Legal Services & Lawyers

Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., is an Attorney at Law, and the founder and owner of the law firm.

He is the proud father of two adult daughters.

Mr. Fernandez is an avid motorcycle rider and is familiar with the special problems related to motorcycle accidents.

He earned a Juris Doctor Degree from The University of La Verne College of Law, and is licensed to practice law in the State of California by the California Supreme Court.

Mr. Fernandez has also been admitted to practice law before The United States Federal Court, Central District.

Mr. Fernandez is a trial lawyer who has extensive experience handling personal injury cases, and other types of cases, throughout the State of California.

Mr. Fernandez is or has been a member of The California State Bar, The American Bar Association, The Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.

Norman Gregory Fernandez is a member of the American Bar Association Advisory Panel.

He has been in several legal publications.

Norman Gregory Fernandez was featured in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, March 3-16, 2008 edition.

An Interview of Norman Gregory Fernandez appears in the January 2001, edition of Managing Partner Magazine.

An extensive interview of Mr. Fernandez was published in the January 2000 issue of California Lawyer Magazine.

Mr. Fernandez was quoted in the December/ January 2000 issue of Law Office Computing.

Mr. Fernandez wrote an article which was published in the April/ May 1999 issue of Law Office Computing Magazine.

An article was written about Mr. Fernandez which was published in the May 1999 issue of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine.

Mr. Fernandez is an aggressive lawyer who enjoys getting results for his clients.

Since forming Wisner Dispute Resolution Services in 2003, Alec Wisner has been using his unique and diverse background to assist hundreds of clients successfully resolve their disputes. Thoroughly trained in all aspects of mediation, especially in the areas of divorce and family mediation as well as commercial mediation, Alec provides both an understanding of the underlying issues and an ability to facilitate positive communication.

Alec brings a rich and diverse background to his mediation practice. While attending U.C.L.A., he won numerous national debate awards, graduating in 1971. Alec matriculated at the University of Southern California Law Center, earning his J.D. in 1974.

From 1975 through 1978, Mr. Wisner developed his legal skills in the areas of family and commercial law. In 1978, seeking new challenges, he entered the world of corporate business. During the ensuing eighteen years, Alec served in top management in the printing/publishing industry. In this capacity, he managed the growth or several medium-size corporations and was personally responsible for the spinoff of several new, successful enterprises. Mr. Wisner is still actively involved as a director of such corporations as Golden Triangle Financial Services, located in Las Vegas, NV.

Returning to the full-time practice of law, Mr. Wisner became a principal in Stanbury Fishelman & Wisner, Inc., in Los Angeles, California. As an attorney, Mr. Wisner's practice encompassed complex civil litigation, class actions, as well as family law.

Mr. Gill graduated from San Luis Obispo High School as a Valedictorian. He obtained his Undergraduate training at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At U.C. Santa Barbara, he majored in Law & Society and Religious Studies, and was awarded the prestigious Dean's Honors in Fall 1989 and in Spring 1992.

After graduating from U.C.S.B., he enrolled at California Western School of Law for his law degree with a Dean's Scholarship. After graduating, he passed the California bar exam on his first attempt.

Mr. Gill is admitted to the State Bar of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He is a member of the Ventura County Bar Association. He is licensed to practice in all the courts of California, as well as the federal courts.

Mr. Gill is fluent in four languages.

Bio for Donna A. Laurent, Certified Family Law Specialist

Donna graduated from Southwestern University School of Law, Summa Cum Laude, in May 1994. While at Southwestern, she earned American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Research & Writing, Constitutional Law and Torts. She also received Corpus Juris Secundum Awards in Civil Procedure and Torts and an Outstanding Achievement Award in the International Protection of Human Rights. She was invited to Law Review and Moot Court, but chose, instead, to devote her non-school hours to raising her young son, who started kindergarten when she started law school.

Prior to law school, Donna earned a B.A. in Drama from the University of Virginia and spent several years acting in various theater companies before eventually becoming the Director of Acquisitions for a private real estate owner/developer of multi-million dollar manufactured housing communities located throughout the United States. She held that position for several years and was responsible for acquiring properties valued at over $50,000,000. This background and experience provide Donna with unique skills which can be creatively utilized in both courtroom advocacy and in analyzing complex financial issues.

While still attending law school, Donna began volunteering in the Domestic Violence Clinic of the San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services. She has continued to advocate for domestic violence victims over the past 16 years and has a particular expertise in this area of family law.

In addition, Donna is highly experienced in the representation of parents of “special needs” children, including children with autism, bipolar disorder, learning disabilities, ADHD, etc. As the parent of a special needs child herself, she brings personalized knowledge, empathy and an ability to develop and implement individualized parenting plans that best suit the unique needs of these children and their families. She has lectured extensively, both for various bar associations and for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts on issues related to special needs children involved in family law proceedings .

Donna is also extremely active in local bar association activities and does volunteer work for the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Family Law Departments in a number of capacities. She has sat as a “Judge Pro Tem” or temporary judge, in numerous family law courts throughout L.A. County since 2005. She is a volunteer family law mediator for the Van Nuys branch court. She and Cari M. Pines are currently Co-Chair Elects of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association (SFVBA) and Co-Chairs of the Family Law Section’s Programs. She is a former Trustee of the SFVBA, a Co-Chair of its Attorney Referral Service Committee, and a member of its Diversity Committee, which includes being an adult advisor/Committee Member of the Bar’s Law and Government Explorer Post #1926.

In her free time, Donna’s hobbies include flower gardening & practicing meditation.