Michele B. Brown

Michele focuses her practice exclusively on family law. A Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, she handles dissolution of marriage, legal separation and annulment actions, child and spousal support matters, paternity, custody, move-away/relocation cases, grandparent visitation rights, post judgment support, set aside and enforcement matters, the preparation or review of pre-marital and post-marital agreements and domestic violence restraining order cases. Michele frequently represents clients in complex family law matters, which matters may involve business valuations, income analysis, separate property tracing, characterization and division of property and custody evaluations. Although Michele is a skilled trial attorney, Michele prides herself in trying to resolve matters through mediation, but  if mediation fails, she is ready to take the matter to trial.  Michele also acts as a neutral mediator for parties and she leads Procopio’s Family Law practice group.

Michele is extensively involved in drafting and reviewing family law legislation in California and frequently testifies before the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees on family law. She has written numerous articles on family law and has presented state-wide on family law issues. Michele was a member of the inaugural Board of Representatives for the California Lawyers Association and assisted in the formation of the CLA as the Sections separated from the State Bar of California, creating the largest bar association in the state.