Lisa Hassett, Attorney and Principal

Ms. Hassett was admitted to the California Bar in 1999. She is a results-oriented attorney who provides experience, knowledge and support to clients throughout San Diego and Orange County who are going through a divorce or have some other family law legal issue.

She counsels people whose marriages are coming to an end and who are having to deal with such divorce-related issues as the division of complex community assets and debts, child custody and visitation and spousal and child support. For those who are not married she can help establish paternity to obtain child custody and visitation orders.

She also has tremendous amount of experience in helping clients obtain or defend domestic violence restraining orders. These are for both civil restraining orders and, of course, domestic-family-law restraining orders.

Ms. Hassett is experienced in the preparation and review of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She also advocates for people whose marriages have already been dissolved, helping them obtain post judgment modifications or the enforcement of existing support and parenting orders.

She is an experienced negotiator which allows her to help clients reach a settlement of the issues in the case. Ms. Hassett helps her clients make the best-informed decisions on the matters that affect their cases while she works hard to ensure they achieve the favorable outcomes they expect and deserve.

Derek Vosskuhler, CFLS

Derek B. Vosskuhler has been practicing in all areas of family law exclusively since being admitted to the California Bar in 1997. Mr. Vosskuhler became a Certified Family Law Specialist in 2005. In 2007 he became a partner in the firm McArdle & Vosskuhler, PC. Mr. Vosskuhler is an associate of Hassett Family Law, PC.

Mr. Vosskuhler has a wealth of experience in the courtrooms throughout Southern California. He brings that experience to each client he represents and understands how important it is to have not only an aggressive and zealous attorney representing you in and out of the courtroom, but also an attorney who is caring and compassionate. As a father of two, he understands the relationship between parent and child and how important that bond is and how important it is to fight to maintain it. Mr. Vosskuhler’s experience spans all areas of divorce and family law.

Erik C. Jenkins, CFLS, Of Counsel

Erik C. Jenkins received his Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law in January of 1997. For a number of years, Mr. Jenkins worked as a research attorney for the San Diego Superior Court. During his first three years with the court, Mr. Jenkins worked as the primary research attorney for the family law division of the Vista branch of the Superior Court. He also assisted the Probate Court with their legal research needs. This experience with the family court gave Mr. Jenkins an intimate familiarity with the complex and varied practice of family law.

In 2001, Mr. Jenkins transferred to work as an independent calendar research attorney for the Honorable Sheridan Reed. Mr. Jenkins assisted Judge Reed with a wide range of civil law and motion work, including several class actions, CEQA actions and complex civil litigation cases.

Mr. Jenkins left the Superior Court in 2002 to pursue a career in private practice. Mr. Jenkins has been lead-trial counsel in a number of certified class action discrimination lawsuits against large corporate defendants. He has obtained multiple seven figure outcomes in these cases. Work Mr. Jenkins and his team of lawyers have been able to accomplish has shaped the tide and course of discrimination law in California over the past decade including successful appeals of civil rights issues all the way to the California Supreme Court. Mr. Jenkins contributes a substantial portion of his time eradicating discrimination in California through these civil rights lawsuits.

Mr. Jenkins devotes additional efforts helping families navigate through divorce. Mr. Jenkins handles divorces, child and spousal support issues, custody disputes, domestic violence restraining orders, pre and post nuptial agreements and contempt actions. He also engages in private dispute resolution as both a mediator and in the collaborative divorce setting.

Mr. Jenkins performs pro bono work for Native American tribes throughout the country including forming and implementing tribal codes and addressing legal issues unique to Native Americans. Mr. Jenkins sits pro bono as an associate Judge for the Intertribal Court of Southern California.

Mr. Jenkins is admitted to practice in all California state courts as well as the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of California as well as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal. He is also admitted to practice before the Intertribal Court of Southern California. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the La Jolla Bar Association and the North County Bar Association.

Hassett Family Law

Hassett Family Law, PC, is located in San Diego, California. To learn more about our practice or to set up a complimentary consultation, please contact our firm by calling 1-858-504-7824.