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HBCFL Board Member Stephanie Barnett Published in The Recorder

Congratulations to Harriett Buhai Center board member Stephanie Barnett, whose article “The Uncertainty of Spousal Support Waivers” was published in The Recorder last month. Barnett is a senior associate with Beverly Hills-based family law firm Jaffe and Clemens, and has been a Center board member since last year. Barnett’s article discusses the evolution of spousal
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Board Member David Ettinger Fights for Fee Waivers, Honored in SoCal Super Lawyers Magazine

The Harriett Buhai Center staff extends a warm, and well-deserved, congratulations to board member David Ettinger for his featured profile in the Pro Bono section of Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine.  Ettinger, a Center board member since 1997, is an appellate attorney practicing in Los Angeles who handles family law cases on appeal for the
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Maria Shriver Meets with Center Clients and Staff

In the simple surroundings of the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, four women—former and current clients of the Center– gathered around a table with philanthropist and former First Lady of California, Maria Shriver (pictured left with Harriett Buhai Center Executive Director Betty Nordwind). A journalist by trade, Shriver eased the women into a conversation
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A Mutual Mission: Author Donates Profits from Book to Center to Empower Women

“So there I was, 40 years old, close to broke, with two children, and no way of making a living,” said author Judy Resnick, in an excerpt from her new book “I’m On My Own, And So Are You.” By her own description Judy was “raised to be a wife and mother.” After her divorce,
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“Leveling the Playing Field” Top 4 Volunteer Attorneys Donate Over 2,100 Hours

Four women from very different walks of life met at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law to give back to their local community. Imbued with a mutual spirit of service and compelled by an interest in family law, volunteer attorneys Karen Rosin, Holly Leonard, Nora Kavner and Mercy Fresno (pictured from left to right), collectively dedicated
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