Tamara Shari Benefield-Faulk
Benefield Faulk P.C. Family Law Trial Advocates
Tamara Shari Benefield is a top-notch family law litigator for over 20 years handling high asset divorces, contested custody proceedings, as well as providing aggressive and compassionate representation for all things family law from child support and spousal support hearings as well as international and interstate child abduction cases.
Ms. Benefield is a highly skilled cross examiner and exceptionally gifted trial attorney. She knows the rules and laws regarding evidence and knows how to successfully raise objections and keep out certain evidence. She is a former professor at West Los Angeles College of Law and taught Civil Procedure to prepare students to pass the State Bar Examination.
She graduated a Public Interest Scholar from Loyola Law School and has since been awarded the National Bar Associations “Top 40 Attorneys Under 40” award in 2017 and is an “Elite Advocate” by the American Institute of Legal Advocates as one of the top 1% of family law attorneys in the State of California.
- California St Univ Northridge
- Undergraduate Degree
- Loyola Law School
- Law Degree
- Professor
- University Of West Los Angeles School Of Law
- - Current
- CEO/Lead Attorney
- Benefield Faulk P.C. Family Law Trial Advocates
- - Current
- Associate
- Anderson, McPharlin & Conners
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- What Every Homeowner In Distress Should Know When They Face Foreclosure
- Role of US Corps and Insurance Company in Remedying Racial Injustice, 2022 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar
- CERTIFIED FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST
- ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED FAMILY LAW SPECIALIST
- Best Divorce Attorney in Beverly Hills
- Expertise
- Client Choice Award
- AVVO
- Elite Advocate
- American Institute of Legal Advocates
- National Bar Association
- Trailblazer Under 40 Award
- National Bar Association
- Top 100 Family Law Attorneys
- California State Bar  # 225276
- Member
- - Current
- California
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- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Q. What happens to a parent who withholds a child from court ordered visitations?
- A: If a child is withheld, a parent may also file to modify the child custody schedule. ... If the withholding of the child violates a court order, a parent may file for a criminal contempt against the parent who withholds the child for each instance that the child is withheld.