California license and practice

Barbara Jean Kuehn is an Active member of the State Bar of California (State Bar of California #152283). Verify the current individual Bar record at apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/152283 before hiring an attorney.

Barbara J. Kuehn is a solo family-law practitioner in San Mateo County and the founder-owner of the Law & Mediation Offices of Barbara J. Kuehn, APC, in Belmont. She has practised family law since her admission in June 1991, opened her own office in July 1992, and has handled more than 2,500 matters. Her practice covers divorce planning, divorce and legal separation, division of assets and debt, property and asset protection, child custody and visitation (including grandparent visitation), modification of support and custody orders, child support and spousal support, pre-nups and post-nups (including collaborative pre-nups and post-nups), cohabitation agreements, LGBTQ divorce, custody and support, move-away orders, step-parent and adult adoptions, paternity, and child advocacy. The firm also offers mediation, unbundled services and paralegal services, and evening and weekend appointments. Before admission she worked as a calendar clerk from 1974, then as a legal secretary and paralegal, including with personal-injury firms in San Jose, San Francisco, Redwood City and San Mateo. Less than a year after admission, while an associate at Anderlini, Guheen, Finkelstein & Emerick, she argued a civil case before the Court of Appeals in San Francisco. In July 1992 she opened her own office, bringing 35 of her 39 clients with her. She is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar since March 2020, and was appointed by President Clinton in February 1993 to the Selective Service Board, a position she held for more than 10 years. She earned her J.D. at San Francisco Law School in 1985, a Mediation Certification in 1998, and an A.A. at the College of San Mateo in 1973. The firm bio states she received the Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Legal Services Award in 1994, the California Women Lawyers President’s Award in 1994, Barrister of the Year in San Mateo County in 1993, 1994 and 1995, and was inducted into the San Mateo County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2005. Note: her State Bar of California record shows a discipline on 9/18/1999 — Discipline, actual suspension (case 98-C-00012), following a conviction record transmitted to the State Bar Court on 10/5/1998 and an interim suspension after conviction on 12/5/1998. She was reinstated to Active status on 12/5/1999 and has been Active continuously since. Her current status is Active.

Matters this legal field covers

Family law legal work may cover divorce and legal separation, child custody and visitation, division of assets and debts, child and spousal support, pre-nups and post-nups, and mediation.

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