Attorneys
Three attorneys. 27 years combined.
All three are licensed in this state. Two hold second admissions in the neighboring state for cross-border custody matters. Each attorney has a specific intake niche, and the consult routes new matters accordingly.
The team
Three attorneys, three intake niches.
Caroline Hadley
Admitted 2009. Family law since 2010. Tried 19 contested cases to verdict. Speaks at the state bar’s family law annual every year on parenting plan drafting. Sees most new matters at intake and routes them.
$450 / hr · State + Neighbor bars
David Mwangi
Admitted 2015. Joined the firm in 2018. Handles estate planning and complex asset division. Former public defender — where most of his trial chops came from. 9 trials to verdict.
$385 / hr · State + Neighbor bars
Sara Lin
Admitted 2020. Joined the firm in 2022. Handles custody modifications and uncontested divorces under Hadley’s supervision. Bilingual in Mandarin. Drafts the firm’s parenting plans.
$295 / hr · State bar · EN / Mandarin
Speaking + writing
What we publish on.
- Hadley, 2024State bar annual: “Drafting parenting plans that don’t come back to court.”
- Hadley, 2023State bar journal: relocation modifications under the current statute.
- Mwangi, 2024County estate planning section: revocable trusts for blended families.
- Mwangi, 2022Local bar CLE: asset valuation in contested divorces.
- Lin, 2025State bar young lawyers section: custody factors and child interviews.
One desk per file
The attorney you meet at the consult writes the final order.
No mid-matter hand-offs. Hadley, Mwangi, or Lin — whoever takes the file at intake owns it through the final order. Active caseloads are capped at 14 open matters per attorney for that reason. It’s how a 27-years-combined team handles the volume without thinning the work.
The paralegal team
Two paralegals. Support, not stand-in.
Two paralegals across three attorneys. Our paralegals handle document preparation, filing logistics, scheduling, and client intake calls. They do not give legal advice and they do not handle client communication on substantive matters. The attorney owns the file.
You’ll know the paralegal’s name. You won’t have your file run by them. That’s the deal. Caroline Hadley, Managing Partner