Tamara Shuff Mortensen

Associate

Tamara Shuff Mortensen has limited her practice exclusively to family law since she was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2006. She is a Certified Family Law Specialist, possessing extensive knowledge, experience and success in the area of family law, and having demonstrated the highest standard of legal competence in the field of family law.

Her experience includes the handling of divorce, annulment and legal separation proceedings, high-conflict child custody cases, the establishment of child and spousal support orders, resolution of complex business valuation issues, the characterization of assets and their valuation, including reimbursements, preparation of Premarital Agreements, and the pursuit and defense of Domestic Violence Restraining Orders. She has the credentials, skill and expertise necessary to obtain the best possible result for her clients.

BAR ADMISSIONS:

State Bar of California, 2006

U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2006

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006

EDUCATION:

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, J.D. - 2005

Scripps College, Claremont, California, B.A. - 2002

CERTIFIED LEGAL SPECIALTY:

Certified Family Law Specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California

PUBLISHED APPELLATE COURT CASES:

In re Marriage of Melissa (2013) 212 Cal.App.4th 598

In Re Marriage of Shimkus (2016) 244 Cal.App.4th 1262
(A landmark case relating to termination of spousal support after retirement of California firefighters)