Philip L. Hammer and Paul E. Jacobs established Hammer & Jacobs, LLP in 1985 and later admitted Rita Patterson to their partnership. Hammer & Jacobs’ client-oriented, small firm concentrates on complex marital dissolutions requiring specialized experience, particularly those involving large assets and/or child custody issues. All three partners are Certified Specialists in Family Law by the State Bar of California, and Phil Hammer and Paul Jacobs are both Fellows of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Hammer & Jacobs has for many years earned the highest possible rating in the Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory.

The associates in the firm, along with its paralegals and legal assistants, concentrate their work on the firm’s specialty, offering the highest quality of professional service to its family law clients.

The firm’s clients, faced with the stress and disruption of an unfortunate turn in their lives, are the central focus of the firm’s work. Hammer & Jacobs, LLP seeks to provide a level of service on the client’s behalf that will lead to the most favorable possible outcome of the legal matter and allow the client to go on with life when the case is complete.