Ms. Mendell has handled domestic issues involving complicated tax problems, extensive real estate holdings both in and outside of California and the United States, multi-layered, international business structures, and complex investment and estate planning vehicles.   Sandra approaches domestic relations and custody issues with special sensitivity and understanding.  Her strengths as a lawyer include powerful persuasive writing skills, the ability to absorb and retain extensive information, and a strong sense of time urgency. Past and current clients have appreciated that Sandra takes the time to listen, understand and remember their situations in-depth, and that she makes addressing their concerns, great and small, an immediate priority. Sandra believes that advocating zealously for her clients requires knowing their circumstances and priorities, candidly assessing and communicating to them the strengths and weaknesses of their case in light of legal principles, and thoroughly preparing for trial while seeking out opportunities for an advantageous settlement.

Practice Areas:

  • Family law

 

University:

  • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, B.A., 1998, cum laude, with distinction in English literature

 

Law School:

  • New York University School of Law, New York City, New York, J.D., 2004, cum laude

 

Memberships:

  • State Bar of California

  • American Bar Association

  • Beverly Hills Bar Association

 

Languages:

  • Hebrew and Hungarian