First Admitted: 1982, California

Professional Webpage: https://seeleyfamilylaw.com/attorneys/h-yvonne-seeley/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Bar Association; Officer of the Board, 2021
2024 President of the San Mateo County Bar Association
President, San Mateo County Women Lawyers' Section Educational Foundation, 2021
President, San Mateo County Trial Lawyer's Association, 2002
Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), 2021
Member, San Mateo Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2019
Member of the San Mateo County Bar Association, 2021
Member, the Association of Family Law Specialists, 2021
Palo Alto Area Bar Association, 2019
Board of Directors, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association 1996-2002, 2002
Co-chair, Palo Alto Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2014
Member of the State Bar of California, 1982
Member, Santa Clara County Bar Association, 2021

Videos:

ABC TV, KGO Channel 7, interview re: " The Impact of the Facebook Public Offering on Divorce", Impact of the Facebook IPO on Marital Dissolutions, 2012

Representative Clients:

My clients are typically CEOs of public or private tech companies and/or employees in high level positions in these companies. The largest asset in the marital estate is often stock or RSUs. My typical client has an annual income of $2-3M. Approximately a third of my cases are resolved in private rather than in public court. , 2021

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California, 2021

Pro bono/Community Service:

Board of Directors, CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse), 2013-2014, 2014
Volunteer in the County Law Library several times a year to provide free legal advice as part of the Bar's Community Law Night., 2021
Law Center For Families in Oakland, CA, 2004

Honors/Awards:

California Women Leader, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007

Educational Background:

Notre Dame de Namur University, Master of Science degree in Business, 2002
San Jose State University, B.A., 1976

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Co-Author of Book Chapter, Inside the Minds: Strategies for Family Law in California, 14th ed., 2014
This was a presentation on the history and development of attitudes and legal approaches to resolving domestic violence issues nationally but also with a focus on recent California case and statutory laws. , Speaker, Domestic Violence Legal Update, Santa Clara County Psychological Association, Annual Conference for Child Custody Evaluations and Domestic Violence Training, Psychologists And Therapists, 2020
The purpose of the seminar was to inform the attorney attendees of the California State Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct, including the new proposed Rules, on what attorney must do to be loyal to clients per the State Bar requirements., Co- Speaker at Seminar, The Attorney's Duty of Loyalty to Clients, San Mateo County Bar Association, Legal Profession, 2020
My presentation focused on how the family law attorney can best assist his/her clients when they are involved with Family Court Services and or Child Custody Evaluators. The attorney can maximize outcomes by retaining consulting therapists to assist the attorney and the client. , Co- Speaker at Seminar, Working with Consultants for Mediation and Child Custody Evaluations, San Mateo County Bar Association, Barrister's Section, 2020
This was a question and answer program on divorce issues in California., Speaker, Makin-It-Through Divorce, Stanford University, Makin-it- Radio, 2019
"Division of Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units Education," 2012
Speaker, Impact of Domestic Violence on Children, Assoc. of Family & Concilliation Courts, Annual Calforia Chapter Conference, 2017
Moderator, Hot Topics in Family Law, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, 1996
Speaker, Bias in the Courtroom, San Mateo County Bar Asssociation, 2003
Speaker, Judges Night, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, 2002
Speaker, Experts & Trial Strategies, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, 1998
"The Impact of the Budget Cutbacks on California Family Law Courts" in Strategies for Family Law in California, 2014 ed.: Leading Lawyers on Understanding Developments in California Family Law, published by Thompson Reuters
Co-authored a paper on Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units, 2012

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Interviewed by ABC 7 News (KGO TV San Francisco) in 2012 regarding the impact of the Facebook IPO in the divorce setting., 2012

Firm News (Newsletters):

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