Our Team
almost 20 years of experience
Lisa R. McCall
Dual Certified Family Law and Appellate Law Specialist
Lisa R. McCall has been a licensed practicing attorney for almost 20 years. She has extensive experience in family law writs, appeals and litigation. Ms. McCall is a Family Law Specialist and an Appellate Law Specialist certified by the State Board of Legal Specialization. She is a member of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and has completed both the Houston Family Law Trial Institute, an extensive family law trial training program, and the Orange County Bar Association College of Trial Advocacy.
Lisa R. McCall earned her J.D., cum laude, from Whittier Law School in 2006, where she was a senior member of the Whittier Law School Journal of Child and Family Advocacy, a teaching assistant in first-year legal writing, and an active member of the Public Interest Law Foundation. During law school, she became a certified mediator and mediated small claims cases at the Orange County Superior Court. She became a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court in December 2010.
- Chair of the Board of the Orange County Bar Association Family Law Section
- Chair of the Board of the Orange County Bar Association Appellate Law Section
- Secretary of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists Orange County Chapter
- Amicus Committee of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, reviewing appellate cases to advocate for publication or depublication
- Member of the Editorial Committee of the Family Law Specialist, editing and submitting family law articles
- Volunteered with Public Law Center, where she has represented pro bono family law litigants
- Volunteered with Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County, where she served as an attorney judge at the annual Constitutional Rights Foundation mock trial competitions.
- Served as an appellate attorney judge at the annual California State University Long Beach moot court competitions.
- Privately tutored law students in the areas of legal writing and law school examination preparation.
- Fall 2012, she was invited by her alma mater, Whittier Law School, to become an adjunct professor, where she co-taught an Appellate Advocacy course.
- Served as the Vice-President of Fundraising for her local temple Sisterhood board.
Published Works
What Lawyers Need to Know About Statements of Decision, Orange County Trial Lawyers Assn., The Gavel, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2009
(Co-authored with Judge Franz Miller and Attorney Marjorie G. Fuller)
In re Marriage of Minkin: A Cautionary Tale, ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Fall 2017
Use of Motions in Limine in Family Law, ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Winter 2018
The Statement of Decision Process: what it is, when you are entitled to one, why it matters, and how to process it, ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Spring 2018
(Co-authored with Judge Franz Miller and Attorney Marjorie G. Fuller)
Preserving Your Client’s Appellate Rights At Trial, ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Fall 2023
Published Cases
In re Marriage of Hoch (2026) 119 Cal.App.5th 80.
Houser v. Superior Court (2025) 121 Cal.App.5th 31.
In re Marriage of R.K. and G.K. (2025) 113 Cal.App.5th 14.
In re Marriage of Lietz (2024) 99 Cal.App.5th 664.
Last v. Superior Court of Orange County (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 30.
In re Marriage of Belthius (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 1.
LaSalle v. Vogel (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 127.
In re Marriage of Minkin (2017) 11 Cal.App.5th 939.
In re Marriage of Georgiou and Leslie (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 561.
In re Marriage of Ficke (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th 10.
In re Marriage of Bendetti (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 863.
Brennan v. Townsend & O’Leary Enterprises, Inc. (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 1336.
In re Marriage of Tong and Samson (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 23.
Gdowski v. Gdowski (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 128.
Speaking Engagements
“Trial Tips for Preserving the Record for Appeal”
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, May 2026
“Trial Basics Seminar – Statements of Decision and Hearsay Objections”
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, April 2026
“Appealable Orders in Family Law: Can you appeal…and should you?”
San Diego Bar Association Spring Seminar, February 2026
“2025 Family Law Review”
Presented with David A. Dworakowski, CFLS, CALS
Orange County Study Group, February 2026
“The Family Home: Legal Realities & Human Dimensions, Part One”
Presented with Judge Thomas Trent Lewis (Ret.) and Supervising Judge Eric J. Wersching
Orange County Bar Association Family Law Section, October 2025
“Protecting Your Trial Record for Appeal”
Presented with Attorney David Outwater
William P. Gray Inn of Court, October 2025
“Getting Started in Appeals: Lessons for New Appellate Practitioners”
Presented with Attorneys Lauren Johnson and Michelle LiVecchi-Raufi
Joint Seminar with the Young Lawyers Division and Appellate Section of the Orange County Bar Association, September 2025
“How to Win Your Appeal at Trial”
Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, May 2025
“2024 Family Law Game Changers: Top Appellate Decisions Shaping the Future”
Presented with Attorney B. Robert Farzad, CFLS
Orange County Bar Association, 2025
“Writs and Appeals in Family Law”
Presented with Adjunct Professor B. Robert Farzad, CFLS
Guest Speaker, UCI Law School Family Law Course, 2024
“How to Protect the Record at Trial or Family Code Section 217 Hearing”
Webinar Presented with the Honorable Lawrence P. Riff, Los Angeles Superior Court
Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2024
“Appealable Orders in Family Law”
Presented with Research Attorney Christopher Pinzon
Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2023
“Preparing Your Client’s Appellate Challenge at Trial”
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt, 2023
“Marge Madness”
Presented with the Honorable Franz Miller and Attorney Marjorie G. Fuller
1. Protecting your client’s record for review on appeal.
2. What is an appealable order?
3. When can you appeal? When is a writ appropriate?
4. How the heck does the statement of decision process work?
Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2020
“How to Win Your Appeal at Trial”
Presented with Todd Lundell
Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2019
“Use of Motions in Limine in Family Law”
Webinar Presented with Stephen Hamilton
State Bar of California, 2019
“Volunteer Liability”
Presented with the Honorable Nathan Scott
Public Law Center, 2008
