Christopher C. Melcher

About 

I understand the need to keep sensitive family matters private, having represented noteworthy clients in the largest divorce cases in California. My clients include A-list celebrities, executives, and tech company founders. Frequently, I am hired by other family lawyers as a consultant, expert, or co-counsel on significant divorce cases in California.

My passion is helping others and I love the law. My father was a trial lawyer and I learned not only how to be a lawyer from him, but what it means to be a lawyer. Before entering family law exclusively, I practiced criminal defense and civil personal injury litigation.

My Services

My highest expertise is in these areas of family law:

✔ Interstate and international jurisdictional disputes Statewide trial                       advocacy.
✔ Appeals of family law judgments and writ proceedings.
✔ Negotiation and litigation of premarital agreements.
✔ Characterization of separate and community property.
✔ Tax consequences of property division and alimony
✔ Corporate laws dealing with the division of a family business.

Accolades

🏆 Named a Top 100 Lawyer by the Daily Journal for 2021 out of all                 California lawyers.
🏆 Ranked Tier 1 by Chambers & Partners for Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth practice.
🏆 Certified Family Law Specialist, California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.
🏆 Presented over 200 continuing legal education programs to other attorneys on complex family law issues.
🏆 Published author of family law treatises for practicing attorneys.