Marlo Van Oorschot J.D.

Marlo Van Oorschot has gained a reputation during more than 17 years as a respected Los Angeles-based family law attorney who has helped hundreds of clients resolve divorce,

child custody, child and spousal support and property disputes. She is the founding and managing partner of Law Offices of Marlo Van Oorschot, APLC.

Ms. Van Oorschot focuses her advice and guidance on helping people take the steps necessary to emerge into the next phase of their lives empowered with knowledge, a new perspective and productive solutions. She excels at using the right process at the right time for each individual client, which includes where appropriate, litigation, mediation and collaborative proceedings as the latter of which are alternatives to courtroom controversy. Her practical

approach is central to How To Survive Grey Divorce: What You Need to Know About Divorce After 50. As she explains, “A great way to help alleviate your concerns about divorce is to learn more about the process. Reviewing this information can help you understand what you face in grey divorce, and enable you to frame questions and develop answers and strategy you hadn’t thought of before.”

Ms. Van Oorschot’s years of experience have taught her that the best approach to a divorce is reflected in a specific process, the phrase which she has trademarked as “Strategy. Guidance. Teamwork.™” These words describe the way in which Ms. Van Oorschot assesses the needs of each specific client and works with the client as a trusted partner at every step in the divorce proceeding.

Ms. Van Oorschot limits her practice to family law matters, has been named as a “Rising Star Super Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles Magazine, and holds the highest “AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating” from the authoritative Martindale-Hubbell guide.

In writing Surviving Grey Divorce, Ms. Van Oorschot continues a tradition of education and outreach that is fundamental to her legal career. She regularly blogs on family law issues at www.mvolaw.com. Her more detailed discussions of divorce-related concerns have appeared in

such authoritative publications as the Los Angeles Daily Law Journal (“Your Parents' Grey Divorce: No More Ozzie and Harriet,” an earlier and much shorter version of this book published July 25, 2011) and the American Bar Association’s GPSolo magazine (“Planning for Your Divorce… and Your Next Marriage,” October/November 2008). Ms. Van Oorschot has been quoted in media outlets (for example, an Internet radio interview on prenuptial agreements found on her website at www.mvolaw.com) and has been a featured speaker in professional education programs like the West LegalEd Center audio podcast, “The Grey Divorce: Its Impact on the Lawyer, the Lawyer's Practice and the Lawyer's Second Season” (September 20, 2011).

Ms. Van Oorschot is married and lives in Los Angeles with her husband.