First Admitted: 2008, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.molmfamlaw.com/attorneys/marc-h-garelick/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Provisors - Newport Beach Group Member from 2013 - 2022, 2022
American Bar Association – Member
California, 2008
Orange County Jewish Bar Association, 2020
Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Executive Committee Member from 2020 - 2021

Pro bono/Community Service:

Board of Directors - Engagement Chair for the Jewish Federation and Family Services of Orange County, 2020
OCJBA Member
Anti-Defamation League – Glass Leadership Institute, Member
Jewish National Fund, Orange County Board of Directors JNF
Jewish Federation – Board of Directors, Engagement Chair
Hillel Foundation of Orange County, Board Director - 2021-2022, 2021
Hillel Board Director for Orange County covering UC Irvine, Chapman University and Cal State Fullerton, 2021
Board of Directors for the Gaucher Community Alliance, 2021
TVT Development Committee, 2020
Jewish National Fund Orange County, Chair of Lawyers for Israel, 2020 - 2021

Honors/Awards:

Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers: 2024-2025
Super Lawyers 2024
Southern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star", 2014–19
Best Lawyers in America: Best Lawyers®: 2025
Orange County Visionary, Selected by LA Times B2B Publishing, 2023-2024
JFFS, Blossom Siegel Young Leadership Award, 2017
Southwestern Law School, Dorothy Balisok Elder Advocacy Scholarship
American Bar Association, Silver Key
IRS VITA Grant Program, Membership Start-up Awards

Educational Background:

University of California, Irvine, California, B.A., 2002

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

An article regarding the ability of a client to modify an estate plan during a dissolution proceeding, Author, Beware of the pitfalls of Estate Planning During a Divorce, LA Daily Journal, 2013
This is the second of three evenings on Business Valuations in Dissolution of Marriage Cases. In evening number two, we will discuss community versus separate property characterization, Van Camp vs Pereira (and the reverse of each), the impact of IRMO Brandes on valuation methods, valuing different types of professional service businesses and goods manufacturers, valuing a "book of business" (IRMO Finby), vesting schedules, nuances of family-owned businesses, and more! Evening number two is the ultimate webinar to help you spot issues and understand the law on the characterization of a business during a dissolution of marriage case, Moderator and Lecturer, Community Versus Separate Property Characterization, Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Attorneys And Support Staff, 2021
The program is intended to help family law attorneys use Disso Master to correctly calculate guideline child and spousal support. The program will address how to (and how not to) enter wages, voluntary and mandatory retirement, as well as, after-tax and pre-tax health insurance premiums. The program will demonstrate how to create and interpret monthly overtime, annual bonus, and input variation reports. The program will also provide insight into entries used for business owners such as self-employment income, S-Corp income, phantom income, perquisites, and the Qualified Business Income Deduction, Moderator and Lecturer, The Basics and Beyond to Properly Utilize Disso Master to Calculate Support, Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Attorneys And Support Staff, 2021

Industry Groups:

Business Owners
Executives
out-spouse
Professionals

Marc H. Garelick