About Us

Alan has practiced law for over 35 years. He graduated at the top of his undergraduate school at the University of Florida and received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting with Honors in 1982. He also graduated from the University of Florida, College of Law in 1985 with Honors and as a member of Law Review. During law school, Alan earned his Certified Public Accounting certificate in the State of Illinois. During law school, he interned at the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. After law school, he worked at the prestigious international law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in Chicago in the Mergers and Acquisitions department handling Billion Dollar transactions at the age of 24. Over 20 years ago, Alan began practicing Family Law. He’s handled high profile cases such as the Mel Gibson/Grigorieva case along with other high net worth individuals.

Alan is a member of the California Bar, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Illinois CPA Society and Provisors. He also holds a current California real estate brokers license. He retired from the Illinois and Florida bars.

Alan passed the Registered Investment Adviser exam.

Alan is assisted by Iryna Nuzhna. Ms. Nuzhna graduated from Law School in Kiev, Ukraine in 2001. She is not a licensed attorney in California but provides paralegal assistance to the firm. Iryna speaks fluent Russian and English.

What is a Certified Family Law Specialist?

California attorneys who are certified as specialists have taken and passed a written examination in their specialty field, demonstrated a high level of experience in the specialty field, fulfilled ongoing education requirements and been favorably evaluated by other attorneys and judges familiar with their work.

Only these attorneys can advertise or identify themselves as “certified” specialists in California because they are the only attorneys who are certified either by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization or an organization whose certification program has been accredited by the State Bar. (Such an organization must have requirements for certification that are at least equal to those of the state bar’s program.)

Legal specialists must recertify their expertise in their field every five years by filing a recertification, but they do not need to take the examination again.