About
Tisha Lene Harman, a senior accomplice at A Center for Children & Family Law, is a certified lawyer in California and earlier than the US Supreme Court. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from California State University at Long Beach and her Juris Doctorate diploma from Western State University, graduating with honors. Tisha dedicates her exercise to minor representation, adoption litigation, step-discern adoption, foster child adoption, adoption, guardianship, dependency (child abuse), Infertility/Reproductive law, and baby custody.
Tisha s professional toddler and circle of relatives law experience predates her turning into an legal professional. While attending law college, Tisha commenced an lively career as a regulation clerk, later a toddler suggest and legal professional at the same time as operating for the Orange County regulation office of Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley, a firm totally practising within the place of adoption and family regulation problems. Tisha pleasant-tuned her already exquisite writing talents, from writing Law Review articles, while she served as an extern for presiding Justice Edward Wallin of the Fourth Appellate District.
In December of 1995, Tisha, along with her regulation partner, Sheryl Edgar, left Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley to begin their very own regulation office, A Center for Children & Family Law, with the goal of supporting families through the practice of "children s law". Although many law offices in Southern California practiced in own family regulation, primarily as divorce legal professionals, there existed no regulation workplace that targeted at the families, representing the "voice of the children". Tisha and Sheryl knew that with this forum, they could practice what they loved the maximum about regulation, advocating for youngsters and households.
Tisha s memberships encompass American Bar Association, California State Bar, Orange County Bar, Los Angeles County Bar, National Association of Counsel for Children, The National Infertility Association ("RESOLVE") and American Society for Reproductive Medicine ("ASRM"). In 2000, Tisha have become a member of the Academy of California Adoption Lawyers ("ACAL") which requires very high requirements of ethical behavior and practical experience. ACAL accepts only a few attorneys into their outstanding organisation.
Tisha s willpower, experience and potential to work with children has fostered recognition from many Superior Court Judges and Commissioners. For almost ten years, the Courts have trusted her expertise and knowledge, appointing her to symbolize minor kids in especially contentious topics. To date, Tisha has represented over seven hundred youngsters in Court appointed instances in regard to parental warfare contested adoptions, adoption set-asides, domestic violence, sexual/bodily/emotional abuse, ritual abuse, paternity, foster toddler adoptions, contested abandonments, contested guardianships, restraining orders and contempt cases.
Tisha is an experienced trial legal professional no longer most effective at the Superior Court level however additionally on the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal levels. Some of her excessive profile Appellate cases encompass In re Michael H., In re Sarah S. and In re Ariel H. As a law clerk with Van Deusen, Youmans and Walmsley, Tisha worked without delay on the drafting and coaching of the appellate short for Johnson v. Calvert, a high profile surrogacy case.
While representing youngsters in Court appointed cases is a major cognizance in Tisha s exercise, she additionally represents many households in personal matters seeking her assistance associated with their kids and grandchildren. In addition to helping create households through adoption and Assisted Reproductive Technology, she is one of the very few lawyers in California dedicated to Infertility and Reproductive Law, representing many infertile couples with achieving the dream of getting a baby via ovum donation or surrogacy. This subject may be very close to Tisha s heart, as she herself, has suffered with infertility.
Tisha is living in North Orange County along with her husband, Judge Nick Thompson additionally JAG (Judge Advocate General Corps) for the USA Army. She enjoys family outings, dancing, and visiting with husband, two kids and her canine. Tisha grew up in Southern California with her mother and father and three sisters. She attributes her preference of assisting others to her close family upbringing and her parents instilling the price and importance of own family.
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