Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm recognition is an honor Mendes Law, PC is proud to receive for the third consecutive year. In 2026, Diablo magazine readers once again recognized Mendes Law as Best Family Law Firm, continuing an achievement that now spans 2024, 2025, and 2026.
For our all-female family law team in Walnut Creek, three consecutive years of recognition represent much more than an award. They reflect the trust and support of our clients, colleagues, and East Bay community and the work our team puts into helping individuals and families through some of the most difficult periods of their lives.
Over the past year, Mendes Law has continued advocating for clients facing divorce, child custody and support disputes, domestic violence, restraining orders, and other complex family law matters. We have also continued learning, researching, and preparing for the unique challenges each case presents while finding meaningful ways to support the community we serve.
Three Years Recognized as a Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm
Receiving this recognition once was an honor. Being recognized as a Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm for three consecutive years makes this milestone especially meaningful.
The 2024, 2025, and 2026 recognitions represent three years of relationships built with our clients and community. They also represent three years of our team continuing to challenge ourselves to provide an exceptional level of legal representation and client service.
Family law is deeply personal. People often contact our office during periods of significant change and uncertainty. A client may be facing the end of a marriage, concerns about custody of their children, financial uncertainty, or a situation involving domestic violence or personal safety. Those circumstances require more than a standard legal approach.
At Mendes Law, PC, we take the time to understand what is happening, what matters most to our client, and what they hope to achieve. From there, we develop a legal strategy tailored to the individual circumstances of the case.
Being recognized as a Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm for a third consecutive year reinforces our commitment to maintaining that personalized approach.
A Continued Commitment to Domestic Violence Advocacy
One area of our family law practice that remains especially important to our team is representing clients in matters involving domestic violence and restraining orders.
Domestic violence can affect virtually every part of a person’s life. When children are involved, the situation can become even more complicated as concerns involving safety, child custody, visitation, housing, finances, and divorce may intersect. These cases can also require urgent legal action.
Our attorneys help clients understand their legal options and prepare for proceedings involving Domestic Violence Restraining Orders (DVROs), child custody, divorce, and related family law matters. Mendes Law’s restraining order practice includes representation for individuals seeking or responding to restraining orders.
We recognize the sensitivity and complexity involved in these cases. Our approach combines compassion with careful preparation, research, and strategic advocacy.
Whether an individual is seeking protection or responding to allegations made against them, we believe domestic violence matters deserve serious, thoughtful, and experienced legal attention.
For people who want to better understand the process independently, the California Courts Self-Help Center also provides information about domestic violence restraining orders and other family law resources.
A Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm That Continues to Learn
Being recognized as a Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm does not mean becoming comfortable with what we already know. We believe it means continuing to raise the standard.
California family law continues to evolve, and every family brings different facts, personalities, financial circumstances, and challenges to a case. That is why our attorneys remain committed to continued learning, legal research, thorough preparation, and developing strategies based on each client’s individual circumstances.
Years of experience provide an important foundation, but experience alone is not enough.Our clients trust us with decisions that can affect their children, finances, safety, homes, and futures. We take that responsibility seriously.
Whether we are handling a complex divorce, child custody dispute, support issue, or domestic violence matter, our team is prepared to examine the details, research the issues, and determine an appropriate path forward.
An All-Female Family Law Team Serving the East Bay
Behind each of our three consecutive Best Family Law Firm recognitions is the Mendes Law team. We are proud to be an all-female family law team with a shared commitment to providing clients with thoughtful guidance, clear communication, personal attention, and strong advocacy.
Family law requires attorneys to balance many different skills. Clients need someone who will listen and understand the personal circumstances behind a case. At the same time, they need an attorney who can remain focused, strategic, and prepared when difficult legal decisions need to be made. Our goal is to provide both.
Throughout the legal process, we work to help clients understand what is happening, what options may be available, and what they can expect next. We want our clients to feel informed and prepared as they make important decisions about their families and futures.
Supporting East Bay Families Beyond the Courtroom
Our commitment to families does not end when we leave the courtroom. Over the past year, Mendes Law has continued supporting organizations, community events, and fundraising efforts that help individuals and families during challenging times.
One especially meaningful event was our participation in the 12th Anniversary Jenna Betti Memorial Golf Tournament. #HerSmile is a peer-to-peer memorial and hardship fundraising platform helping individuals and families prepare for, respond to, and recover from bereavement, grief, and life’s significant challenges.Supporting fundraising efforts like these aligns closely with the values of our firm.
As family law attorneys, we regularly work with people navigating unexpected and life-changing circumstances. We understand that families can need many different forms of support, not all of which happen inside a courtroom.
Whether through legal advocacy, community partnerships, sponsorships, fundraising efforts, or helping raise awareness, we are proud to find ways to contribute to the communities we serve.
What Three Consecutive Years of Recognition Means to Mendes Law
Three consecutive years as a Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm would not be possible without the people who continue to support Mendes Law. To our clients who have trusted us during incredibly personal periods of their lives: thank you. To the attorneys, professionals, and community members who have referred individuals and families to our firm: thank you.And to everyone who has supported and voted for Mendes Law in Diablo magazine’s Best of the East Bay: thank you for helping us achieve this recognition for three consecutive years.
We are proud to display 2024, 2025, and 2026 together, but those years also remind us that recognition must continue to be earned. Our focus remains on providing every client with the preparation, communication, personal attention, and advocacy they deserve. You can also explore Mendes Law’s previous Best of the East Bay recognition on our website.
About Mendes Law, PC
Mendes Law, PC is an award-winning family law firm based in Walnut Creek, California, serving individuals and families throughout Contra Costa County and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Led by attorney Lisa Mendes, our all-female team provides strategic and compassionate representation in divorce, child custody, child support, domestic violence, restraining orders, and other complex family law matters.
Recognized as a Best of the East Bay Family Law Firm for three consecutive years—2024, 2025, and 2026. Mendes Law combines clear guidance, disciplined advocacy, thorough preparation, and personalized attention to help clients navigate legal matters that can impact their children, financial stability, safety, and future.
Every family’s circumstances are different. Our goal is to understand yours, explain your legal options, and help you determine the right path forward. Schedule a consultation with Mendes Law, PC today or call (925) 979-5568 to speak with our team about your family law matter.