reimbursements, imputation of income in support cases, disclosure obligations, and attorney’s fees and sanctions. Tanya has presented on numerous family law topics, including premarital agreements, reimbursement rights, transmutation and separate property contribution issues, fiduciary duties, and custody move-aways. |
| Education: | B.A., Arizona State University, 1991 J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, 1994 |
| Other: | Professional & Community Affiliations: – American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; – Association of Certified Family Law Specialists; – Santa Clara County & San Mateo County Bar Associations; – Collaborative Practice of San Mateo County – Collaborative Practice Silicon Valley; – International Academy of Collaborative Professionals |