Legal Services & Lawyers

The mission of the attorneys at Sullivan & Guzman, APC, is to counsel clients in finding common sense solutions to complex family and real estate legal problems by providing a full spectrum of legal services. Attorney Michelle Sullivan, CLS-F, is a specialist in counseling clients regarding divorce, mediation, collaboration, adoptions, prenuptual agreements, and other legal issues. Attorney Erin Guzman specializes in real estate law and provides legal advice to mobile home park owners, home owner's associations, and others in need of legal counsel. Located in Rancho Bernardo, a neighborhood of north San Diego, our family law practice especially caters to residents of San Diego and North County; our real estate clients come from throughout California.

MS. BASHAR obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona in Management Information Systems in 1987 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law in May 1990. She joined the firm after 7 years as a sole practitioner focusing on civil litigation, business and family law. Prior to opening her own office, Ms. Bashar was an associate attorney in a civil litigation firm where she represented financial institutions as well as individuals with personal injury, fraud and contract matters. She has also worked as a Volunteer Attorney with the Family Law Access Project. Ms. Bashar was admitted to the State Bar of California and the Federal District Court for the Southern District in 1992 and is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the Family Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association. Ms. Bashar is fluent in Farsi, conversant in Spanish and maintains good comprehension of French. Published Case: Doe v. United States (1997) 946 F.Supp.1429. Ms. Bashar was successful in this matter against the U.S. Attorney which resulted in two new laws being established.

I strive to provide my client with the very best representation, aggressively fighting for all they are entitled to under the law.

NO ATTORNEY FEE UNLESS YOU WIN! - applicable to accident and injury cases, as well as discrimination and sexual harassment cases.

I am bilingual Spanish/English - and unlike other attorneys who say "se habla espanol" and it is the secretary who speaks spanish, I SPEAK SPANISH ONE ON ONE WITH MY CLIENTS. Soy yo quien habla espanol - un traductor no es necesario conmigo, y hablo personalmente con mis clientes en espanol.

I have been In the field of bankruptcy for the last 16 years I do both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 in San Diego .I offer a free consultation to my client when they call.

When I am not working I am urban mushing with my husky-dog King

Michele B. Brown is an attorney licensed in the State of California and the United States District Court for the Southern District. She is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and handles complex dissolution of marriage actions, nullity, pre-marital and post-marital agreements, high conflict custody cases, income analysis and business valuations. Ms. Brown cares deeply about the law and her clients. It is for this reason Ms. Brown is actively involved in family law legislation and politics.


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Selected as one of San Diego County's Top Attorneys for 2007, Michele B. Brown is a Supervising and Trial Attorney with the Law Offices of Beatrice L. Snider, APC. The practice is limited exclusively to family law matters. Ms. Brown specializes in complex family law matters, including dissolution of marriage actions with business valuations, income analysis and financial litigation, custody, move-away and psychological evaluations, as well as pre-marital agreements, post-marital agreements, post judgment matters and enforcement actions.




Ms. Brown obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1994, where she received the 1994 Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a Minor in Spanish, from the University of California, Riverside in 1989, and as a Rotary International Scholar, she studied Politics and French at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia



Ms. Brown was admitted to the State Bar of California and the Federal District Court for the Southern District in 1994 and she became a Certified Specialist in Family Law in 2002. She is the Affirmative Legislation Chair of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California, Family Law Section; she is an elected member of Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the State; she is the Family Law Legislation Chair for the San Diego County Certified Family Law Specialists; and an elected member of the Executive Committee of the San Diego County Certified Family Law Specialists.




Ms. Brown is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the Family Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association, and the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California. She co-chaired the Spring 2007 Family Law Seminar on Psychological Issues and has spoken at several seminars on family law matters, including jurisdictional issues and case and statutory updates in the law. Ms. Brown has written articles for the Certified Family Law Specialists Newsletter, acted as the Family Law Floor leader for the San Diego County Bar Association Conference of Delegates, where she authored several proposed Family Law bills. She has volunteered as an attorney for the Family Law Facilitator's Office, is a volunteer family law attorney for the annual KNSD Ask-A-Lawyer program and serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the San Diego Superior Court Family Law Division. Ms. Brown is fluent in Spanish and conversant in French.





Personal Data:


I live in the North Park area of San Diego. Traveling, politics and spending time with my family and friends are my passions outside the practice of law, whether it’s spelunking in Iceland, bungee jumping in New Zealand, scuba diving in Australia or hiking through the John Muir wilderness. My passion for politics has had me working on Capital Hill in D.C., serving on numerous committees and working on campaigns.

MS. O'NEILL obtained her Juris Doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of New Hampshire in 1999 where she holds a membership with the Phi Sigma Pi Honor Society. Prior to joining the firm as a law clerk in March of 2004, she was an intern with the Family Law Facilitator and a law clerk in a private firm specializing in family law. Ms. O'Neill volunteers with the San Diego Children's Reading Program, San Diego Teen Court Program, San Diego Volunteer Lawyers, AIDS Law Clinic, Children at Risk Teaching Program, FlexComm, and the Republican Party of San Diego. She is a member of the State Bar of California, San Diego County Bar Association and the Family Law section of the San Diego County Bar Association. Ms. O'Neill is fluent in Russian and conversational in French and German.