Working with Mental Health Professionals to Benefit Your Clients

Has been practicing family law for 35 years and he is a certified family law specialist. From his small firm’s office in Calabasas, California, he exclusively practices family law, mainly representing clients in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and Ventura County. He is an ardent proponent of mediation and settlement of family law disputes. He is also an experienced trial attorney, typically engaged 30 to 50 days per year in trial/evidentiary hearings.

Dr. Mesha Ellis is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist who maintains a private practice in Torrance, California. Her areas of clinical specialty include child custody, juvenile delinquency, clinical, and psychoeducational evaluations. She additionally provides therapy services to children, couples, and families. Dr. Ellis earned a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology and a Doctorate (PhD) in Clinical Psychology from The University of Alabama. She received formal forensic training as a postdoctoral fellow in juvenile forensic psychology and adolescent inpatient treatment through The University of Washington after completing a pre-doctoral internship at The University of Chicago Hospitals.

Judge Michael Convey started his judicial career in September 2002, when the judges of Los Angeles County appointed him as a Court Commissioner. Before his appointment, he practiced as a trial attorney, specializing in civil litigation, including insurance defense and coverage, and jury trials and appeals, in Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, for fifteen years before his appointment. In September 2002, Judge Convey’s first assignment was to a family law general jurisdiction (home) court, in Lancaster. He has served in family law home courts in Van Nuys and at Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Governor Schwarzenegger appointed him to the position of Superior Court Judge in June 2010. Except for a year-and-a-half rotation in civil trial courts, Judge Convey has served continuously in the Family Law Division since 2002. Judge Convey is currently assigned to a Dedicated (Long Cause) Trial Court at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse-Department 77, where he has been since December 2019.