Reviews

Sharon Mah is the worst lawyer in CA. Only panders to Judge Adams and other local attorneys to curry favor. Run don’t walk from this law office. I was completely destroyed financially. Her great work enabled my deadbeat spouse to take our childrens’ college funds. The worst. Go to Bley and Bley in SF. You will get what you pay for.

Sometimes you just need Mah!

From a California Attorney: Sharon Mah continually opens and closes offices to erase reviews of her performance as a divorce attorney and officer of the court. She has an extensive history of representing spousal abusers, sidestepping bright ethical and moral lines to extend the reach and power of abusive spouses and abusive parents. She will set aside her professional obligations to damage or destroy your spouse's career. She must counsel on criminal law as her instructions to clients pose legal jeopardy. As one erased reviewer, a client of Attorney Mah explained, she is the perfect tool to destroy the lives around you, the psychological and emotional health of your children and should be hired if these are your goals. A lawyer who counsels' clients to take children to psychiatrists without obtaining required legal consent to try to get negative information to be used to deny custody? Uhuh. A lawyer who instructs and advises clients to steal highly valuable documents from secure locations, conspiring to hide them, personally taking possession and refusing to return them? Indeed. Making misrepresentions to the court like drinking water? Yup. Creating false representations about the role she takes, creating the false and fraudulent impression to the court and community that a client is representing himself since the lawyer's reputation for improper, illegal, unethical and fraudulent acts could damage a client's case? Terrible. As another erased reviewer recommended, call her immediately and do not hire her --- this way, your spouse cannot hire her either. This is her own advice to her clients in order to manipulate the selection of mediators, child services personnel and court judges to assure that only the most biased and toxic actors are inserted into your family's life. If your spouse has hired Sharon Mah, you need to use available resources to challenge her ability to serve in any capacity in your case. Do it. There are many fine, ethical attorneys to choose from. If you feel an urge to find a soldier to destroy your spouse, stop and find yourself help. She's old school, very old school and may just have missed the common understanding that abuse of a spouse includes abuse through litigatio. And to this particular point you should consider Ms. Mah a master enabler and even straight-up abuser of counterparties and other lawyers using her law license as a cudgel. It's quite disturbing to see her use professional standing and tenure to create human destruction against innocent adults and children alike. Thankfully, the justice system is evolving and recognizing abuse and abusers operating within family law system. The future looks better, with specific criminal statutes addressing the above behavior and criminalizing the type of deplorable actions which Ms. Mah has made a cornerstone of her career. Side deals, improper relationships with commissioners and judges, and corruption in the system of mediators and family law experts are being rooted out. Public corruption investions have done a little to chill these abuses, but the responsibility of allowing black hearts near your personal life and the lives of your children. Since she is best matched to spousal abusers, the damage to children is far down the priority list for such clients so as long as she's allowed to hold a license she'll find the clients who fit her professional mission and lack of care or commitment to the California justice system. She may be long retired or forced out of the business before such criminal statutes are finalized in California, so in the meantime I offer this warning and advice on how to manage and avoid just one danger of many that can certainly cause serious damage to you. Resist the urge to win at all costs because after selecting Ms Mah as legal counsel to carry on abuse of a spouse through litigation and child custody horrors will result in exactly that.

This I the Family Law Firm that you want to retain before your spouse does.

Emily and her team have been great to work with for navigating some needed shifts in my MSA through the court process. Thank you very much. I'm very grateful.

After 9 years together I recently got divorced. Started with a simple separation that soon escalated into complicated matters, specially regarding custody and visitation rights. It was a time in my life where emotional pain clouded my judgement, I was confused and inexperienced. Then I meet Emily Vance, who dedicate her time, early morning and late at night. Always calm and objective. After negotiations with three different lawyers, Not only she helped me kept legal and custody rights, she also accomplished a fair agreement. Fair for both parents. When I was wrong, she did let me know and managed to give guidance in a painful process with kindness and empathy. I am grateful Carlos Silva

My close friend who is a paralegal in Family Law highly recommended Emily Vance and Vance Family Law. Going through the legal process is never easy or fun. It wasn't "a joy" working with Emily, because the issue she was helping me with was painful and life changing. I will tell you that I felt supported throughout the process. Emily was very professional, responsive and I felt she truly advocated for me. The information she provided allowed me to make informed decisions in my best interest. On many occasions when I felt like capitulating to certain demands just to "get it over with", she helped me advocate for myself and push for concessions on the other side. We frequently discussed cost vs gain. When an expensive deadline was looming, she provided me with advice and suggestions to help my adversary see reason and come to a resolution...before we both spent thousands on a pretrial hearing. While I hope to NEVER be a part of a similar process, if I did need more family law assistance, I would absolutely contact Vance Family Law.

Emily is a terrific attorney. She kept me informed throughout the whole process, she diligently followed-up and explained the actions and implications along the way. I highly recommend her. She's very professional at all levels and made my divorce process the best it could be.