John Daniel Hodson
John Hodson is managing and founding partner of Hodson & Mullin, Attorneys at Law, a six lawyer firm with offices in Vacaville and Fairfield, California. He is AV-Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, a board-Certified Family Law Specialist (California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization) and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). His practice is entirely devoted to family law as litigant's counsel, arbitrator, mediator, private judge, judge pro tem, special master, and collaborative counsel spanning over 30 years.
A graduate of The George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C., Mr. Hodson served more than two decades with the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps. He has litigated hundreds of cases throughout the U.S. and overseas.
Mr. Hodson is Past Chair and Adviser to the State Bar of California Family Law Section Executive Committee (FlexCom); past Secretary, Education Director and Legislative Director for the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS); long-time member of the Editorial Board for The Specialist and Family Law News quarterly scholarly publications; member of the AAML National Legislative Committee and past Legislative Liaison for AAML's Northern California Chapter. He is a member of the Judicial Council’s Family and Juvenile Advisory Committee, an arbitrator for the State Bar of California Mandatory Fee Arbitration Panel, and has chaired the Napa/Solano County Bar Associations Mandatory Fee Arbitration Panels for many years.
He is a member of the Pennsylvania and California state bars, and is admitted to the federal and military appellate courts. He has been a perennial Northern California Super Lawyer since 2005; winner of the SCBA’s Attorney of the Year Award, and the ACFLS Sterling Award in 2017. He is recognized among the Nation’s Top One Percent of attorneys, and is a charter member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board.
- Rollins Coll
- Undergraduate Degree
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- George Washington Univ LS
- Law Degree
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- Family Law in Solano
- California State Bar
- Certified Family Law Specialist
- State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
- Certified Mediator, Straus Institute for Dispute Mediation
- Pepperdine University School of Law
- Sterling Award
- Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
- Law Firm of the Year
- Solano County Bar Association
- Attorney of the Year
- Solano County Bar Association
- Super Lawyer every year since 2005
- Northern California Super Lawyers
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- National Legislative Committee, Board of Managers, Legislative Liaison
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- The Salvation Army Advisory Board, Solano County, California
- Charter Member
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- Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
- Legislative Director, Education Director, Board Secretary
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- California State Bar # 153784
- Member
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- State Bar of California Family Law Section (FlexCom) # 153784
- Executive Committee Chair, Advisor
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- Solano County Bar Association
- Board of Directors; Member; Family Law Section; Chair of Mandatory Fee Arbitration Panel
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- American Bar Association
- Member, Family Law Section
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- California Judicial Council Family & Juvenile Law Advisory Committee
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- California
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- Pennsylvania
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- U. S. Court of Military Appeals
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Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Initial consultations are discounted to $150 to discuss legal issues, representation, and fees.
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- English: Spoken, Written