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Find a Leading Family Lawyer

North American Family Law: your portal to the leading practitioners of family law, featuring practice area news and the latest legal insights

Family law in North America covers a vast area and includes marriage, the termination of legally recognized family relationships and ancillary matters, including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, child custody and visitation, child support and alimony awards, adoption, surrogacy, child protective proceedings, juvenile law and many other areas.

North American Family Law assists individuals in identifying the leading practitioners in the region. Our research and selection process covers key locations across North America. To simplify the referral process, only one featured attorney is listed per city, making your selection of outside counsel as straightforward as possible.

Featured Attorney

Mark Weiss - Seattle - WA

Mark handled his first divorce cases in the mid-1980s as a law clerk while in law school. After becoming a lawyer in 1987, Mark moved back to Seattle, where he worked on business, construction, tax, real estate, estate planning, and family law matters. Over time, divorce and family law became [...]

Latest News & Legal Insights

Dear Mom

I must confess that all this talk about estate tax repeal and farmers losing their corn fields has resulted in our clients being confused and my mother being worried. No son wants to worry his mother and no mother would want her child without a job. Recently, my mom inquired how our business would fair if there were no estate [...]

Parental Alienation: Parental Problem

A common issue during divorce – and after divorce – involves one parent speaking poorly of the other. Many times the parent who is engaged in this unfortunate behavior does not even realize what he or she is doing. Sometimes parents going through the mental anguish of divorce lose perspective. They can begin to involve their children, making negative statements [...]

What Can You Learn From Divorce?

Frances Ross Nolan and Leigh Byers co-founders of Nolan Byers, PC. an Alabama boutique family law firm that is dedicated to empowering clients who face the stress inherent to divorce and other matrimonial law, provide an overview on some of the positive aspects of divorce, the lessons learned and how it has had surprisingly beneficial impacts on many lives […]