Dena A. Kleeman - Beverly Hills, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1983
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

• Non Legal Education

  • Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1977
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Lawyer

Languages

• Hebrew

Representative Cases

• Estate of Logan (1987) 191 CA 3d 319
• In re Marriage of Niklas (1989) 211 CA 3d 28

Published Works

Articles

• New Requirements for Premarital Agreements, LACBA Family Law Section E-News, Winter, 2020
  
• New DV Legislations Expands and Explains “Disturbing the Peace”, LACBA Family Law Section E-News, Spring, 2021
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 1983
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1983
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1983

Specialties and Certifications

• California Certified Family Law Specialist, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 1994

Other Affiliations

• Century City Bar Association, 1992 - 1996 (Chair and Co-Chair, Family Law Section)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1994 (Family Law Mediator)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Fee Arbitrator)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2003 - 2004 (Member, Board of Trustees)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2002 - 2005 (Chair, Law Office Management Section)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Executive Committee, 2014 - Present
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Executive Committee, 2020 - Present (Officer)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Executive Committee, 2019 - Present (Subcommittees)
• Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section)
• Century City Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1995 - 1996 (Chair)
• American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section)
• Association for Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) (Member)
• State Bar of California (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Vice-Chair, Family Law Section)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa