About Gina Azzolino

Certified Family Law Specialist

Gina Azzolino is a Partner at MTSA and a Certified Family Law Specialist with the State Bar of California. She has practiced family law exclusively since 2005.

Ms. Azzolino has significant experience in all areas of family law, including child custody and visitation, child support (including high-earner disputes), spousal support, domestic violence and restraining orders, date of separation disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, set-aside of premarital agreements, property division, reimbursement claims, business valuations and other complex financial issues. Ms. Azzolino works closely and regularly with forensic accountants on complicated financial issues as well as with mental health professionals in custody and visitation disputes to reach successful results for her clients. Ms. Azzolino also drafts and reviews premarital agreements and post-marital agreements.
With considerable courtroom experience before both private and public judges, including law and motion practice, settlement conferences and trials. Ms. Azzolino has experience in courts throughout the Bay Area, including the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and San Francisco. Ms. Azzolino’s legal experience also includes immigration, bankruptcy and contested guardianship matters which often overlap with family law matters.

Ms. Azzolino received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Davis in 2000. She double majored in International Relations and Italian, going on to receive her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2004. In law school she participated in Honors Moot Court and gained clinical experience at the East San Jose Community Law Center. After being admitted to the California State Bar in December 2004, Ms. Azzolino became an active member of the Family Law Sections of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and the San Mateo County Bar Association.

Ms. Azzolino has been named as an outstanding lawyer on the Northern California Rising Stars List (2018) and a Super Lawyer in Northern California (2019). In addition, she was selected as one of the 10 Best Attorneys by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys (2017, 2018) and recognized by Lawyers of Distinction (2018) for her excellence in Family and Divorce Law.

Email: [email protected]
Office: 408-244-4570
Website: www.mtsalawgroup.com

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