The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Judge Gordon served on the Los Angeles Superior Court for 17 years and spent nine years in leadership positions as the Assistant Supervising and Supervising Judge of the Family Law and Criminal Divisions. He was appointed by the Chief Justice of California as a voting member on the Judicial Council of California, the policy-making body for the Judicial Branch. 
 
During his tenure in the Family Law Division, he handled thousands of cases, many of which were complex, high-profile business, sports and entertainment cases. He presided over trials and settled cases involving the most complex property, business, and child custody issues. 

Peter M. Walzer is the founding partner of the Southern California law firm Walzer Melcher LLP, a practice focused exclusively on family law with offices in Woodland Hills.

Peter handles multifaceted and contentious divorce cases. He skillfully negotiates marital agreements. His cases involve people with “out of the ordinary” personal and financial issues. Many of the matters that he handles involve cases where one of the parties lives in another state or country.

His clients include entertainers, business owners, inventors, entrepreneurs, real estate investors, athletes, and financiers.

Jinna Kang is a Partner at Youngman Reitshtein, PLC, where she represents individuals in complex and high-stakes family law matters. She is a California Certified Family Law Specialist and is licensed to practice law in California, Washington, D.C., and Texas.

Licensed in 2007, Ms. Kang has devoted her practice exclusively to family law since 2011. Her work encompasses complex asset division, child custody, domestic violence, and cross-border family law matters. As a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), she frequently advises clients on high-value property division, as well as the domestication, enforcement, and modification of foreign judgments and other international family law issues.

A native of Korea with strong professional ties to family law practitioners throughout Asia, Ms. Kang offers a unique cross-cultural and bilingual perspective in cases involving Korean law, language, and customs. She is also conversant in Chinese and Spanish, allowing her to serve a broad and diverse clientele in sophisticated family law matters.

Ms. Kang has moderated and served as a panelist on numerous programs addressing international, cultural, and immigration-related issues in family law for organizations including the American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association, International Association of Korean Lawyers, California Lawyers Association, and the American Inns of Court. She has also served as an expert witness in cases involving the intersection of California and Korean family law and related cross-jurisdictional disputes.

Deeply engaged in the legal community, Ms. Kang serves on the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, as a Trustee of Southwestern Law School, and as a Board Member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS) Foundation. She is also an Executive Committee Member of the American Inns of Court and the Family Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

With over fifteen professional memberships and active participation in international legal training programs, Ms. Kang continues to be recognized as a trailblazer and leader in the family law community.