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Mitchell T. Ehrlich - San Jose, CA
1871 The AlamedaSuite 400 San Jose, CA 95126- 1755
Lonich Patton Ehrlich Policastri
San Jose Family Law Lawyer
Overview
Mitchell T. Ehrlich is a California Certified Family Law Specialist and is a partner with Lonich and Patton. Along with David Patton, he leads the Family Law practice. His practice focuses on all areas of Family Law including Dissolutions, Child Custody, Support Matters, Property and Business Division, Pre and Post-Nuptial Agreements, Paternity, Registered Domestic Partnerships, Guardianship and Adoptions...
Mitchell T. Ehrlich is a California Certified Family Law Specialist and is a partner with Lonich and Patton. Along with David Patton, he leads the Family Law practice. His practice focuses on all areas of Family Law including Dissolutions, Child Custody, Support Matters, Property and Business Division, Pre and Post-Nuptial Agreements, Paternity, Registered Domestic Partnerships, Guardianship and Adoptions...
Mitchell T. Ehrlich is a California Certified Family Law Specialist and is a partner with Lonich and Patton. Along with David Patton, he leads the Family Law practice. His practice focuses on all areas of Family Law including Dissolutions, Child Custody, Support Matters, Property and Business Division, Pre and Post-Nuptial Agreements, Paternity, Registered Domestic Partnerships, Guardianship and Adoptions. He passed the California Family Law Certified Specialist's Exam in 2008 and became a Certified Family Law Specialist in 2009.
Mitchell has over 14 years of experience as a civil litigator and trial attorney. Mitchell began focusing his practice exclusively on Family Law matters shortly after Lonich & Patton's Family Law practice was developed. Prior to that, he amassed significant litigation experience handling the firm's insurance defense, business law and employment law litigation matters as well as handling all of the firm's appellate practice.
Born in Schenectady, NY in 1971, Mitchell grew up in San Jose, graduating from San Jose's Pioneer High School in 1989. Mitchell then attended UC Santa Barbara where he graduated with a Degree in Economics in 1993. After working in Finance for a few years, he attended law school at Pepperdine University School of Law during which time he secured placement on the Deans Honors List numerous times, earned multiple scholarships, and earned assignments with the Washington D.C. Public Defender's Office, the U.S.D.A. and the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court. Mitchell graduated Cum Laude from Pepperdine in 1998 and then returned to San Jose to begin the active practice of law. He joined Lonich and Patton, LLP in 1999. Mr. Ehrlich is married, and he, his wife Wendy, 20 year step-son Jerry, seven year old son Russell, 4 year old daughter Ava and dog Roxy and cat Jackson who all live a happy life in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. When Mitchell isn't with his family, working or in court, he enjoys hiking, jogging, tennis, cooking, winning swimming races in his backyard pool, and playing guitar.
Mitchell is very aware of the fact that he practices in a field in which, quite often, his clients and their children are in the midst of an emotionally stressful and financially difficult situation, where their futures seem uncertain and making decisions can be difficult. Accordingly, relying on his thorough understanding of the law, his extensive trial and litigation background and his experience handling such sensitive matters, he endeavors to offer his clients his valuable experience, counsel and advice in not only the many complicated legal issues they face, but also the short term and long term impacts of their decisions on themselves, their children and their financial lives. Mitchell always provides his clients with timely and detailed attention, along with a clear goal-oriented approach to their issues. Further, drawing on his Economics Degree and his experience in finance, Mitchell has a keen ability to analyze and explain in plain English, the many complicated financial issues that Family Law matters so often entail.
Recognizing both the emotional and exceeding high financial toll that can be associated with prolonged litigation, Mitchell seeks to avoid needless litigation and he focuses his efforts on reaching settlements and informal resolutions whenever possible. However, when a reasonable settlement that serves his client's best interest cannot be reached, he draws upon his strong litigation and trial skills to obtain favorable outcomes to the myriad of issues facing his clients.
Mr. Ehrlich is a member of the State Bar of California, the Santa Clara Bar Association and the State and Local Bar Family Law Sections. He engages in many professional activities including serving as Judge Pro Tem for the Santa Clara County Family Court and serving as an Arbitrator for the Santa Clara County Bar Association's Attorney Client Fee Disputes Division. Mr. Ehrlich is also a Traffic Court Judge Pro Tem. Mr. Ehrlich also volunteers his time with the Pro Bono Association's Lawyers in the Library Program.
About Mitchell T. Ehrlich
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Year Joined Firm
- 1999
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Central District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of California
Specialties and Certifications
- Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of California (Member)
- Association of Defense Counsel (Member)
- Santa Clara Bar Association, Attorney Client Fee Arbitration Section & Family Law Section (Executive Committee Member)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association (Arbitrator)
- Conference of Delegates
- Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, Member
Education
- Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, 1998
Juris Doctorate
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Deans Honors List - University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1993
Major: Economics
Fraternities and Sororities
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Mitchell T. Ehrlich
Included on the 2023 Northern California list
Past Lists
- 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Trial Skills Certification- NITA, January 8, 2009 - Present
- Avvo "Superb" (10.0) rating
Office Information
Address
1871 The AlamedaSuite 400 San Jose, CA 95126- 1755
Phone
Fax
- (408) 553-0807
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- "Backdraft: A Treatise on the Fireman's Rule in California", San Francisco Daily Journal, June, 2000
- Starting with the Basics in Divorce Discovery:Prep Your Client: Divorce Proceedings in California, Aspatore, 2008
California Family Law Strategies is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the best practices for handling matrimonial and family law cases in the state of California. - A New Generation of Family Law Challenges: California Family Law Strategies, Aspatore, 2008
California Family Law Strategies is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the best practices for handling matrimonial and family law cases in the state of California.
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