Our Team
over 16 yrs of experience
Lisa R. McCall
Certified Family Law Specialist
Lisa R. McCall has been a licensed practicing attorney for more than fifteen years. She has extensive experience in family law writs, appeals and litigation. Ms. McCall is a Family Law Specialist certified by the State Board of Legal Specialization 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.
With her extensive experience preparing appeals and writs, primarily in family law cases, Ms. McCall brings unique “hindsight” insight to family law litigation – she knows what can go wrong and how to avoid potential pitfalls at trial. In addition, Ms. McCall understands how to carefully protect the record at trial, in the event the case ends up on appeal. She has written articles in legal journals and presented to her peers on the extremely technical statement of decision process, post-judgment motions and preserving the record for appeal.
Ms. McCall has served as both program chair and section chair of the appellate section of the Orange County Bar Association, responsible for planning educational programs for appellate attorneys in Orange County and facilitating the relationship between the appellate bench and bar.
She also participates in the following capacities throughout the state:
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Chair of the Board of the Orange County Bar Association Family Law Section
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Secretary of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists Orange County Chapter
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Amicus Committee of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, reviewing appellate cases to advocate for publication or depublication
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Member of the Editorial Committee of the Family Law Specialist, editing and submitting family law articles
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Volunteered with Public Law Center, where she has represented pro bono family law litigants
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Volunteered with Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County, where she served as an attorney judge at the annual Constitutional Rights Foundation mock trial competitions.
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Served as an appellate attorney judge at the annual California State University Long Beach moot court competitions.
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Privately tutored law students in the areas of legal writing and law school examination preparation.
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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.
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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 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
