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Family Law Attorneys in San Francisco, California

Every family law attorney and family lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to family law matters in San Francisco. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

San Francisco is a city of roughly 808,000, and its family law matters are heard at the San Francisco County Superior Court: Civic Center Courthouse. San Francisco is California's only consolidated city and county; its superior court hears civil matters at the Civic Center Courthouse, and the city hosts the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit, and the State Bar of California's headquarters.

One date controls everything that follows: a divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served, per Cal. Fam. Code § 2339. Residency first: six months in California and three months in the filing county (Cal. Fam. Code § 2320). Custody, support, and property orders can issue while the six-month clock runs. Read the record below with that clock in mind.

This page is the San Francisco chapter of the registry's statewide record · Family Law Attorneys in California collects every county and city.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

A divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served.

Cal. Fam. Code § 2339

Residency first: six months in California and three months in the filing county (Cal. Fam. Code § 2320). Custody, support, and property orders can issue while the six-month clock runs.

Court of record · San Francisco County

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

Main courthouse: Civic Center Courthouse, 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

For San Francisco: San Francisco County Superior Court: Civic Center Courthouse.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Family Law · San Francisco roster

409 active attorneys with an address of record in San Francisco list family law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 17,779 active attorneys whose address of record is in San Francisco.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by San Francisco attorneys are business law (4,365), litigation (3,337), employment (1,899), intellectual property (1,774) and real estate (1,289). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

15 of the 17,779 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 1,697 of the 17,779 active attorneys in San Francisco, the registry holds a language other than English; by count, Spanish (1,145), French (836), Chinese (824) and Japanese (580). Attorneys themselves confirmed Spanish (1); the rest come from a firm website published in that language, which describes the website, not the attorney.

Reading the roster in San Francisco. In a family matter you will likely work with your attorney for months, so weigh responsiveness and temperament alongside experience in the county's family law departments, local practice on disclosures, mediation, and settlement conferences varies by court. Ask how the attorney bills (family law is typically hourly with a retainer), how they approach settlement versus litigation, and who in the office handles day-to-day filings.

Address of record in San Francisco