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Bishop Ranch Business Park
2680 Bishop Drive, Suite 260
San Ramon,
California
94583
Phone: 925-275-0855
Fax: 925-275-1820
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Weiler & Borst LLP is a small, client-oriented family law firm specializing in helping individuals resolve issues relating to divorce and separation. Areas addressed include characterization, valuation and division of marital assets and obligations, including real and personal property, business interests, professional practices, tax-deferred savings, and retirement benefits; as well as issues relating to child and spousal support and the determination of custody and visitation arrangements for minor children. The firm also assists clients in negotiating and drafting pre-marital agreements and post-nuptial agreements and matters in which paternity is at issue.
Our representation runs the gamut from negotiated settlements to alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and collaborative law, to full scale litigation, depending on the needs and desires of our clients.
The firm has received the highest possible rating (AV) for legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is listed in their national Bar Register Of Preeminent Lawyers. Mr. Weiler has been designated a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization of The State Bar Of California.
About the Attorneys
Leonard D. Weiler
Leonard D. Weiler has been in the private practice of law since his admission to the California State Bar in 1976. He is certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization, a designation requiring extensive trial and other experience, demonstrated knowledge of family law, and a solid reputation. A graduate of Colgate University, he received his Doctor of Law degree with honors from Golden Gate University in 1976, where he served as Executive Editor of the Law Review.
A member of the Alameda County and Contra Costa County Bar Associations as well as the California State Bar, the professional peer recognition of Mr. Weiler’s family law expertise has been reflected in numerous leadership positions, including President of the Contra Costa County Bar Association Family Law Section (1997), President of the statewide Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (1998), as well as founder and past chair of the Bay Area’s Family Law Inter-County Council. As a delegate to the Family Law Council Of Community Property States, he has presented California's topic paper in 1999 (Donor's Remorse: When A Gift Is Not A Gift: Recovery Of Contributions Of Property During Marriage) and 2002 (Matrimonial Agreements In California: Requirements For Validity). He was selected and participated for several years as a delegate to the annual state bar conference of delegates.
Mr. Weiler serves regularly as a Judge Pro Tem in the family law departments of the Alameda County and Contra Costa County Superior Courts. He has also been selected as an attorney fee arbitrator for both the Alameda County and Contra Costa County Bar Associations.
He and his attorney wife, Alice, reside in Oakland and have two children.
Thomas G. Borst
A native of the Bay Area, Thomas G. Borst was admitted to the California State Bar in 1988. He received his B.A. Degree in German from the University of California at Berkeley and graduated with Honors from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1988. Like Mr. Weiler, Mr. Borst served as an editor of the Law Review.
Mr. Borst is a member of the Alameda County, Eastern Alameda County and Contra Costa County Bar Associations, as well as the State Bar of California. Mr Borst is past President (1999) of the EACBA where he has served on the Board of Directors since 1995 and on the Lawyer Referral Service Committee for several years. He is also a member of the Family Law and Estate Planning Sections of the Alameda and Contra Costa County Bar Associations, and the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section of the State Bar. He regularly serves as an attorneys fee arbitrator for the Alameda County and Contra Costa County Bar Associations.
The bulk of Mr. Borst’s practice is devoted to family law, where he has achieved considerable success for both men and women clients in negotiating settlement agreements and in litigation.
In addition to family law practice, Mr. Borst concentrates on estate planning, expertise that proves beneficial to clients both in the process of, or following dissolution, as well as individuals and couples of significant net worth seeking to arrange their affairs to minimize tax implications.
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