Recent Trends in Premarital Agreements

Erin Grey has more than 25 years of legal experience handling complex family law trials, child custody disputes and move-away cases, as well as domestic violence matters. As a Certified Family Law Specialist with the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Erin understands that Family law practice continuously evolves, and is committed to maintaining the highest level of experience and proficiency in family law.

Furthermore, Erin is dedicated to helping clients through honest, passionate and results-driven representation. She provides personal attention through every stage of her client’s cases. She also strives to find out-of-court solutions when litigation is not best suited.

Hon. Elizabeth P. Scully serves as a judge on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, bringing decades of experience in family law to the bench. She earned her B.A. in Classics (Latin) magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1993 and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1996. Following her admission to the California Bar, she practiced at prominent firms and later co-founded Jacobson Scully LLP. A Certified Family Law Specialist, Judge Scully also contributed to legal education as an adjunct professor at UCLA School of Law and Whittier College of Law. Her dedication to public service includes leadership roles with the Beverly Hills Bar Association and nonprofit family law organizations. She was appointed to the bench in 2020 and was re-elected in 2022.

Lauren Petkin is the founder and principal attorney of Lauren S. Petkin Family Law and Mediation, with an office based in Los Angeles, California. Taking Lauren’s 34 year family law expertise, she opened her own practice with a mission to continue to provide intelligent and compassionate counseling, mediation, and skillful legal representation for you and your family. As a long time practitioner at two of Los Angeles’ preeminent family law firms, Lauren has participated in a wide spectrum of family law matters ranging from contested multi-million dollar estates, high conflict custody battles and the drafting and negotiating of prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements. She has had extensive experience in handling all issues that arise incident to a divorce or family law matter and has also witnessed the emotional and financial toll that contested litigation has on the families involved. 

Michelle “Mickey” Katz is the founder and principal attorney of the Law & Mediation Offices of Michelle Katz. She offers comprehensive, personalized family law counseling and services to clients in Los Angeles, as well as all of California. A Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California, she concentrates her practice in consensual dispute resolution (CDR) in divorce and other family law matters. She is an experienced mediator and advocate who is committed to achieving meaningful solutions for her clients through collaborative law, mediation, and other non-litigation conflict resolution methods.