Barbara K. Hammers | Attorney
Main Office
276 Victoria St.
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Top Local Lawyers
Frank Fasel
Chris and Frank Accident Attorneys
Personal Injury, Car Accident, Slip & Fall Accident, Animal Bite, Workers' Compensation
20250 SW Birch St
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Chris Guldjian
Chris and Frank Accident Attorneys
Personal Injury, Car Accident, Slip & Fall Accident, Animal Bite, Workers' Compensation
20250 SW Birch St
Newport Beach, CA 92660
J. Grant McCreary
Injury Compensation Law, PC
Accident & Injury, Car Accident, Personal Injury, Animal Bite, Workers' Compensation
3001 Red Hill Ave STE 2-222
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
John D Wu
Averto Law Firm
Wrongful Termination, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
245 Fischer Ave Suite B4
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Brian D Chase
Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys, LLP
Accident & Injury, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Animal Bite, Car Accident
1301 Dove St STE 120
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Matthew Charles Lapple
Lapple Ubell IP Law, LLP
Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark, Copyright,
19800 Macarthur Blvd Third Floor
Irvine, CA 92612
Paul Seth Meyer
Paul S. Meyer, APC
White Collar Crime, Felony, DUI-DWI, Criminal,
695 Town Center Dr Ste 875
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Frances Prizzia
The Law Offices of Frances Prizzia
Criminal, DUI-DWI,
5000 Birch St Suite 3000
Newport Beach, CA 92660
John Vukmanovic
Delman Vukmanovic LLP
Business, Commercial Real Estate, Employment, Intellectual Property, Commercial Leasing
19200 Von Karman Avenue 6th Floor
Irvine, CA 92612
About Barbara
Office Locations:
Los Angeles County
2800 28th Street, Suite 305
Santa Monica, CA 90045
T: 310-458-0796 F: 310-393-9402
Orange County
Ms. Hammers is a native Southern Californian born in Glendale, California. After several years of running successful businesses, she earned her degree in Psychology, graduating with highest honors from California State University, Fullerton.
Ms. Hammers went on to earn her law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and started her own practice shortly thereafter. Although she has some civil litigation experience, she has concentrated her law practice in the area of domestic relations/Family Law since 1997. She is certified as a Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.
Ms. Hammers is currently the senior litigation partner in Hammers & Baltazar, LLP, with offices located in Santa Monica and Newport Beach, California.
Her organizational memberships include the Family Law Sections of the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Santa Monica Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, American Bar Association and is currently a member of the Family Law Executive Committee for the State Bar of California (FLEXCOM). She was the Chair for the State Bar of California's Children's Issues Committee from 2005 to 2009, was the Committee's Secretary from 1998 to 2003, and the Vice Chair from 2003 to 2004. She is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. She is the Chair of the Santa Monica Bar Association's Family Law Section and is the incoming president of the Santa Monica Bar Association. She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Family Law Section Executive Committee. She is a graduate of the American Bar Association, Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.
Ms. Hammers has lengthy experience in program presentations for the Family Law Section of the Santa Monica Bar Association and has coordinated and hosted monthly MCLE programs approximately 10 times per year since 2006. She has developed and presented programs for the American Bar Association's Family Law Section and has assisted in the development of programs for the State Bar of California, Family Law Section. She has also authored articles on fathers paternity rights, division of stock options, law practice management, domestic violence prevention, and various other topic of interest to the family law community.
Her volunteer efforts in the community have included assisting victims of Domestic Violence through volunteering at local Domestic Violence Clinics in Los Angeles County, and she has been assisting the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Family Law, Traffic, Civil Harassment, and Small Claims in courthouses throughout Los Angeles County since 2007.
Early training as a litigator allows her to move comfortably in the family court system but her natural talents as a problem solver make her an excellent mediator. In her desire to offer the full range of legal services to the family law client, she has expanded her practice to include Collaborative Divorce which allows the family law client an alternative to the traditional legal model of litigation to resolve disputes. Collaborative Divorce allows the clients and their counsel to fashion remedies that make the process of divorcing one with the potential of growth for both parties while preserving the resources of the couple and lessening the damage to children often experienced in the adversarial process. The outcome is usually better than can be obtained in the traditional litigation setting.
Education
Citrus Community College Associate Science
Hammers & Baltazar LLP Highlights
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Collaborative Law, Farms, Divorce, Family Law; Paternity