Barbara J. Youngman

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Barbara Youngman is a founding partner of Youngman Reitshtein, PLC. Barbara represents clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, child and spousal support, division of community assets, pre and post-nuptial agreements, as well as domestic violence actions.

Barbara is a second generation lawyer, originally from Brooklyn, New York, and has been a family law practitioner in Beverly Hills, California for over twenty-five years.

Barbara has extensive experience representing family law clients through litigation, mediation or collaborative divorce proceedings.

In addition to her private practice, Barbara has served as an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and volunteers regularly as a mediator at Loyola Law School’s Center for Conflict Resolution. Barbara also serves as a Daily Settlement Officer with the Family Law Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Barbara was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After living in Europe for seven months, Barbara returned to New York where she started a twelve year stint in advertising. A year after their wedding, Barbara and her husband relocated to Beverly Hills, where they started their family, and Barbara went to law school.

Contact Barbara:
(310) 276-9442 EXT. 308
BJY@YRplc.com

Admissions

  • California State Bar

  • Central District of California

Past And Current Memberships

  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

  • Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association (LACFLA)

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association

  • Beverly Hills Bar Association

Education

  • Brooklyn College

  • Queens College

  • The New School for Social Research

  • University of West Los Angeles School of Law, JD, 1996

Mediation Training

  • Interdisciplinary Advanced Training, Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association, 2011

  • Collaborative Family Law Interdisciplinary Training, 2008

  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals 9th Annual Networking and Educational Forum, 2008

  • LACFLA Diversity Initiative: The American Quilt: A Workshop On Diversity, 2008

  • Mosten 40-Hour Mediation Training, 2008

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